[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

[Jason Crow]

It has probably been covered before, but make sure the restricted
drivers manager is running. If you have a broadcom adapter in the
laptop, you need to enable the restricted rivers module. It can be found
under System - Administration.


On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:57 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> Thanks for giving linux a try.  :-)  What version of Ubuntu are you
> running (7.04, 7.10 . . . typing the command "lsb_release -r" into a
> command prompt should give you that information), and what type of
> encryption is being used for the wifi?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim  
> 
> 
> On Feb 7, 2008 8:37 PM, James White <jwhite1202 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>         Hello,
>         
>         I just bought a Dell XPS M1330.  I am brand new to Linux and
>         am having trouble setting up my wireless connection.  I have a
>         2Wire wireless modem.  The problem is that Ubuntu will not
>         recognize the password key that I am giving it.  I know the
>         key works because I have several other computers using it with
>         no problem.  Please let me know what I need to do to get this
>         to work.
>         
>         
>         Thanks,
>         
>         James
>         
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