[clue-tech] CompUSA wireless

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AVOID CompUSA brand products at all cost! CompUSA support is horrible so if
you run into issues with your CompUSA device you'll be quite screwed, and on
top of that the device is bound to be of low quality since CompUSA is a
retail store, they don't have expertise in the manufacturing of computer
devices, this is just a ploy of there's to get more money by selling low
quality devices at low competitive prices. My recommendation, stay AWAY from
CompUSA brand products and buy something like a Linksys adapter or
something. Or even better, get a wireless bridge so that all you need is a
working NIC (and those have quite good support in linux, haven't had any
issues getting a NIC to work in Linux) and you're set (since a wireless
bridge is a device that connects to the wireless network and interfaces with
it for you, all you have to do is plug a network cord into the wireless
bridge and the other end into your computers NIC, your computer will then
interface with the wireless bridge just like it's a router or switch, but
really the wireless bridge is doing all the wireless leg work for you behind
the scenes...and the Belkin one I got worked out of the box so I'd recommend
buying a Belkin brand one), highly recommend a wireless bridge when doing
wireless with Linux because otherwise you'll have to deal with the hassle of
*hopefully* finding a linux driver for your wireless device and then you
have to deal with its compilation and some even require the extra hassle of
having to be compiled in your kernel!

On 4/30/06, Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org> wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew how well the CompUSA wireless products
> work with Linux.  They have some very good deals right now on wireless G
> products including PCMCIA cards, PCI cards, and USB devices.  Does
> anyone know if these work?  How about wireless USB in general for Linux?
>
> Angelo
>
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