set up wireless internet

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net>
> Subject: set up wireless internet
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 2:22 PM
> I am trying to get my wireless card
> working. The card has been in the
> machine a long time but has not been in use in about a
> year. It is a
> Linksys card But I have no numbers as to make and model. My
> ubuntu
> 8.04 64 bit system can't seem to see it. I don't believe I
> have the
> correct driver on board. I have been to the Ubuntu 8.04
> help page and
> spent a great deal of yesterday trying to work my way
> through this.
> Without a card number I can't pick a driver to install. Is
> there a way
> to get the card number without taking the card out and
> actually reading
> the numbers or a way to pick a driver??
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> doug
>
Why not pull the card out and check?  If its been out of service for a year or more it probably needs a good reseting anyway. Otherwise try trial and error.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net