Belkin USB dongle
Kim Briggs
patiodragon at gmail.com
Fri Jul 4 01:12:30 UTC 2008
On 7/3/08, Jeffrey Tooker <Jeffreytooker at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Kim Briggs wrote:
> > On 6/28/08, Robin Trebilcock <robin at broadmead.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> I am just about to install Ubuntu on my desktop. On my Windows setup I
> >> use a Belkin USB dongle to connect to my wireless modem/router. Will
> >> Ubuntu recognise this on installation or do I have to configure it in
> >> some way. If so, can someone lead me by the hand as I am a Linux newbie
> >> Thanks
> >> Robin
> >>
> >>
> > Hi Robin,
> >
> > An easy and quick thing to try is using ndisgtk, a program that lets
> > you use the Windows driver for your wireless card under linux. There
> > have been quite a few questions about wireless cards. I posted these
> > notes:
> >
> > http://kimbriggs.com/computers/computer-notes/linux-notes/ubuntu-linux-wi-fi-card.file
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> Kim:
>
> Has this been adapted for Puppy Linux yet?
>
> Jeffrey
>
Hi Jeffrey,
I have no idea. It has worked a few times for me under Ubuntu. Is
Puppy some derivative of Ubuntu? Don't want to be facetious, but if
Puppy is unrelated, maybe they have a tech discussion list as well...?
cheers,
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