wireless card doesn't work...

[Timothy Murphy]

Dave Sampson wrote:

> Try out this tutorial:
> 
>
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch13_:_Linux_Wireless_Networking
> 
> The wireless battle is a fun one... good luck

Linux WiFi is not fun.
Setting up and maintaining a WiFi LAN
is a very painful experience.

The tutorial above seems rather good,
though it doesn't mention NetworkManager.
I've been trying this for a couple of weeks,
and have very mixed feelings about it.
When it works it is fine;
when it stops working it is very hard to recover,
in my experience.
Even re-booting often will not do the trick,
at least in my setup.

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