ATT/Bellsouth with Kubuntu

[Pastor JW]

On Friday 13 June 2008 12:44:47 pm 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?

Which wireless card is in the laptop?  Have you tried it downtown at a WiFi 
hotspot?  Who made the BellSouth Modem?  ...my Quest modem which also 
supplies the wireless here, is made by Actiontec but the settings are all 
done with a browser.  Or, one can install a wireless router and enable the 
wireless on that, also set-up by a browser.  A tool I like is WiFi-radar 
which shows active hotspots and whether they are B or G.


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