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Ubuntu Call for help
OK I finally got my computer repaired and, I decided to install ubuntu from Rym and Scotts' high regard. But now I can't figure out how to get my Internet to work. I am using a router that goes to my dads windows xp and its all connected to a modem. Please help!
If it helps I'm using a linksys router model number wrt54g and wusb54g
If it helps I'm using a linksys router model number wrt54g and wusb54g
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Really I have to say, if you have desktop computers in the same building, use a wired network. It is worth your time and effort to run the cable. Wireless should really only be used for laptops, DSes and such.
1. Get Automatix - you can find how on their site
2. Use Automatix to install NDIS wrapper
3. From Adept install "cabextract"
4. Get the windows drivers for your card in exe form
5. use cabextract to extract the files from the EXE
6. Open up NDIS wrapper and select the drivers .inf file
I would be more specific but most people on this forum seem technically minded. Ask for help if you need it.
You can stick with wireless if your just doing things like web browsing but if you want bittorent then I would insist you use wires as wires give far better performance in terms of not loosing bits of the file and having to redownload them.
One thing I don't get is my families insistence to put everything on CD/DVD for them when every computer has wires and transferring via network would be so much easier and trivial to set up (urinating dog, urinating dog [10 points if you get that reference])
Also, I agree with Apreche. Setting up a wired network in Ubuntu is a lot easier than wireless, even with the gui and such. (One could make the argument that it's easier to set up a wireless network in terminal, but I digress.) Also, if you can't find linux drivers for your network card, I'm not sure what you'd do. I guess you could try to find the .inf by installing the programs (that Omnutia mentioned) using either apt-get or synaptics, but I've never tried extracting .exe's. Good luck!
Wired networks need setting up in Ubuntu?
I'm starting a service where I take old computers away free then wipe the hard drive and install ubuntu or linux mint and sell them on. Could someone tell me of a good distribution for older computers though?
BTW: ndiswrapper is actually in the repositories so you can install it without the need of Automatix.
Basically there is nothing Automatix can do that you couldn't just do with synaptic package manager. Using Automatix is like using a wrecking ball to kill an ant. It does the job really well and really easily, but later you will be made that you damaged your patio. If you just do things in the way that is supported by Ubuntu, you will find that it is just as easy, you will not end up doing anything extra or unnecessary, and everything will continue to work as intended for a very long time.
What would i need to do that and how?
passwd su
Ubuntu has a different philosophy. The philosophy of Ubuntu is that you should never become the root user. You shouldn't even know the root user's password. It should be an incredibly complicated and random password, and you should never have to know it. This obviously helps for security reasons. The question of course becomes, what do you do when you need to install software or do something else that requires the super user privileges?
The answer is sudo. It literally means, do this as superuser. So if I use the command 'sudo ls' it will execute the ls command with super user privileges. This is why you always do sudo apt-get in Ubuntu, because the super user has the privileges to install software.
I won't get into exactly how sudo works, but let's just say that some users have the ability to sudo, and some do not. In Ubuntu, the account you create during installation has the ability to sudo. When you try to sudo something, it will ask for a password. The password is asking for is your account password. If your account password doesn't work, you are typing it wrong. That's all there is to it. If you are a user who does not have privileges to use sudo, and you try it, then a crazy error will pop up telling you that you are a bad person.
Honestly I have no idea.
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