[QCLUG] Wireless card for my laptop

[Robert Jones]

I figured it out. It wasn't a Linux or computer problem. It was a bad 
router. I had the same problem with my old Linksys router so I bought a 
new "N" router. Since I had the same problem with it I figured it had to 
be Linux or the computer. Later I figured out the same problem existed 
with Windows so it wasn't Linux. I took it to the Library and tried it 
on their 3 networks and didn't have a problem. I replaced the router 
with a Netgear "N" router and it seems to work fine. I did notice that 
once in a while the connection strength will drop from 100% down to 
about 15% and then right back up. Don't know what causes that. Had a big 
drop from time to time at the library also. If I have problems again I 
will try a new external card in my laptop.

Bob Jones

Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 07:33:46AM -0500, Robert Jones wrote:
>   
>> Thank You Steve, I wasn't smart enough to change the name of the  
>> backports from intrepid to jaunty :-( .
>>     
>
> It's not obvious, but it's necessary to ensure that users don't get a whole
> *different* set of backports when they upgrade between releases.
>
>   
>> I installed it again yesterday, the forth time, and it seems to be better.
>> I'll watch it close and if it fails again I'll give the jaunty backport a
>> try. I assume that I'll have to install the NDISWrapper to get that to
>> work.
>>     
>
> ndiswrapper is unrelated to the backports package.
>
> Good luck,
>
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