Laptop WiFi manual

[Karl Larsen]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>> If this is meant to be general advice then it should be pointed out
>>> that NetworkManager does not work with all WiFi devices
>>> (as you will find the NetworkManager team accept).
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>>     Please READ the manual again and see if your complaints are valid.
>> Yes I do use my experiance and the calls are what I used. Others will
>> use their own. I am not aware of any reason why NetworkManager will not
>> work with ANY kernel. This is news to me.
>>     
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> Sigh.
> I didn't say it does not work with any KERNEL.
> I said it does not work with all WiFi DEVICES.
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> It does not work with classic Orinoco Gold and Silver PCMCIA cards,
> and I'm sure with many other similar cards.
> The reason is that NM relies on a kind of scanning
> which these cards to not support.
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> I'm sorry, but you do not have sufficient experience or knowledge
> to write a general WiFi HOWTO.
> By all means write an article on "How I got WiFi to work
> with device ABC on machine XYZ".
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    I am NOT writing a paper like you say is needed. And NOWHERE does my 
paper say it will work for every laptop. But it works with perhaps 30 
laptop types and that makes it useful to a lot of people. If your using 
a real old laptop that has a plug in WiFi device your likely not going 
to get that working in Linux.

Karl