[ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

Farran Lee fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com
Wed Apr 8 17:30:09 BST 2009


On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 16:12 +0100, Matt Jones wrote:

> No?? The US uses a narrower range of channel IIRC, but that's about it.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Alec Wright <alecjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think there could be a problem with WiFi standards... isnt european
> > wifi incompatible with UK WiFi
> >
> > 2009/4/8 Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>:
> >> m.palone at tiscali.it wrote:
> >>> Dear Folks,
> >>> I am an Italian ubuntian who came to Exeter for a course.
> >>> I brought my notebook with me, I was hoping to use it wireless, but I
> >>> cannot.
> >>> Maybe If you have a ubuntu community center, or a pub we can meet
> >>> there and you can teacdh me how to connect wifi with my notebook here.
> >>> My version is the 8.10 I have a Compaq presesario with atheros device
> >>> for the wifi.
> >>> I stay here for 10 days, maybe you can help.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>> Marco
> >>> You can conntact me viua email, I can chack the email once a day.
> >>> Thank you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Hi Marco,
> >>
> >> Unfortunately the Exwick Community Centre in Exeter isn't ready yet as
> >> this would have been an ideal location.
> >>
> >> There are some other options though, there are a couple of Weatherspoons
> >> pubs in Exeter as far as I'm aware, one The Imperial is near the Exeter
> >> St Davids railway station and near the Exeter College and Universities.
> >> There is free wifi available there.
> >>
> >> I'll cc this into the Devon & Cornwall Linux User Group list as there
> >> are a few members in Exeter who may be able to help you out (I'm in
> >> Torquay and at the moment I haven't had much opportunity to get to Exeter).
> >>
> >> Hope this helps and I hope you enjoy your visit to Exeter, with any luck
> >> the weather will stay nice while you're staying here.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> >>
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> >
> 


dunno about wifi, but I do know that our belgium friends bought a router
in germany but it doesn't work in belgium. So there could be
differences... but that shouldn't affect what the laptop picks up unless
it's been configured into the hardware or something.
i'm probably wrong but even so :p
===================================
Farran Lee
I'm only 16 :P
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