Dear Folks, thanks for your suggestions. I do think that the wifi adsl is not different from the italian one. The problem is that I had troubles also in Italy with the atheros divice, maybe due to my newbiness in the ubuntu-world. I erased the windows partition so I cannot make a comparison now, but before it worked under windows.
If is possibile I would meet someone in the MacDonald or in the Pitcher and Piano Pub,or in the Imperial Pub. I don't have my notebook with me now, that I am answering to you, and it is difficult to apply your suggestions. The better thing would be a direct speech in front of a Pint! If someone can I am available today (4 pm - 5,30 pm) or later... or tomorrow after 6,30 pm. Thank you Marco ----Messaggio originale---- Da: [email protected] Data: 08/04/2009 18.47 A: "British Ubuntu Talk"<[email protected]> Ogg: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter Marco, can you view the wifi networks, or are you not getting anything for wifi? From my experience putting Intrepid on my sisters laptop (a Fujitsu V5355), Atheros cards need a wifi driver installing, because they don't have the right ones by default. My fix for this was to *do sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic* while connected to the internet through a wire, or install off the Intrepid CD, which got her Atheros wireless card running straight away. Hope that might be of some use to you! 2009/4/8 Farran Lee <[email protected]> > On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 16:12 +0100, Matt Jones wrote: > > No?? The US uses a narrower range of channel IIRC, but that's about it. > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Alec Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think there could be a problem with WiFi standards... isnt european > > wifi incompatible with UK WiFi > > > > 2009/4/8 Rob Beard <[email protected]>: > >> [email protected] wrote: > >>> Dear Folks, > >>> I am an Italian ubuntian who came to Exeter for a course. > >>> I brought my notebook with me, I was hoping to use it wireless, but I > >>> cannot. > >>> Maybe If you have a ubuntu community center, or a pub we can meet > >>> there and you can teacdh me how to connect wifi with my notebook here. > >>> My version is the 8.10 I have a Compaq presesario with atheros device > >>> for the wifi. > >>> I stay here for 10 days, maybe you can help. > >>> > >>> Thank you > >>> Marco > >>> You can conntact me viua email, I can chack the email once a day. > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Hi Marco, > >> > >> Unfortunately the Exwick Community Centre in Exeter isn't ready yet as > >> this would have been an ideal location. > >> > >> There are some other options though, there are a couple of Weatherspoons > >> pubs in Exeter as far as I'm aware, one The Imperial is near the Exeter > >> St Davids railway station and near the Exeter College and Universities. > >> There is free wifi available there. > >> > >> I'll cc this into the Devon & Cornwall Linux User Group list as there > >> are a few members in Exeter who may be able to help you out (I'm in > >> Torquay and at the moment I haven't had much opportunity to get to Exeter). > >> > >> Hope this helps and I hope you enjoy your visit to Exeter, with any luck > >> the weather will stay nice while you're staying here. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> > >> -- > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >> > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > dunno about wifi, but I do know that our belgium friends bought a router in > germany but it doesn't work in belgium. So there could be differences... but > that shouldn't affect what the laptop picks up unless it's been configured > into the hardware or something. > i'm probably wrong but even so :p > =================================== > Farran Lee > I'm only 16 :P > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Simon Wears [email protected] http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Con Tutto Incluso chiami e navighi senza limiti e hai 4 mesi GRATIS.L'attivazione del servizio è gratis e non paghi più Telecom! L'offerta è valida solo se attivi entro il 09/04/09 http://abbonati.tiscali.it/promo/tuttoincluso/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
