On Sunday 17 December 2006 12:47, Chris & Barry Chater wrote:
Hi I have just installed ubuntu 6.10 on a 5 year old Packard Bell Laptop and would like to connect to my Netgear router via wireless or RJ45/Usb connector. Not being to technical minded i don't want to get into source codes etc at the moment.So i would like a wireless pci card that works out of the box, or a usb wireless adapter that does the same. Failing this i could plug a usb/Rj45 connector and use a long lan cable. Have trawled through through various Linux sites, only to find that the equipment that works only seems to be sold in the USA or is discontinued. I would really like some guidance of which way to go on this as i I would really like to get on the internet with Linux. Can not really see the point of praising Linux on a Windoze Machine. This is my second installation of Linux, have tried Core 6 but found Ubuntu easier for me to use, love the games. I do hope someone will help a nearly silver surfer get surfing with Linux ( hope the waves are not too high)!
Hi Have you tried http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/ and also the latest version of Linux Mint, (Edgy with codecs) released today has: Quote, "Better Wifi support
Bea comes with mintWifi, which purpose is to allow you to configure your wireless card without an Internet connection. mintWifi comes with the following:
* Ndiswrapper and Ndisgtk * Cabextractor and unshield * Tutorials to install and configure your Wifi card * A collection of Wifi drivers to support about 40 different wireless card models" http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/20061220.html Kind Regards - Nick Daniels