Reason #465132 to Love FBSD....

[Hunter Fuller]

On  17 May 2006, at 2:08 AM, Vulpes Velox wrote:

> On Tue, 16 May 2006 15:34:04 -0000
> Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Use windows 2000, works better and faster than XP anyway, has all
>> the features XP has, except the teletubby UI, but that's not a
>> feature but the work of the anti-christ...
>> No troubles with updating, or nagscreens
>
> Messing with wireless under XP is less of a PITA than 2k. What I would
> really love to know is where to find the bloody key is that some ass
> hole vendors nuke that forces you to use their broken ass config gui.
First you disable their utility from starting at boot. Then you scan  
for wireless networks, and when it complains about not being able to  
touch it, click the yellow star at left and enable Windows' managing  
the card. This is under SP2, if you need < SP2 reply, I'll happily  
assist.

>
> What I like about FreeBSD is wireless is not a freaking PITA to mess
> with.
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