Vista is out

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:45 am

xamenus wrote:I think it's my drivers.

May I ask what kind of Internet you have?

If it's dial-up, good luck trying to find a hardware modem, as the majority of modems are winmodems and won't work in Linux

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:01 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
xamenus wrote:I think it's my drivers.
May I ask what kind of Internet you have?

I've tried it on a LAN and via Wi-Fi on my laptop, and dial-up on my desktop.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:51 am

Guess what? I just updated my Broadcom network adapter driver, and I successfully connected to the Internet under DSL-N! I can't believe I was stupid enough to not think of updating the driver sooner! x.x

I still have to get wireless working though. I think I'll need the ipw2200 driver for Linux. I'll also need to get something other than DSL-N, as I don't believe the kernel version it uses is supported by ipw2200.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:18 am

xamenus wrote:Guess what? I just updated my Broadcom network adapter driver, and I successfully connected to the Internet under DSL-N! I can't believe I was stupid enough to not think of updating the driver sooner! x.x

I still have to get wireless working though. I think I'll need the ipw2200 driver for Linux. I'll also need to get something other than DSL-N, as I don't believe the kernel version it uses is supported by ipw2200.

Good luck trying to get wireless working under Linux. Last I heard, it still needs work.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:37 pm

Remember, if there's two things Linux likes, it's:

1. broadband internet
and 2. ethernet cards

FistOfFury · Post by **FistOfFury** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:45 pm

I see Microsoft is up to it's usual faggotry. Those prices are utter bull.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:09 am

Deathlike2 wrote:
xamenus wrote:Guess what? I just updated my Broadcom network adapter driver, and I successfully connected to the Internet under DSL-N! I can't believe I was stupid enough to not think of updating the driver sooner! x.x

I still have to get wireless working though. I think I'll need the ipw2200 driver for Linux. I'll also need to get something other than DSL-N, as I don't believe the kernel version it uses is supported by ipw2200.
Good luck trying to get wireless working under Linux. Last I heard, it still needs work.

I just installed kubuntu on my laptop last weekend. It successfully recognized my Netgear WAB501 802.11a/b NIC and connected to my 802.11a AP without needing any configuration. Vista couldn't find a driver for it and couldn't use the XP driver or configuration utility, and XP throws a fit occasionally and requires me to reboot or pull and re-insert the NIC.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:15 am

AntoineWG wrote:
Deathlike2 wrote:
xamenus wrote:Guess what? I just updated my Broadcom network adapter driver, and I successfully connected to the Internet under DSL-N! I can't believe I was stupid enough to not think of updating the driver sooner! x.x

I still have to get wireless working though. I think I'll need the ipw2200 driver for Linux. I'll also need to get something other than DSL-N, as I don't believe the kernel version it uses is supported by ipw2200.
Good luck trying to get wireless working under Linux. Last I heard, it still needs work.
I just installed kubuntu on my laptop last weekend. It successfully recognized my Netgear WAB501 802.11a/b NIC and connected to my 802.11a AP without needing any configuration. Vista couldn't find a driver for it and couldn't use the XP driver or configuration utility, and XP throws a fit occasionally and requires me to reboot or pull and re-insert the NIC.

That's impressive.. though Vista driver support will exist when people do get their hands on the cds... but still cool nonetheless.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:48 am

I'm not really betting on any first-party driver support for a 2 and a half year old and somewhat obscure NIC.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:16 pm

Ah, that does suck. Obscurity and driver support makes it all craptacular.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:37 pm

It doesn't really bother me. I'm more likely to buy a new laptop with vista on it than I am to buy a new NIC and vista. I probably could have found drivers or got the XP drivers to work, but my ethernet and audio didn't work on vista either, and they're far more common hardware.