EDIMAX WiFi cards : spot the difference !
Q: What's the difference between EDIMAX EW-7108PCG and a EDIMAX EW-7108PCG apart from the colour ?
A: The light red one works (on EdX/Ubuntu GNU/Linux) and the dark red one DOESN'T !
Another clue that I should have spotted is that the FCC ID numbers are different !
Morals:
If your Ed/X/Ubuntu GNU/Linux PC hangs EVERYTIME you boot it you have probably put a "dark red"
card in by mistake !
And NEVER believe anyone that says a particular Wi-Fi card works under GNU/Linux I've also had the same experience with NETGEAR PCI Wi-Fi cards with the same part number where v2 works and v3 doesn't and a single BELKIN PCI Wi-Fi card that sometimes appear as two devices which I wouldn't mind if it were'nt that neither worked !
A Wi-Fi card works ONLY if it works and has little to do with it's part number !