As far as I know wireless devices can be configured via the terminal.  That's actually what I love about Linux.  On Windows, for the most part, you are confined to a GUI.  With Linux, however, most programs are front-ends for terminal-based utilities.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong because I'm still learning. :)

If it is accessible, run:

man iwconfig

If your wireless device is supported by Ubuntu without any external drivers, you should be able to use iwconfig to connect it to a wireless network.

Have a good weekend.

mike coulombe wrote:
Thanks, can you configura a wireless network from the terminal as well.
I will be gone until sunday, but will play with this when I get back.
Mike.
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From: "Robert Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 26,  at 8:52 AM
To: Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: wireless networks


What make/model of wireless network device do you have?  I have a USB
wireless adapter; hwen I first installed it, it could see the wireless
networks, but it would not connect.  I later found that I needed to
donwload/compile/install a different driver to get it up and running.

To find out information regarding your wireless connection, you can use:

iwconfig

in a terminal window.

To get a list of available wireless networks, you can use:

iwlist scanning

in a terminal window.

Hope this helps.

Take care.

mike coulombe wrote:
  
Hi, I plugged in a wireless card and see that ubuntu sees it. My question is how do I add my network to it.
What utility do I have to install. I looked at the network settings by going to the root account, but I didn't see anything that showed my network.
Is there a utility that works with orca even from the terminal that will list the networks seen.
Mike.


 
    


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