newbie: getting wireless going on hardy

[jeffrey.berger at mac.com]

Will do. And thanks Derek!
-J

On Aug 14, 2008, at 5:19 PM, NoOp wrote:

> On 08/14/2008 01:52 PM, jeffrey.berger at mac.com wrote:
>> Output from hostname -f is
>> localhost
>>
>> In the interim, 106 updates became available. I downloaded (wired)  
>> and
>> installed them. When I restarted, the Update Manager (if that's the
>> name of one of the icons in the right upper panel) announced that a
>> driver for the wireless card had become available.
>>
>> I used Device Manager to install the new driver. This required
>> downloading and running an fwcutter. All of this was handled
>> automagically.
>>
>> I just restarted again and (hooray!) the connected light on my
>> wireless card is lit for the 1st time running Ubuntu.
>>
>> And I'm connected!
>>
>> And no authentication issues either.
>>
>> Thanks!!!
>> -J
>
> Cool! Now change /etc/hosts as Derek pointed out & you should be  
> good to
> go. Sorry that I missed this when I looked at your /etc/hosts  
> previously.
>