<div dir="ltr"><p>I have an old P2 that works fine with wireless.  I have to use ndiswrapper, modprobe it on boot up, and it works fine with the XP driver.  Mine is pcmcia, so not sure how well a USB node would work.</p><p> It has worked with the past two versions.  Just upgraded that laptop and the upgrade was worth it.</p><p>Harold</p><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Allen Meyers <<a href="mailto:chef11994@sbcglobal.net">chef11994@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>Along with endeavoring to overcome my linux learning curve I am wanting to go wireless, but before investing I would like to know if there is a way, a resource I might explore to determine if this older laptop with wireless will be recognized by linux and Ubuntu 8.04</div> <div>My first post so go easy on an old old man</div> <div> </div> <div>Allen</div><br><font color="#888888"><br><div> <div> <div><b><font color="#0000bf" face="arial black">Allen Meyers</font></b></div> <div><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255)"><a href="mailto:chef11994@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">chef11994@sbcglobal.net</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255)"> <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255)"><a href="mailto:wortham_tx@yahoo.com" target="_blank">wortham_tx@yahoo.com</a><br><a href="mailto:allenmeyers76693@gmail.com" target="_blank">allenmeyers76693@gmail.com</a><br></span></b></div> <div><b><br><br></b></div><div> </div> <div><br> </div></div></div></font><br>--<br> sounder mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:sounder@lists.ubuntu.com">sounder@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Harold Sawyer<br><a href="http://www.sawyersphere.net">www.sawyersphere.net</a><br><a href="http://www.centralconnecticutwcg.org">www.centralconnecticutwcg.org</a><br> </div>