[Discuss] Questions

[Murray Strome]

R. Langkamer wrote:
> On 11/3/07 4:27 PM, Murray Strome wrote:
>
>> Do you know any website that will give clear instructions on how to 
>> get wireless to work with Kubuntu? It appears to detect my wireless 
>> card OK, but nothing I do seems to enable it to connect to my 
>> Firewall/router.  Of course, it works fine if I attach an Ethernet 
>> cable. I probably just don't understand how to set it up.  I put in 
>> the SSID and the 10 hex digit WEP code that I use for Windows, but 
>> that doesn't seem to work. There does not appear to be anything like 
>> what is available in Windows that shows all the Wireless nets within 
>> range.
>>
>> I did ask this before on the list, but never received any replies, so 
>> thought I would try again.
>
>
>     I had/have the misfortune of having a PCI wifi card that was/is 
> unsupported by Ubuntu. That said, this was with the earlier versions 
> and I have not taken the time to try again. Now that the newest Ubuntu 
> is free in the wild, I should try again.
>
>     First thing to try is set the wifi router to no security and see 
> if you can connect then. If so, you now know it has something to do 
> with authentication. If you still can not connect, then this likely 
> points to unsupported hardware and an intense session of Googleing 
> should follow. You will need to know what chipset your wifi device is 
> using in order to find out if it can be made to work or not.
>
I know the chipset, and Ubuntu is supposed to support it. It is 
correctly detected. It is Intel, and they have LINUX drivers on their 
website, but I think Kubuntu/Ubuntu already supports them.  I guess I 
will next try your suggestion to turn off all security and go from 
there.  I am a bit surprised that, unlike Windows, Ubuntu does not show 
all networks within range.  I did find sort of a tutorial on an IBM 
website, but it was pretty complicated, so haven't gotten around to 
trying it yet. I will check out your ideas first.

Thanks.

Murray