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From: Richard Kimber on 24 May 2010 13:16 Hi: I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. Given that I've had endless problems with the wireless on my old one (Acer Aspire 5002), I wondered if anyone had a recommendation for a brand of laptop on which the wireless "just works". I'll be using Ubuntu 10.04. I have been looking at a Samsung: Samsung R730 17.3-inch Notebook (PDC T4300 2.1 GHz Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD HDD, DVDRW, 6 Cell Battery, HD+, HDMI, Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium, Red/Silver) .... but I get the impression people have had wireless problems with that. Thanks. -- Richard Kimber Political Science Resources http://www.PoliticsResources.net/
From: Dan C on 24 May 2010 16:11 On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:16:01 -0500, Richard Kimber wrote: > Hi: > > I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. Given that I've had endless > problems with the wireless on my old one (Acer Aspire 5002), I wondered > if anyone had a recommendation for a brand of laptop on which the > wireless "just works". I'll be using Ubuntu 10.04. I have been looking > at a Samsung: > > Samsung R730 17.3-inch Notebook (PDC T4300 2.1 GHz Processor, 4 GB RAM, > 320 GB HDD HDD, DVDRW, 6 Cell Battery, HD+, HDMI, Webcam, Windows 7 Home > Premium, Red/Silver) > > ... but I get the impression people have had wireless problems with > that. > > Thanks. Doesn't matter what brand. They all work fine. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he got cattle-prodded in the groin. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/politica/thanks.jpg
From: Jerry Peters on 24 May 2010 16:14 Richard Kimber <richardkimber(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi: > > I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. Given that I've had endless > problems with the wireless on my old one (Acer Aspire 5002), I wondered > if anyone had a recommendation for a brand of laptop on which the > wireless "just works". I'll be using Ubuntu 10.04. I have been looking > at a Samsung: > > Samsung R730 17.3-inch Notebook (PDC T4300 2.1 GHz Processor, 4 GB RAM, > 320 GB HDD HDD, DVDRW, 6 Cell Battery, HD+, HDMI, Webcam, Windows 7 Home > Premium, Red/Silver) > > ... but I get the impression people have had wireless problems with that. > > Thanks. You need to know what wireless chipset the laptop uses and if there's good support in the kernel. Find out the wireless chipset used and search on that. I've had good luck with the ath5k driver for Atheros 5xxx chipsets. AFAIK, Intel is also OK, but Broadcom is questionable (no vendor support). Jerry
From: Zebee Johnstone on 24 May 2010 16:48 In comp.os.linux.hardware on Mon, 24 May 2010 20:14:40 +0000 (UTC) Jerry Peters <jerry(a)example.invalid> wrote: > You need to know what wireless chipset the laptop uses and if there's > good support in the kernel. Find out the wireless chipset used and > search on that. > I've had good luck with the ath5k driver for Atheros 5xxx chipsets. > AFAIK, Intel is also OK, but Broadcom is questionable (no vendor > support). I've found Intel works well in Fedora. I use HP 6730b with "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54" and NetworkManager handles it easily. Zebee
From: General Schvantzkoph on 24 May 2010 16:47
On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:16:01 -0500, Richard Kimber wrote: > Hi: > > I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. Given that I've had endless > problems with the wireless on my old one (Acer Aspire 5002), I wondered > if anyone had a recommendation for a brand of laptop on which the > wireless "just works". I'll be using Ubuntu 10.04. I have been looking > at a Samsung: > > Samsung R730 17.3-inch Notebook (PDC T4300 2.1 GHz Processor, 4 GB RAM, > 320 GB HDD HDD, DVDRW, 6 Cell Battery, HD+, HDMI, Webcam, Windows 7 Home > Premium, Red/Silver) > > ... but I get the impression people have had wireless problems with > that. > > Thanks. Make sure you get an Intel wireless chipset, Intel is fully committed to providing open source drivers, Intel chipsets always work. |