Tag Archives: wireless

Tweaking the rt2500pci for Jaunty

With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) it is time to dust off the tweaks I perform with each new version. I have a few RaLink rt2500 based wireless (wifi) pci adapters from MSI . One issue I tweak … Continue reading

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Auto Login Prompts for Keyring Password for Wireless Connection

The kitchen computer is configured to login auto magically using an unprivileged user account. It is using Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and it has the annoying habit of asking for the password to allow access to the local keyring for … Continue reading

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Gutsy Beta Wireless Working Well

We are about a week away from the release of Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” 7.10 and the release candidate should come out today. I am very happy to report that my rt2500 wireless pci cards and usb Airlink 101 (ZyDAS zd1211b) … Continue reading

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Feisty vs Averatec 3700

I have been working with Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” for a while now and love it. I ran into a bit of a snag upgrading the Averatec 3700 notebook, though. You could probably do a distribution upgrade of a properly … Continue reading

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Wireless is finally working on my Averatec 3700!

Huzaa, it works! I spent alot of time trying to get Ubuntu (both dapper and edgy) to work with the wireless adapter in my Averatec 3700 laptop/notebook. The rt2500 802.11b/g chipset is well supported in more recent linux distributions so … Continue reading

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