Hey Tristan, Are you tied to Ubuntu? Ubuntu only includes parts that are free (as in cost and in open source). This may be the reason that some of these utilities aren't available.
I'm a MEPIS user myself and I just checked the boot CD and it includes wireless networking as well as bluetooth services. I haven't had a chance to try them out from the live cd though. MEPIS 6.0 is built on top of Ubuntu so it takes advantage of all of that great development and effort, but has a couple of UI tweaks that the developers of MEPIS liked. One of which is the KDE UI instead of GNOME. MEPIS also includes some things that aren't free as in open source, but are free as in beer: Flash player, Real Audio, and a couple of other things. I appreciate them being there as I would probably have installed them anyway. On MEPIS, from the "start" button, choose "System Configuration (Settings)" then "System Administration" then "MEPIS Utilites" then "Network Interfaces". Wifi and WLAN0 are the two areas you want to adjust. HTH. Kevin Cully CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of Fox Forward 2006! http://foxforward.net Tristan Leask wrote: > I was playing with the live CD on my copy of ubuntu 6.06 last night, and > I couldn't seem to get my wifi connection working thanks to the network > admin property sheet only showing WEP as the network authentication > type. > > Doing a quick Google search came back with saying that I should use the > Network Manager (Gnome) to connect to my wireless network. The great > thing is, that the blooming thing isn't installed when booting with the > live CD, thus it tries to connect to the internet to install it. But > hang on! I can't connect to the internet because I can't connect to my > WAP!!! > > Anyone know if the live CD for 6.10 has this app installed by default? > Or any other means of getting WPA to show up in the network admin > property sheet? Oh and does the DVD version have a live bit on it? I > assume all of the packages are available to install from the DVD then. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
