Connecting a wireless router

Gilles Gravier ggravier at fsfe.org
Fri Feb 15 17:32:01 UTC 2013


Try turning OFF the laptop before rebooting into Windows?

Gilles

On 15/02/2013 17:59, Bill Stanley wrote:
> On 02/15/2013 11:46 AM, Bill Stanley wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am happy to report that after some more digging, I was able to find
>> the answer to my wireless problem.  The command...
>>
>> apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
>>
>>
>> fixed the problem and I can now connect.
>
> WS=> Well it looks like I celebrated too quickly.  I now can connect
> to the wireless router using Linux (which I prefer) but cannot connect
> using Windows.  If this was my computer, there would not be an issue,
> but since this is a friends computer, I would like to return to him a
> computer that can wirelessly connect both Windows and Linux.  It
> appears that the apt-get installed firmware that now interferes with
> windows wireless connections.  Any solutions?
>
>
> Bill Stanley
>




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