Does anyone know what kind of wireless is onboard the sylvania g netbook? I want to see if it is compatible with ubuntu. I know it is running gos but that does not mean it has a user friendly wifi chip.
Thanks.
Michael.
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Is this your laptop?
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Not mine. Looking into it and others trying to decide on a good ultra portable. Any suggestions? My fear is ending up with a broadcom chip and having one long headache trying to get wireless working with Ubuntu.
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Realtek RTL8187 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
This is what the Windows XP driver INF says, so I'd think that's right. And it's already running a flavor of Linux, so I'd think that it shouldn't be too difficult to get it to work with Ubuntu.
Tigerdirect has them for $329 and I just ordered one. We'll see how it is, hmm? I like the idea of having a notebook I can stick in my leg-pocket! -
Isnt that the same as the Cloudbook?
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Naw. Apparently, they addressed the annoyances with it and fixed them.
http://www.liliputing.com/2008/07/sylvania-g-netbook-nanobook-isn-dead.html
But we'll see! If I don't care much for it, I already have a buyer, so I'm not too worried. -
Ahh ok. Thanks for the info!
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So, apparently, this netbook does not have onboard wireless, but instead will use a usb dongle? Is this correct?
Not sure I like that. This means using ndiswrapper. I know how to use it, that is not the problem. It is, quite simply put, a real pain in the backside.
Thanks for the replies.
Michael.
what wirless chip in sylvania g netbook?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by grok, Jul 30, 2008.