05-08-2015, 09:46 AM
Hi
Thanks for the responses.
An update;
As suggested by Dave, we are going to get it running on LL and then work on the WiFi setup.
We are replacing the hard drive because it is a few years old, appears to have some "problem" sectors and it is only 250gb which doesn't leave much when it is the only drive which is partitioned for windows and Linux (and I am sick of Vista bugs).
As for a WiFi solution, I am slowly learning. Thanks go to Dave for the point about "Broadcom" based devices having a poorer reputation, a lot of what I have seen supports that and much of what I have read suggests Atheros is a good option. Also, many thanks to Marnav1 and Rokytnji for their input, I am now trying to decide between a dongle or PCI E card, in our location there are good arguments for both... and thanks Rokytnji for doing the extra research and providing the links.
The new hard drive is ordered and the old Compaq has been cleaned out (why is it that prebuilt machines often don't come with dist filters or enough fans) so we should be onto the WiFi in a week or two.
Thanks for the input so far;
Regards.
Thanks for the responses.
An update;
As suggested by Dave, we are going to get it running on LL and then work on the WiFi setup.
We are replacing the hard drive because it is a few years old, appears to have some "problem" sectors and it is only 250gb which doesn't leave much when it is the only drive which is partitioned for windows and Linux (and I am sick of Vista bugs).
As for a WiFi solution, I am slowly learning. Thanks go to Dave for the point about "Broadcom" based devices having a poorer reputation, a lot of what I have seen supports that and much of what I have read suggests Atheros is a good option. Also, many thanks to Marnav1 and Rokytnji for their input, I am now trying to decide between a dongle or PCI E card, in our location there are good arguments for both... and thanks Rokytnji for doing the extra research and providing the links.
The new hard drive is ordered and the old Compaq has been cleaned out (why is it that prebuilt machines often don't come with dist filters or enough fans) so we should be onto the WiFi in a week or two.
Thanks for the input so far;
Regards.