Need new wireless card for Dell Latitude E5500

[Blackfish64]

The Broadcom/proprietary nonsense has got to go. Every time I try a new Linux distro, and I try a ton of them, I have to go through the pain of making the Broadcom wireless card work with it--if I can even get the job done!

Looking for a non-proprietary wireless card so I can use Linux with much less effort and baloney.

Though I must admit, once the Broadcom is up and running it is good stuff.

Anyone? Again, non-proprietary wireless card for Dell Latitude E5500. Intel Core Duo.

Thanks!

[dave_boo]

Intel has drivers baked into the kernel for their cards.

The Atheros (forget model) in my gaming laptop is crap under Windows but extremely good in Linux.

[Blackfish64]

Intel has drivers baked into the kernel for their cards.

The Atheros (forget model) in my gaming laptop is crap under Windows but extremely good in Linux.

I'll have a look, thank you.

[dave_boo]

I would highly recommend the Intel models.

And the card I couldn't remember is the AR9485WB-EG.

[Blackfish64]

I would highly recommend the Intel models.

And the card I couldn't remember is the AR9485WB-EG.

Still looking...

Would you happen to know where I could get one?

[dave_boo]

I would highly recommend the Intel models.

And the card I couldn't remember is the AR9485WB-EG.

Still looking...

Would you happen to know where I could get one?

http://www.invadeit.co.th/category/wireless-networking/intel/

[Blackfish64]

I would highly recommend the Intel models.

And the card I couldn't remember is the AR9485WB-EG.

Still looking...

Would you happen to know where I could get one?

http://www.invadeit.co.th/category/wireless-networking/intel/

All three shown appear to have Bluetooth. I suppose that won't matter?

[dave_boo]

I would highly recommend the Intel models.

And the card I couldn't remember is the AR9485WB-EG.

Still looking...

Would you happen to know where I could get one?

http://www.invadeit.co.th/category/wireless-networking/intel/

All three shown appear to have Bluetooth. I suppose that won't matter?

Nope.

I never use it and just disable that to save power.

[Blackfish64]

10-4. Thanks a million. The least expensive one looks best to me. I never use Bluetooth anyway. I assume they ship to Thailand.

Oh, duh. This is in Thailand. Small device. Too hard to read the links.

Edited December 8, 2015 by Blackfish64

[dave_boo]

10-4. Thanks a million. The least expensive one looks best to me. I never use Bluetooth anyway. I assume they ship to Thailand.

Oh, duh. This is in Thailand. Small device. Too hard to read the links.

No problem. The company is in Hua Hin and a forum sponsor. Really good people there.

[Blackfish64]

10-4. Thanks a million. The least expensive one looks best to me. I never use Bluetooth anyway. I assume they ship to Thailand.

Oh, duh. This is in Thailand. Small device. Too hard to read the links.

No problem. The company is in Hua Hin and a forum sponsor. Really good people there.

Thank you!

[Blackfish64]

10-4. Thanks a million. The least expensive one looks best to me. I never use Bluetooth anyway. I assume they ship to Thailand.

Oh, duh. This is in Thailand. Small device. Too hard to read the links.

No problem. The company is in Hua Hin and a forum sponsor. Really good people there.

Thank you!

Found what I was looking for and it's shipped already. So far so good with this outfit. I never knew they existed.

[dave_boo]

10-4. Thanks a million. The least expensive one looks best to me. I never use Bluetooth anyway. I assume they ship to Thailand.

Oh, duh. This is in Thailand. Small device. Too hard to read the links.

No problem. The company is in Hua Hin and a forum sponsor. Really good people there.

Thank you!

Found what I was looking for and it's shipped already. So far so good with this outfit. I never knew they existed.

Glad to hear; the one caveat I neglected to mention would be a possible BIOS whitelist. My forementioned Lenovo has one and I would need to download a cracked BIOS to get around it. Looking around the Web it seems that Dell didn't institute it on your model...

**edit**

speeling

Edited December 8, 2015 by dave_boo

[Blackfish64]

10-4. Thanks a million. The least expensive one looks best to me. I never use Bluetooth anyway. I assume they ship to Thailand.

Oh, duh. This is in Thailand. Small device. Too hard to read the links.

No problem. The company is in Hua Hin and a forum sponsor. Really good people there.

Thank you!

Found what I was looking for and it's shipped already. So far so good with this outfit. I never knew they existed.

Glad to hear; the one caveat I neglected to mention would be a possible BIOS whitelist. My forementioned Lenovo has one and I would need to download a cracked BIOS to get around it. Looking around the Web it seems that Dell didn't institute it on your model...

**edit**

speeling

I did quite a bit of research on this before buying. I didn't stumble on anything like that in anything I read. First I have heard of it. Hopefully will be OK.

I bought the least expensive card they had in case this turns out for any reason to be not such a good idea. If Intel parts solve all my Linux problems I'll think about an upgrade, if necessary.

[Blackfish64]

Got the Intel wireless card today and installed. Solved all my problems in a flash! Done!

Now, I have another problem... two Broadcom wireless cards I don't need any longer. They gotta go!