<squelch41@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering why wireless networking is so hard to set up in
> linux.
> Wired networking seems to be really easy - most distros just install
> and networking works. Why doesn't this happen with wireless in linux?
>
> Just curious!
> squelch41
>
Wireless networking is not any more difficult in Linux than in other OS's.
(OK, I don't do OSX, but I do Win and Linux.) In both OS's you need to
activate the wireless card, and set it up. (Both with security and which
network that it should connect to.) So, I have no idea why you say it is
more difficult. Perhaps you are not using a new distro. I have set up
wireless with the following disto's with Linksys, Dlink, Oinoco, and Belkin
cards with no problem:

Xandros 4 Pro
Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10
Suse 10
Mandrake
Knoppix

So, maybe you need to try one of the above.