<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Richard, Thanks for this advice, which I've tried to follow. But I fall at the first hurdle. I try to get into my BIOS (by interrupting the start-up sequence, right?) but I don't seem to get any way to disable the onboard lan. The nearest I get is a reference to the Lan boot setup, which is already disabled. Am I looking in the wrong place? <div> </div><div>John <div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder" style="font-size: 10pt; "></div>> From: ratcheson@gmail.com > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Problems loading driver for external antenna > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:19:20 -0600 > > On Saturday 18 December 2010 11:30:08 John Everard wrote: > > Would anybody please be able to help me load this driver, explaining what > > keys I need to press where? I am very new to Ubuntu. Many thanks in > > advance! > > > > READ ME FILE BEGINS > > Release Date: 2006-02-09, ver 1.2RTL8187 Linux driver version 1.2 > > --This driver supports RealTek RTL8187 Wireless LAN driver for > > John, it looks like you're replacing your inboard wifi card with an outboard > USB NIC with better Antenna. The first thing I would do is go into the bios > and disable the onboard lan. Then I'd reboot with the new USB thingie plugged > in and see if Ubuntu already has a driver for the RTL8187 and let it do the > work. You may have to Go to System>Administration>Additional Drivers and see > if Ubuntu will detect the need for the new driver and maybe find it for you. > > If it does, the you would go into the Wireless Connections and edit > connections where you put in the essid, wpa, password etc. as needed. > > You may also google for linux drivers fo the RTL8187 chip. On the net is a > linux hardware support list that will tell you if that chip is supported and > what driver it takes. > > If you have to compile the driver I'm not much help. It's been years since I > did such a thing but I'm sure there are many gurus monitoring this list. > > Richard > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </div> </body> </html>