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    From ROB MCCART@VERT/CAPCITY2/CAPCITY to ALL on Sun Nov 29 16:56:00 2009
    Something odd...

    A friend of mine bought one of those Acer Netbooks last year that
    runs that Linpus version of Linux..
    One thing he's discovered that makes no sense to me is that the
    WiFi on it is really bad.. The exact same unit with the Windows OS
    has about double the range. This strikes me as odd. I'd expect WiFi
    to either work 100% or not at all if there were a problem.
    Any thoughts on what could result in a weaker system ?

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  • From Deuce@VERT/SYNCNIX to ROB MCCART on Mon Nov 30 22:31:45 2009
    Re: Linux WiFi WTF
    By: ROB MCCART to ALL on Sun Nov 29 2009 04:56 pm

    has about double the range. This strikes me as odd. I'd expect WiFi
    to either work 100% or not at all if there were a problem.
    Any thoughts on what could result in a weaker system ?

    Different firmware blobs with the different drivers.

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  • From Gary Perkins@VERT/TRN to ROB MCCART on Wed Dec 2 01:00:59 2009
    ROB MCCART wrote:
    Something odd...

    A friend of mine bought one of those Acer Netbooks last year that
    runs that Linpus version of Linux..
    One thing he's discovered that makes no sense to me is that the
    WiFi on it is really bad.. The exact same unit with the Windows OS
    has about double the range. This strikes me as odd. I'd expect WiFi
    to either work 100% or not at all if there were a problem.
    Any thoughts on what could result in a weaker system ?



    I did some quick research, and came across an article on the web that describes someone dumping Linpus for Fedora 10. There's a section
    called "Making the WiFi LED Work" in which he describes installing
    madwifi, and how it's a better driver than the default.
    Be warned, on another website I read someone mentioning madwifi
    breaking their Linpus wifi, so you may want to do more research. On the
    other hand, apparently Fedora 10 works great, so I would recommend this switch. From what it looks like, though, it's a bit of a hassle to get
    it installed.
    http://jorge.fbarr.net/2008/11/10/fedora-10-on-the-acer-aspire-one/

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  • From Smole@VERT to Gary Perkins on Wed Dec 2 17:07:05 2009
    Re: Re: Linux WiFi WTF
    By: Gary Perkins to ROB MCCART on Wed Dec 02 2009 01:00 am

    ROB MCCART wrote:
    Something odd...

    A friend of mine bought one of those Acer Netbooks last year that
    runs that Linpus version of Linux..
    One thing he's discovered that makes no sense to me is that the
    WiFi on it is really bad.. The exact same unit with the Windows OS
    has about double the range. This strikes me as odd. I'd expect WiFi
    to either work 100% or not at all if there were a problem.
    Any thoughts on what could result in a weaker system ?



    I did some quick research, and came across an article on the web that describes someone dumping Linpus for Fedora 10. There's a section
    called "Making the WiFi LED Work" in which he describes installing
    madwifi, and how it's a better driver than the default.
    Be warned, on another website I read someone mentioning madwifi
    breaking their Linpus wifi, so you may want to do more research. On the other hand, apparently Fedora 10 works great, so I would recommend this switch. From what it looks like, though, it's a bit of a hassle to get
    it installed.
    http://jorge.fbarr.net/2008/11/10/fedora-10-on-the-acer-aspire-one/


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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to ROB MCCART on Mon Dec 14 22:35:38 2009
    On 11/29/2009 9:56 AM, ROB MCCART wrote:
    A friend of mine bought one of those Acer Netbooks last year that
    runs that Linpus version of Linux..
    One thing he's discovered that makes no sense to me is that the
    WiFi on it is really bad.. The exact same unit with the Windows OS
    has about double the range. This strikes me as odd. I'd expect WiFi
    to either work 100% or not at all if there were a problem.
    Any thoughts on what could result in a weaker system ?

    It may operate in an enhanced mode (connecting to a supported router), or other advanced features that the linux driver doesn't support (It's pretty common actually).

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