Linksys AE2500 and Edimax EW-7811Un

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Re: Linksys AE2500

Post#16 by ncmprhnsbl » 25 Apr 2016, 21:04

Jack wrote:You say it did work with Porteus out of the box?
sorry, i should have said:
tested with porteus 3.1 lxqt > works no problem
also with arch(with runit init, connman ) > works no problem
Jack wrote:I rebooted and everything is good to go.
ah, excellent, :good: being plugged in at boot is essential...
donald wrote:until you get a better answer...
dont think i can better yours :wink:
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Re: Linksys AE2500

Post#17 by Jack » 25 Apr 2016, 21:31

I glad it works cause I didn't want a 50 foot cat5 cable going threw my house on the floor to trip over.
I just like Slackware because I think it teach you about Linux to build packages where Ubuntu is like Windows you just install programs you want.

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Re: Linksys AE2500 and Edimax

Post#18 by Jack » 27 Apr 2016, 17:02

If you need wireless (wifi) you can get this one Edimax EW-7811Un 150Mbps 11n Wi-Fi USB Adapter at one of the seller http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... r&_sacat=0 and it work out of the box for Porteus 3.1 Mate.

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Re: Linksys AE2500 and Edimax EW-7811Un

Post#19 by ncmprhnsbl » 27 Apr 2016, 22:29

Jack wrote:I glad it works cause I didn't want a 50 foot cat5 cable going threw my house on the floor to trip over.
no chance of tripping over this one... :D ... not losing it could the trick :wink:
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