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tolkienarda
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hi all
i just bought a new laptop and put ubuntu mint 2.1 bea on it and there seems to be a problem with the wireless card. i think the driver exists because when i use the iwconfig it shows wlan0 and also in the networking section of administration. i am not sure if this always displays and mabe i don't have it installed or if i am not configing somthing right. i have configured the essid and entered the wpa encryption key.

if i need to install a driver does anyone know if i can find a driver for a 802.11g MiniPCI wireless card with a relink chipset. i would try to use the ndis wrapper but i couldn't get it to work with a bootable version i used to use
Jan 16 '07 #1
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Motoma
3,237 Recognized Expert Specialist
This may be a stupid question, but have you run:
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  1. $ ifconfig wlan0 up
?
Jan 26 '07 #2
tolkienarda
316 Contributor
i've tried that and now i've upgraded to the newest version of ubuntu and it still dosen't seem to work. but the cd drive on this laptop broke and i am sending it back. if you know any network cards or computer makers that are good about linux compatibility i would be greatful for suggestions on brands

thanks eric
Jan 29 '07 #3
Motoma
3,237 Recognized Expert Specialist
i've tried that and now i've upgraded to the newest version of ubuntu and it still dosen't seem to work. but the cd drive on this laptop broke and i am sending it back. if you know any network cards or computer makers that are good about linux compatibility i would be greatful for suggestions on brands

thanks eric
The only wireless cards I have had have been broadcom, and I needed to set them up using ndiswrapper. I never had any problem with this though.
Jan 29 '07 #4
tolkienarda
316 Contributor
alright i've used ndiswrapper on a broadcom before in an old version of backtrack and it worked so i will look for one of those when purchacing my new computer

pardon the crapy speling

thanks
eric
Jan 29 '07 #5
horace1
1,510 Recognized Expert Top Contributor
i've tried that and now i've upgraded to the newest version of ubuntu and it still dosen't seem to work. but the cd drive on this laptop broke and i am sending it back. if you know any network cards or computer makers that are good about linux compatibility i would be greatful for suggestions on brands

thanks eric
I tend to use Toshiba laptops with Fedora, Ubuntu and Suse and in the main they find the drivers for the hardware OK (display, sound card, LAN, WLAN, etc)
Jan 30 '07 #6

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