I haven't had any handson experience with the C700, but I had an Acer laptop once that came with Atheros chipset. It worked just fine with Ubuntu 8.04 back then. For your case, however, you might want to look at this article from Quilombo Digital ( http://tiny.cc/elwwd ). Tell us if this works for you.
Best regards, Jeffrey Imperial Web: http://jicreatives.co.cc Alternate Email: [email protected] Phone: 0909.492.1742 > wicd is in the ubuntu UNIVERSE repositories. it replaces > network-manager and network-manager-gnome. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Jimmy Lim <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Eugene Ranjo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Need help!  I have a friend using Compaq C700 Atheros wifi with >>> Ubuntu 8.04 woriking fine with madwifi drivers but if the access point >>> has a wep key my linux box cannot connect to AP. >>> >>> >> >> I'm not sure if Ubuntu has [0]wicd, but if you can connect to your AP >> without security, I bet your atheros is working properly. >> >> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ >> >> HTH >> >> -- >> Jimmy B. Lim >> j i m m y b l i m @ g m a i l . c o m >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > eric pareja ([email protected]) LPIC-2 | PGP/GPG Key 0xB82E42D9 > Coordinator for Technology / Senior Linux Trainer > National Telehealth Center, University of the Philippines Manila > International Open Source Network - ASEAN+3 > "Ang mundo ay aklat, at iisang pahina lamang ang nababasa ng hindi > naglalakbay." > ãããããããã¤ããªãã > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
