Blackfish64 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I would highly recommend the Intel models. And the card I couldn't remember is the AR9485WB-EG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish64 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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