[ale] MintWifi

Paul Cartwright paul_tbot at pcartwright.com
Thu Jan 25 09:55:19 EST 2007


On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:46, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> NDIS is just an API for writing drivers for NICs. ?That's why the files
> can be loaded by a Linux kernel module, because they follow the API.
> Honestly, I think that something like the Uniform Driver Interface would
> be better, but I don't don't see Microsoft and Apple agreeing to such a
> thing anytime soon. ?Perhaps the free operating systems would be able to
> unite their individual driver-bases with something like this...

I guess my basic question then, is what formats can Linux do with a wifi card? 
I had to open up the security on my router to gain access using linux. with 
XP I have it set to WEP. I wasn't quite sure how to setup the wifiradar for 
either WPA or WEP.
is it my Intel 2915 problem?
-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800



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