[pm-h] Can't Move to Linux

[Mike Flannigan]

On 8/14/2010 10:02 AM, John Ellyson wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Did a little digging around and found the link below, which is Intel's 
> Linux driver site.  I figured if anyone has a vested interest in 
> ensuring that there is a good, working driver for a wireless NIC in 
> Linux, it would be the manufacturer of that NIC.  In your case, that 
> would be Intel.
>
> http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/
>
> In case you're still having issues and decide to restore back to 
> Vista, you can still experiment/use Linux on the laptop.  Check out 
> Virtual Box (link is below), which is a free virtualization product 
> that Sun (now owned by Oracle) had created and is maintaining and 
> updating.  It's pretty easy to use and setup.  In this case, you would 
> use Vista as your host OS and have a Linux distro as your guest OS.
>
> http://www.virtualbox.org/
>
> As for your networking issue, you won't face the same issue with 
> Virtual Box.  It's going to present a virtual NIC to the guest OS. 
>  Just configure the NICs of the laptop for bridging mode in Virtual 
> Box.  Then the guest OS will be able to access the real NIC directly.
>
> Anyways, just thought that I'd toss that out as alternative that would 
> allow you to try different Linux distros while running Windows.
>
> By the way, that's what I'm doing with my office system at work.  It's 
> running Windows 7 (64 bit) and I have multiple virtual machines 
> created that I can run.  Also, I've been meaning to do the same with 
> my personal laptop, but haven't gotten around to do it quite yet.
>
> John Ellyson
>

I have an Intel Wireless WiFi and then a Realtek
RTL8168B NIC.  It appears there is no Linux driver
for that NIC, but I'm still looking.

http://xpdrivers.com/network/_1_14.cfm


Mike