Dell latitude C840 wireless problem

[Nils Kassube]

Dave Stevens wrote:
> Unfortunately, when I formatted the drive I failed to 
> note the wireless chipset installed (although it did work in Windows.)
> It doesn't work now.

Have a look at this trouble shootig guide: 
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide>

> Alternatively, USB wireless gadgets are cheap, but perhaps someone can
> suggest one known to work with this unit/OS version?

I have an AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB stick which works with Ubuntu 7.10 including 
WPA2 encryption.


Nils