johnston
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 12:18 AM |
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anyone using wireless on ubuntu??
Thought i'd give ubuntu a go as
vista is doing my head in!!
done a duel boot everything seems to be a good job except I cant get my wireless dongle to work!!!
alot of what i've found on the net is gibberish to me.
Anyone on here know what to do?
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rodders
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 12:51 AM |
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Yep I'm using it, what's the problem? Can't find your network? dongle isn't know by the computer?
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 09:05 AM |
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I had a problem with puppy linux and a wireless card - i just googled:
puppy linux wd-12392 (or whatever the card was called)
And read what came up, just do the same, but make sure you type the correct dongle make/model in.
You will probably find that a wrapper will work - I'm new to it all but as far as I can tell it utilises a driver for windows inside linux, and
the wrapper lets it all talk to each other.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 09:41 AM |
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Depends very much on the wireless dongle as some have proper Linux drivers available some don't and I have never got the method of using a
windows driver in a wraper to work..
Last year I know that Mint came with more native wireless drivers than Ubuntu but this may/should no longer be the case as Mint development feeds back
into Ubuntu.
I use one of the very cheapest no-brand dongles bought from ebuyer and it allows me to connect to either of my networks from mint Linux without
problem, I also have a Sweex dongle that I can't find linux drivers for.
[Edited on 21/1/09 by britishtrident]
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idl1975
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 10:52 AM |
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I've been through this with Redhat, Ubuntu and SuSE distributions. 
The biggest problem with Ubuntu is wireless devices. You are basically taking pot luck with any wireless card or dongle that the device is
supported. And I don't just mean the brand, but the firmware and the PCB below that, which can be very hard to figure out before you buy.
My suggestion would be to borrow as many as possible from friends and colleagues and then swap them yours when you find one that works.
I couldn't find a clearly supported wireless card for my PC and went back to Windows. If and when I have a wired internet connection,
I'll consider going to Linux.
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Originally posted by johnston
Thought i'd give ubuntu a go as
vista is doing my head in!!
done a duel boot everything seems to be a good job except I cant get my wireless dongle to work!!!
alot of what i've found on the net is gibberish to me.
Anyone on here know what to do?
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johnston
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 03:50 PM |
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I've now managed to install the windowsdrivers using the ndiswrapper.
But when I plug the dongle in it just freezes. ssometimes just loose the functions from the menus and keyboard sometimes it freezes totally
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 04:31 PM |
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I use feisty fawn with ndiswrapper. Sounds like there may be a problem with the install and you might have to start again.
take heart in the fact that if youve got this far then you really are nearly there! Youre over the worst!
(and as a new user be proud that youve sorted out ndiswrapper, youre probably looking at some of the hardest stuff youll have to do as a standard home
user).
Craig
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rodders
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 05:28 PM |
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ndiswrapper is a bit of a horrible patch. What version of ubuntu are you using and what's the make + model of your dongle?
Regards
Rhod
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johnston
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 05:41 PM |
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its the henry heron version I think
was trying a d-link, but dugout another one (zyxel) that came from a router that got dropped installed the drivers through the ndiswrapper and jobs
done 
1st impressions
internet is faster even though its downloading an update at same time !!!
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