wireless connection to linksys from Inspiron laptop

[Francisco Borges]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Nigel Ridley <nigel at rmk.co.il> wrote:
> I just got my Linksys WRT54GL delivered today and set it up to connect to a pppoe connection.
>  The wired connection works as advertised (beware, if your pc/laptop is already configured
>  with a static ip address, then you won't be able to connect using http://192.168.1.1 - I
>  had to stick the Hardy live CD in and then it connected!!??).
>
>  Anyway, I now want to be able to set up my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop to connect to the
>  router. I installed wicd and removed KNetworkManager and KWlan, but wicd says that there
>  are no wireless connections available.
>
>  I really am completely new to wireless and don't really know where to start.

I have the same router, and the same laptop ;-) (Good taste, eh?)

My tip is:

- do install the restricted drivers package;

[...]

I never used wicd, but as I am highly unsatisfied with NetworkManager,
I am curious about how your wicd attempt pays out.

So if it is not too much to ask, once you have reached a conclusion
about it, could you please post it to this list (or simply email me in
private).

[...]

Other than the wireless, the only thing that currently still takes
some struggle to get to work on this laptop, is a bluetooth headset.
If you need help setting that up, please feel free to email.

Kind regards,
-- 
Francisco