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Originally Posted by
hicksd8
Solaris certainly has wifi support but you should check whether your wifi adapter vendor provides the driver(s).
Installing Solaris 11 from the 'live' DVD installs a great package manager on the GUI which allows very easy install/uninstall of hundreds of packages (perhaps some to assist wifi) BUT, as you say, you need an internet connection to download these packages.
Most vendor drivers for a particular O/S come with install instructions so I doubt you will be placing files into directories manually as you believe.
Get your hands on a wifi adapter with Solaris support from the vendor if you can. Get an internet connection onto your Solaris any way you can.
I have searched TPLINK,s support site and best I can tell they don't offer any other driver for my device than windows and maybe mac.
I guess I could carry the box next door and wire it to the modem. I'm sure she wouldn't mind, but I hate to ask. I get the idea she wants to be more than neighbors :s
I will look for a device Solaris supports, but I have to tell you I have very little income. Three of the four best PC's I have, I salvaged from the waste management center. All three are Dell OPTIPLEX's 330. The fourth is my work horse, Dell DIMENSION 8200x86. w/XPsp3
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
Going to Solaris for better hardware support is like going to Microsoft for better virus protection. Only Linux has an obsessive enough following to even partly keep pace with the junk consumer hardware shovel mill. Solaris, I would estimate your odds at zero.
If you want wireless in UNIX, decide which UNIX you're going to run first, then find a card it's known to work with.
As I said I'm test driving Solaris. I don't know what the best alternative to MS is. I Like Ubuntu, but it doesn't like the platform I put it on. I had WIFI Internet from the first post install reboot. It works great for a hour+-. but then It gets sluggish and get a fading screen issue. My first impression of Solaris is, it looks professional whereas Ubuntu has a freeware look. I hate the quick launch on the left side of the screen and the absence of a task bar.
What is "junk consumer hardware"?