[xubuntu-users] wireless network connection not present

Jamie Griffin jamie at fastmail.net
Mon Mar 24 17:53:46 UTC 2008


Nicolas Ferré wrote:
> Vincent a écrit :
>>
>> On 3/24/08, *Jamie Griffin* <jamie at fastmail.net 
>> <mailto:jamie at fastmail.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi everyone
>>
>>     I recently installed xubuntu, since i no longer have an option to use my
>>     wireless connection.
>>
>>     I'm using a Dell xpsM1330 laptop which has uses an Intel Corporation
>>     PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) ( i think this is right
>>     component on the lspci list?)
>>
>>     It worked on Ubuntu (gnome) desktop, so i would have thought i should be
>>     able to use it with Xubuntu. Can anyone help me to set it up correctly
>>     or advise further?
>>
>>
>> While not an ideal solution, something I've often found to work is to 
>> select "Manual Configuration" and then configure it by disabling roaming 
>> mode.
>>
>>     Thanks very much
>>
>>     Jamie
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -- 
>> Vincent
>>
> 
> Hi, I also had some problems with the default network manager coming 
> with xubuntu. I changed it to wicd, and since then, it works perfectly 
> on my dell d830 laptop. See: http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/wicd
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
Thanks for the advice, i check both out.

Jamie




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