Wi Fi on my laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
    It's available from a web page as a tar ball. Not for apt-get yet.


Karl


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