[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

[Wally Valters]

No don't buy a new card, we can get the dell one working.  I am pretty
sure it is a broadcom.  Run 'lspci' in a termnial it will tell you all
the pci decvicesm. I can hlp more when I have more than my blackberry
at mt disposal



On 2/8/08, James White <jwhite1202 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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