[Info-vax] Happy 25th birthday Macintosh !

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In article <mailman.5.1233012849.16357.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, bradhamilton <bradhamilton at comcast.net> writes:
>Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> In article <00A8632F.C649C070 at sendspamhere.org>,
>> 	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>   
>>> Dick about with getting wireless ethernet working. 
>>>     
>>
>> Now that I think about it, the Mac is the only machine that has been uinable
>> to connect to the secure wireless network we set up. (WPA-II Enterprise with
>> Radius Authentication and Logging) This one user has kept us from rolling
>> this out and shutting down the old system for more than a year.  I think the
>> general concensus is that we are just going to leave him behind because we
>> can no longer afford to stay on obsolete (and insecure) technology because
>> of one user.
>>
>> bill
>>
>>   
>I've been reading  your recent posts about Mac (and OS X, and your local 
>Mac "guru") with much amusement recently.  I've actually used Ubuntu 
>(and other Linux distributions), FreeBSD, AND OS X, and I can tell you 
>that I've never had a problem with connecting with my own secure 
>wireless network using OS X - it "just worked" (as opposed to Ubuntu, 
>where I ran into many issues, and needed to consult the Ubuntu fora 
>*many times* before I was finally able to connect reliably), and as 
>opposed to FreeBSD V6.1, which was even more of a pain (with 
>considerably less helpful folks - RTFM must be a religious chant to 
>them).  So your experience is not like mine (and, I suspect, not like 
>many others').

Brad, I picked up a Toshiba Satellite 17" recently for a steal due to 
a liquidation sale.  I wiped the commercially available virus instal-
ed on it and installed Ubuntu 8.10.  I needed to use the ndisdriver to
get wireless working.

My 5.1 USB audio processor (which has a digital optical) worked just
fine on my old Compaq Evo N610c running 8.10 but for some reason, and
with the same image, this device will not work on the Satellite.  I'm
getting to the level of ultimate frustration.  I need it to broadcast
live events.  

Other than that gripe, I've not had too much to complain about.  I've
installed Ubuntu now (since 6.??) on several dozen systems.  I've be-
come quite familiar with most of the usual problematic quirks needing
special attention.


>Then again, I could talk (or scream) about Vista/XP, which decided not 
>to see my wireless network, because SSID is not broadcast.  When I 
>finally found out that M$oft considers "non-broadcastable" SSID a 
>security issue, and specifically designed Vista/XP to ignore SSID that 
>were not broadcast, I had to restrain myself from uncontrollable 
>laughter!  Imagine M$oft trying to teach folks about security!

That's FN histerical.  Only M$.


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