<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.16.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> 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. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:57 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> 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  </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On Feb 7, 2008 8:37 PM, James White <<A HREF="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com">jwhite1202@gmail.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> 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 -- Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list <A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>