[GRLUG] USB Wireless

Casey DuBois casey at grlug.org
Tue Aug 21 09:30:31 EDT 2012


I've had the same issues in the past.
Thanks for the list Dave!

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:27 AM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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