<div>The problem is not the modem.  It communicates on a standard and as you stated it is working.  </div> <div>If you really want to test it, set it to non protected (no WEP or WPA) and see if you can connect.  </div> <div> </div> <div>We need to verify the driver you are using, and make sure you are setup to use encrypted wi-fi.  the links to the ubuntu forums already posted should help you with that, or we cna go through the steps here.</div> <div> </div> <div>Paste the output of 'lspci -v' in this thread and we can see what chipset the card has.  <br></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 4:34 PM, James White <<a href="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com">jwhite1202@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Ok, I could give that a shot.  I have already checked the config and like I said it works for 2 macs and 2 XP laptops.  I don't want to monkey around with the wireless modem too much for fear of screwing up the connection for the other 4 computers. <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 3:48 PM, Jason Crow <<a href="mailto:cjac76@comcast.net" target="_blank">cjac76@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div>James,<br>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. <div> <div></div> <div><br><br><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br>On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 14:43 -0600, James White wrote:<br> <blockquote type="CITE"><font color="#000000">Yes Ubuntu was pre-installed.  </font><br><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"><font color="#000000">On Feb 8, 2008 2:16 PM, Jim Campbell <<a href="mailto:jwcampbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwcampbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</font><br> <blockquote><font color="#000000">James, did this laptop come with Ubuntu preinstalled on it?  :)  (Just curious . . . )</font> </blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote><br></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote><br><br></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote><font color="#000000">On 2/8/08, </font><font color="#000000"><b>James White</b></font><font color="#000000"> <<a href="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwhite1202@gmail.com</a>> wrote: </font><br> <blockquote><font color="#000000">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.</font><br> <br><br><font color="#000000">--James</font> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000">On Feb 8, 2008 8:15 AM, Jason Crow <<a href="mailto:cjac76@comcast.net" target="_blank">cjac76@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</font> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000">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. </font></blockquote> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><font color="#000000">On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:57 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote:</font><br><font color="#000000"> </font> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"><font color="#000000">Hi James,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">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?</font><br> <br><font color="#000000">Thanks,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">Jim  </font><br><br><font color="#000000">On Feb 7, 2008 8:37 PM, James White <<a href="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwhite1202@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</font><br> <blockquote><font color="#000000">Hello,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">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.</font><br> <br><br><font color="#000000">Thanks,</font><br><br><font color="#888888">James</font><br><br><font color="#000000">--</font><br><font color="#000000">Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list</font><br><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a></font><br> <font color="#000000"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a></font><br><br></blockquote><br></blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><br><font color="#000000">--</font><br><font color="#000000">Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list</font><br><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a></font><br> <font color="#000000"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a></font><br><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote> <blockquote><br><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote><br><br></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote><br><font color="#000000">--</font><br><font color="#000000">Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list</font><br><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a></font><br> <font color="#000000"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a></font><br><br></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"><br></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>