Monday, August 20, 2007

Gentoo Linux on the Asus W7S-A1B

I've been using my Asus W7S-A1B for awhile now, and it's a cool little notebook. I, as usual, put Linux on it when I first received it with little headache. Just make sure to use a 2.6.22+ kernel so that you have the mac80211 stack for the Intel 4965 wireless controller. The SDHCI drivers work flawless too, and it's nice to actually be able to use the integrated SD card reader. The only caveat is that the webcam has no driver. Maybe I found a new little side project. :)

However, lately I've been looking into bandwidth while transferring files and noticed it is extremely slow with not only wireless, but wired too. Needless to say I will have to look into it. Maybe it's something I compiled in the kernel (or lack of something).