[ubuntu-uk] I cannot get the wireless to work on Netbook.......

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Daniel Drummond wrote:
> John Matthews wrote:
>> Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>>   
>>> FWIW I bought an Acer Aspire one last year and had HUGE problems getting
>>> it to connect to my wireless at ALL. In the end I took it back and
>>> swapped it for a Toshiba NB100 - which of course connected to the
>>> wireless first go!
>>> (I've always had Toshiba portables....)
>>>     
> 
> Funny how when drivers are needed for hardware under windows, it is 
> normal.  But when a driver is needed for Linux, it is a returnable offence.

The NB100 came with 8.04 and now has 9.04 on it....no wireless problems
at all.


>>   
> I have had a few wireless issues with my Acer Aspire One.  It's just 
> because the Atheros wireless chipset in it is still fairly new 

AFAIK the Tosh uses an Atheros wireless chip as well, and has had NO
wireless problems at all. EVER.