[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

[James White]

Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it.  The wireless card I have in my
laptop is the Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini-Card.  You all are
suggesting I get an Intel wireless card which is not a problem.  I assume I
could pick one of those up at Best Buy, Circuit City, or someplace like
that.  Is there another type of wireless card (other than Intel's)  that you
all would suggest to get my wireless connection going?  Again thanks for the
feedback, I really do want to get more into Linux and migrate away from
Windows.


--James

On Feb 8, 2008 8:15 AM, Jason Crow <cjac76 at comcast.net> wrote:

>  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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