[ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

[Tony Travis]

Michael Weaver wrote:
> I think it could well be.
> Thanks for your suggestion about looking on the Router itself.
> Might have to get dad to re-install the wireless part, he has done it
> for his and mum's setup at home because I think they are probably
> same.

Hello, Michael.

You might find this useful when you're setting up wireless networking:

	aptitude install wifi-radar

If your hardware isn't supported directly use:

	aptitude install ndiswrapper-utils

I'm connected to my BT home-hub using a WiFi connection running Ubuntu 
6.06.1 LTS on my HP Pavillion dv5000 laptop, using the 'ndis' wrapper 
for the Broadcom Windows driver I got off the HP Windows installation:

ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5          driver present, hardware present

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's got the Linux driver working 
with Ubuntu Dapper using the Broadcom wireless chipset.

Best wishes,

	Tony.
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