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Old 17th February 2012
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Originally Posted by daemonfowl View Post
concerning lynx , I ftp connect to http://lynx.isc.org/ then got the newest source which compiled nicely
Good work compiling lynx in a pinch. DId you install it and use it? The idea here is to stress test the wireless connection with lynx, and other programs, to see if the speculation about its quality is valid or not. Heck, if you can access another machine on your local network through the wireless and try moving files around and stuff that would be a good test too.

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While wpi works out of the box in NetBSD ...
Just because it was detected, and the driver brought up, that doesn't mean the connection through it is working well. See prior paragraph.

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and still no lynx no ssh no dhcp working out of the box ?
whereas on the other hand , OpenBSD is equipped with enough settings for immediate internet use while still asking for wpi firmware install on first boot
In a big-picture sense the two OS are very similar, but there are many differences. NetBSD doesn't come with some of the conveniences of OpenBSD, e.g., lynx (text browser), mg (emacs-style editor), ppp (userland program) are not included. This has pro's and con's to it. It's just something you have to get used to, and in the end it's a small adjustment to all the packages that may be installed anyway.
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