Wi Fi on my laptop

[Derek Broughton]

Karl Larsen wrote:

> 
>     Well on my cheap laptop with Intrepid I did a lshw -C network and
> got this for my effort to connect to a WiFi internet.
> 
>   *-network UNCLAIMED
>        description: Ethernet controller
>        product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
... 
> I gather the kernel driver for this device is un-availium on Linux.

Why?  A simple google for "linux AR242x ubuntu" says it is available, 
though perhaps not yet in a deb.

-- 
derek