[GRLUG] USB Wireless

megadave megadave at gmail.com
Tue Aug 21 09:27:19 EDT 2012


These pages might be useful:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/USB



On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_14?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=usb+wireless+modem&sprefix=USB+wireless+m%2Caps%2C186
>
> Something of a list, if you consider 5,134
> responses a list.... What I like
> about Amazon is the product comments,
> usually supplied by techies when it's a
> computer related item.  It's something
> like Consumer's Report for free.  If a
> reasonably large number of people have
> purchased an item, you usually get a
> pretty good profile of it's worth in the
> comments.
>
>     -- Bob
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Lee <muellerl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I understand why a list does not exist. That said, I'm sure there's some
>> anecdotal evidence indicating which is likely a safe bet.
>>
>>
>> --
>> all the best,
>> Lee Mueller
>> ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
>> Registered Forester #46043
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't been able to find any sort of currently-supported list of
>>> USB wifi devices. I think there's just too many to keep track of, and
>>> the manufacturers change chipsets even within the same model.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Lee <muellerl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > We here at the Friends of Grand Rapid's parks have a PC running Ubuntu
>>> > 12.04. Unfortunately, the current usb wireless device doesn't seem to
>>> > work
>>> > very well. I've tried a variety of solutions to no avail. For those
>>> > inclined
>>> > to try a fix: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2033493
>>> >
>>> > That said, I'm just leaning towards getting a USB wireless stick that
>>> > tends
>>> > not to have problems. Can you make any recommendations?
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > all the best,
>>> > Lee Mueller
>>> > ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
>>> > Registered Forester #46043
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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