ATT/Bellsouth with Kubuntu

[Michael Leone]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:24 PM, cherryfinals <cherryfinals at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I just spoke with her and she is going to use a cat5 cable for a few
> months, until I can get down there on vacation and install NDSwrapper.
>
> The problem is that Bellsouth refuses to recognize anything but windows
> drivers.

So the NIC in question is Bellsouth provided? And they won't let you
use any other model, such as one that is easier to use with Linux?

>
> Stan
>
> --- Wulfy <wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> cherryfinals wrote:
>> > My daughter purchased a new laptop back in January and has had
>> nothing
>> > but trouble with Vista. She finally gave up on it and let me
>> install
>> > Kubuntu.
>> > Everything works except the Bellsouth wireless connection. Their
>> only
>> > answer is to install Windows since they refuse to support Linux.
>> > It works fine with a direct cat5 cable to the modem, but they
>> insist it
>> > has to load their Windows wireless spyware.
>> > Is there any way around this?
>> > Has anyone got a relatively easy fix for this?
>> >
>> >
>> > Stan
>> >
>> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>> >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> > -Ed Howdershelt
>>
>> I don't know if this will help but it's a possibility... Xubuntu
>> rather
>> than Kubuntu, but the solution seems to be desktop independent.
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-620893.html
>>
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>>
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>>
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