Driver for wireless usb adapter

[Li Li]

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 14:39 -0400, John wrote:
> Christensens wrote:
> >
> > 1. I would like to be able to access the internet with  through my 
> > router using my Trendnet wireless USB 2.0 adapter. However, the 
> > installation disc for the adapter gives no information about how to 
> > install on ubuntu. When I look on their website they say it will not 
> > work with ununtu. Does anyone have a "workaround"  or can anyone 
> > suggest another low cost usb adapter?

> Did you boot with the usb wireless plugged in?
> Do you notice anything if you connect it to the pc with os running?
> If you go to menu: System/network tools, does it show any devices in there?
> 
> there's a lot of places to start troubleshooting this.  Linux has come a 
> very long way and most things are able to be solved these days.  Keep on 
> plugging - J
> 
> 
Christensens:
 
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/  has a very comprehensive list of which
brands of wireless adapters, chipsets, etc. work with Linux.  I've found
Trendnet to be a little problematic.  I have a Trendnet TEW-644UB USB
which *almost* works; I haven't had the time or energy to follow up on
it. 

There are more-and-more wireless thingys that work right out of the box
with Ubuntu and Linux generally; my internal Broadcom and external
Atheros-based PCMCIA card wireless adapters worked with Lucid with very
minimum fuss, even when Lucid was in beta.
 
-- 
Lilly
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