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dareon
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I just bought an Acer Aspire Revo 1600 and am trying to find out what wireless usb cards will work with the live distro of xbmc.
I think that this MB has a pcie inside for a laptop type wireless card, but what do you recommend, what is working for you?
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My tip would be to get a dual band wifi card, some of the cheaper ones are only single band i.e. 2.4GHz only, if you want good 802.11n speeds getting a card that supports the 5GHz band is key. 2.4GHz for backward compatability.
I found out the hardway as my Zotac ION came with a Atheros AR9281 which is only 2.4GHz I think the AR9280 is the dual band version...
Even though it supports the N spec it rarley gets to 108Mbps due to the congestion of the 2.4GHz band.
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Ok, that is for the speed, but how do I know if the card will be supported? I don't want to buy one and then find out it doesn't work at all. I've searched the site, but haven't found anything. Any suggestions?
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I got a Acer Revo 3600 as well and as I installed an ordinary Ubuntu installation and installed XBMC on top all has run well.
So the builtin card is fully supported.
Do not ask me on how to install it in a XBMC live environment, but just google for WIFI install ubuntu - that should point you in the right direction.
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dareon
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I am thinking about getting the netgear w111 or something. Do I have to do anything particular to get it working within a live installation, or will it just work?
Thanks
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dareon
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After reading around some more I have come to the following conclusion and would just like to know if it is correct.
I can use any wireless card as long as it has a linux install. I just have to hit ctrl alt F1 or whatever and then install it with the cmd line.
How do I give it the information for the network though and is my thinking correct?
Thanks