[ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

[Mir Nazim]

Hi guys.

After endless battles to setup broadcom card I have decided to give
PCMCIA wifi cards.

<POSSIBLY OFF TOPIC>

Can anyone suggest me what card should I buy. I mean your views of
best possible cost vs performance.


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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:10 PM, AlgoMantra <algomantra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lut4rp,
>
> Since I don't have Hardy currently installed, I tried this running the
> LiveCD
> two times with different outcomes. I am not a CLI guy yet, and perhaps I
> should have tried this on a proper install, but here's what happened. I
>  got the .O file in XP, rebooted and kept it waiting as a copy in Home on
> Ubuntu..
>
> 1. I found the b43-fwcutter deb and right-clicked, it started some
> Package Installer which asked me if it should "Fetch and extract
>  firmware' and I said yes, and after a few minutes the install failed.
> But I noticed that it was in fact trying to get the same .O file from
> the web and failing, because there was no connection.
>
> 2. This time I ran the file, and in the Package Installer I did not
>  click on yes for "fetch and extract firmware" but clicked Forward,
> after which my machine hung/crashed/foobarred.
>
> 3. On both the above reboots of the LiveCD I had noticed a quick
> error message pertaining to B43, before Ubuntu boots.
>
> Perhaps you tried your solution using the terminal and got that
> option to select the .O file? Cuz I never got it...
>
>
>
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