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Old 19th March 2010
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Originally Posted by guitarscn View Post
...I had bought two of the exact same wireless adapters (at different points in time), same model, same version number, yet they both ended up having different chipsets!
This is a common practice not limited to Linksys. Computer manufacturers do exactly the same thing.

Case in point, I bought an HP netbook based on information found on misc@ stating that all components were known to work (including wireless). dmesg(8) was attached. I ended up buying the same model, but wireless doesn't work, & my dmesg(8) output shows that my system was six months newer. Componentry can & does change throughout the lifecycle of a product line.

It is all based on the manufacturer's suppliers & where they find better deals.
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