On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:23:23 +0200 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which wireless adaptor? For a while the lack of support for a > particular Edimax USB wireless adaptor was one of the top Ubuntu bugs. > My neighbor had this particular adaptor, and now Kubuntu 8.04 (which > powers both our computers) runs it just fine. The 8.04 betas did not. Nearly all wireless adapters should work, but not out of the box. You need to figure out the chipset. Most broadcom chipsets are now supported by a native Linux driver, BUT the firmware is not installed. For Ubuntu/KUbuntu you need to install b43-fwcutter. Fortunately, this package on Ubuntu does contain the firmware. The worst case, you be to use a package called NDISWrapper. NDISWrapper uses the Windows driver directly. Unfortunately, NDISWrapper is not as easy and straightforward for the average computer user. But, in favor of the OP, unfortunately, many chipmakers ignore Linux when they create their drivers requiring the Linux community to catch up. Usually this can take about 6 months, -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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