wireless on aspire 3630

[Xandros Pilosa]

Dne 04.01.2010 (pon) ob 10:02 -0600 je Leonard Chatagnier zapisal(a):
> Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 for a friend on his Acer aspire 3630 and,
> > with the exception of the wireless connection, all appears to be OK.
> > There is no icon for wireless monitor on the top panel nor is the icon
> > in the 'add to panel' list. I have not been able to find anything I can
> > follow on Google so would someone please be kind enough to advise me on
> > how to get the wireless to work.
> >
> > Norman
> >
> >
> Many people have had good luck with wicd ipo network-manager-gnome to 
> resolve wireless issues. NMG does seem to work properly on wired systems
> but not always with wireless.  Just install wick, which will remove NM, 
> and give it a shot.  If it doesn't help you can always reinstall NM.
> 
> -- 
> Leonard
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 

Hello Norman,
this may be a silly question, but did you install the driver with
System --> Administration --> Hardware Drivers?
You shall need Broadcom B43 (OS) or Broadcom STA (proprietary), I think
from a quick look at laptop specs.
You will need also firmware for the card.
Anyway, I suggest you first look through articles [1], [2] and
especially [3] for more instructions and check them against your wlan
config.

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
[2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/b43
[3] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1368699

Regards