Support For Wireless Networking?


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Does Linux shift support wireless internet? I have a little usb wireless device which i use to connect to my netgear router, i was wondering if linux had the capability like windows for wireless networking? Thanks.

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In short, yes. Linux can network wirelessly.

The longer answer is that it varies based on chipset of your wireless device. Some are supported natively. Some are supported through a 'wrapper' that allows you to use a Windows driver in Linux. A few, from my understanding, just really won't work.

I'm not a wireless user - desktop plugged into router here. But that seems to be the current state of wifi in Linux.

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Well, yes, it is wireless compatible. I have a wireless router (D-Link WBR 1310) with my cable modem plugged into it and my system plugged into the router while my mother has one of those ASUS Eee PC 4G Surf laptops that is running Linux and it connected right away though its wireless adapter with no trouble at all. All I did was plug everything in without installing any other drivers. I used the web browser to configure it as well.

P.S.

You may not realize this but most major servers are run though Linux. Many of the online games like WoW (I think) use Linux as the OS for their servers.

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I got HP-6000 series laptop with Wifi and Linksys router , My fedora has out_of_box support for WPA2 personal authenticated wifi-access with no problems. ( it even searches for hot-spots in hotels , barrista's etc if i need)

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i just went out to buy a trendnet TEW-424UB wifi USB thing the other day. i don't think it works with ubuntu linux

i'm a complete linux noob so i have no idea what to do. maybe i should call trendnet but i feel like they'll want to hang up on me if i ask them if if their device will work on linux

http://www.trendnet.com/support/linux.htm

they have a support page for linux but my TEW-424UB is not listed there. i should have went to that website first. can i go back to micro center and exchange it for a wifi thing that does support linux or

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Yeah, if you just bought the hardware and it isn't compatible, I would see if I could exchange it (even for an in-store credit for another purchase) with one that is listed by the manufacturer as being supported.

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