Wireless USB suggestion

Greetings,

My machine is running LinuxCNC 2.5.4 with Ubuntu 10.01.

I would like to purchase a "plug and play" USB Wireless device for convenient access to my Internet.

With kind regards,

David

This one:

Edimax EW 7811UN N150 USB 2 0 Wireless Nano Adapter

is known to work withTormach Pathpilot which is Ubuntu 10.04 based

You find it here for 9€, free worldshipping

Oops I have to take it back, looks like Tormach had to install a driver for the Edimax so Ubuntu 10.04 will not support it
"out of the box"

Might be better to either use Ethernet, update the OS or add the driver (the Edimax uses a RTL8192CU)

Greetings,

What a challenge.

I did find a web page that listed the various USB adapters and their chipsets with compatibility. I just made an offer on an SMC device.

I cannot upgrade my machine for reasons that involve a long explanation.

I can, however, connect a 50 foot Ethernet cable and go that route for emergent access. This method works fine as the OS recognizes my internal Ethernet port.

Cheers,

Dave

Another option is to use a WIFI router as a Ethernet connected access point