Right, I'm making some progress on this one....
I have performed a fresh Kubuntu 6.10 install, and I now have a 3Com
3CRUSB10075 wireless USB dongle, which is being recognised by
ndiswrapper. (There is a native OSS driver but reports I've seen suggest
that the 3Com one under ndiswrapper is more reliable. So I installed he
drivers off the 3Com CD using ndiswrapper.)
What appears to happen now is that the wireless adapter is found
(iwconfig shows my wireless interface, iwlist shows my network, etc),
but it is not obtaining an IP address via DHCP unless I tell it to
("dhclient eth1"). Obviously that's not very user friendly, so any
suggestions?
Also, how would I make it work by either cable or WLAN depending on
which is available?
Finally, I downloaded kwirelessmonitor (via apt-get) but I don't know
how to add it to the system tray (I assume this is a general KDE lack of
knowledge issue, I don't know how this stuff works!)
NB: I used the 3com dongle because we discovered one on the shelf, but
I'd still like recommendations for a wireless USB dongle which will work
more simply, and which is at the lower end of the price scale. It's
relatively easy to find chipset recommendations but that's not much help
when making a purchase!
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Mark Rogers
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