If you're using VMware and bridged networking, only the host OS knows, or cares about wireless. The guest OS is connecting through a VMware virtual device.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 28, 2007 8:54 AM, Andrew P. Burgess <
<a href="mailto:apb@live.ca">apb@live.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="2">Hi; I've recently installed Ubuntu as a
virtual machine on my laptop, and I am trying to connect to a wireless network.
When I first ran the VM, it connected automatically, as I was able to browse,
update, etc. Now, it won't connect. I've looked around for help, but can't find
anything relevant. Part of the problem is (I think) that Ubuntu isn't seeing my
wireless card. When I put "iwconfig" into a terminal, I get this message:
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="2">lo no wireless
extensions.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="2">eth0 no wireless
extensions. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="2">Can anyone help me? This is my first
experience with Linux, so I don't much, but I'm willing to give anything a
try!</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="2">Thanks,</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="2">Andrew</font></div></div>
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