Connecting to a Wireless Network in Gutsy

Raseel Bhagat raseelbhagat at gmail.com
Fri Dec 28 16:49:19 UTC 2007


Hi Andrew,

On Dec 28, 2007 7:24 PM, Andrew P. Burgess <apb at live.ca> wrote:

>  Hi; I've recently installed Ubuntu as a virtual machine on my laptop, and
> I am trying to connect to a wireless network. When I first ran the VM, it
> connected automatically, as I was able to browse, update, etc. Now, it won't
> connect. I've looked around for help, but can't find anything relevant. Part
> of the problem is (I think) that Ubuntu isn't seeing my wireless card. When
> I put "iwconfig" into a terminal, I get this message:
>
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0    no wireless extensions.
>

The Virtual OS, Ubuntu in your case, can only have 4 virtual ethernet cards.
It does not have Wireless cards. When you connected the first time, it must
have been via. NAT networking with the Host OS.

Thanks,
Raseel
www.opensourcedeal.com
www.raseel.in
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