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What is the single biggest hassle when taking a Linux compatible wifi card and attempting to connect to your router? Anyone? If you said getting it to work with WPA, you would be right. Access to WPA is the single biggest hassle when trying to get people to take their notebook PCs and switch to Ubuntu.
In the past, I have given Sputnik Inc. rave reviews for an outstanding wireless product here at Lockergnome. And in addition, I have watched with mixed feelings as they release more variations of essentially the same product - wifi access for businesses, community areas, etc. Their latest efforts with the SputnikNet(TM) Express project leave me confused as to how they have not picked up on a much more lucrative market that would literally dwarf that of competing for hotspot providers in a stone cold minute.
Quick quiz: What is the single biggest hassle when taking a Linux compatible wifi card and attempting to connect to your router? Anyone? If you said getting it to work with WPA, you would be right. Access to WPA is the single biggest hassle when trying to get people to take their notebook PCs and switch to Ubuntu. But my family runs a bookstore that uses the Sputnik WAP and you know something, coupled closely with WiFi Radar or NetworkManager, establishing a SECURE connection to their wireless network is a snap - with any Linux distro.
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