Hi guys,<br><br>Thanks for the replies.<br><br>To Morars: Would you mind explaining exactly how to install this <i>ndiswrapper</i> and where I can download it please? I assume I can download it through windows and put it on a flash drive or something?<br> <br>To Lee: I'm afraid I don't know what the restricted driver manager is nor do I know what Ispci is unfortunately. <br><br>To Quitin: I'm in Cape Town not Pretoria so sadly can't take you up on that offer :( I thin I'm running ubuntu 8.10 but there is freedom toaster at UCT, I can check out what version they have there I suppose and reinstall if it comes to it. <br> <br>Thanks again<br>Dan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:48 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morars@gmail.com">morars@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Daniel<br> <br> I have the same laptop, with the same wifi card, and the same problem. What I do is disable the driver in the driver manager and install the windows driver using ndiswrapper. Works perfectly after that. Btw I've had this problem with this wifi card since I got the laptop about 2 years ago.<br> ------Original Message------<br> From: Lee Sharp<br> Sender: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community<br> ReplyTo: Ubuntu South African Local Community<br> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] acer WLAN driver problems<br> Sent: Aug 11, 2009 3:10 PM<br> <div class="im"><br> Daniel Auger wrote:<br> > Hi all,<br> ><br> > I have installed ubuntu on my Acer Aspire 5610Z and I can't get the WLAN<br> > to work. Under the drivers section Ubuntu has installed /support for<br> > Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards/. I dont know if thats the card i have<br> > or not but it doesnt work. Also if I try add a wireless connection under<br> > /network connections/ It deativates the OK button so I cant save any<br> > settings which is weird.<br> ><br> > I've looked through some of the forums but unfortunately to be honest I<br> > dont fully understand the solutions posted. For example a lot of them<br> > require me to download stuff using get_apt or wget which obviuosly dont<br> > work because I cant connect.<br> <br> </div><div class="im">Several wireless card will not work without a download that is<br> restricted in distribution. For example, the Dells with broadcoms need a<br> bios, and there is a no-redistribution clause in the EULA. So you may<br> need to download something. Have you tried the Restriceted Driver<br> Manager to see if it finds it? If so, we need to know what you have.<br> How about the output of lspci?<br> <br> Lee<br> <br> --<br> </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> <br> --<br> ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><div class="HTTPopupContainer" id="HTTPopupContainer"></div><div id="HTTShadow"></div>