Dell Inspiron 1501 WiFi

[Donald D Henson]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Donald D Henson wrote:
>   
>> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>>     
>>> Donald D Henson wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Has anyone gotten a Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop working on WiFi?If you
>>>> have, would you be willing to help me get mine working? I've used
>>>> several step-by-step howtos, doing several after a fresh install of
>>>> Ubuntu 7.04. I literally did over a dozen fresh installs, none of which
>>>> worked. At one point, I got the hardware recognized but then couldn't
>>>> get the driver to connect up. I've used drivers from various places. I
>>>> need help. Anybody?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Yes, and its not too bad at all.  You need the latest driver from Dell,
>>> R140747.exe, and ndiswrapper 1.47 (or later) from their web site, then
>>> follow the directions here and it will work.  The ndiswrapper that comes
>>> with the distro is too old.
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297092
>>>
>>> ...Ken
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks for the details. That's what I've been missing. One quick dumb
>> question. I followed the link to Ubuntu Forums that you gave. I can see
>> all the discussions about the how-to but I can't find the how-to itself.
>> (Yes, I'm a registered user and yes, I was logged in at the time.) I
>> know that I'm missing something really simple but I can't see it. Help?
>>     
>
> The howto is the first message of the thread.
>
> ...Ken
>   
Got it. Thanks again. By the way, it appears that you have to switch the
Display Mode to Threaded. At least that makes it easier to find the
first post of the thread. Now, one more fresh install...

Don Henson


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