[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

[Jason Crow]

James,
The fact that Ubuntu was preinstalled changes everything. This thing
should work out of the box. I would suggest trying to connect to a
public wireless network just to test the wireless card. If that works, I
would go into your router's configuration settings and confirm or change
its settings.




On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 14:43 -0600, James White wrote:

> Yes Ubuntu was pre-installed.  
> 
> 
> On Feb 8, 2008 2:16 PM, Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com> wrote:
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>         James, did this laptop come with Ubuntu preinstalled on
>         it?  :)  (Just curious . . . )
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>         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. 
>                         
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>                         
>                         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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