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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