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Wireless in Ubuntu; New to Ubuntu

mattytehhax0rmattytehhax0r
edited May 2008 in Technology
There may be a discussion on this already, but I can't find it, so I'm making a new one for me specific.

I recently formatted my hard drive, partitioned, and set up a dual-boot with vista and ubuntu hardy heron 8.04.

The install process went fine with one problem, my wireless adapter doesn't work in ubuntu. My wireless adapter

Now, i did some digging, (even bugged ScRym) and got some progress. I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper, using my shared partition. I installed all three parts and got the program working.

So, I tried to install the driver and it said it was an invalid driver. So, I went to the website linked to above, and downloaded the driver there. But, the same problem happened.

Anything that would help would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

  • AtheriShadowAtheriShadow
    I'd like to tack my own similar problem on here: I have a Linksys Wireless-N card that doesn't work even with the ndiswrapper and driver installed (wireless capability is acknowledged, but no wireless networks appear anyway despite being found by Windows). This isn't an urgent problem since I have an older backup card, just thought I'd post it since there's a topic for it now. The Ubuntu forums basically said Wireless-N + 8.04 is a waiting game right now, but if anyone's got it working, please let me know how you did it.
  • AprecheApreche
    With wireless in Ubuntu there are three possibilities.

    1) It works automatically.
    2) You need to do special things to make it work, and the answers are on the Ubuntu forum.
    3) It doesn't work, and you will just have to wait for someone to make it work.
  • DkongDkong
    edited May 2008
    With wireless in Ubuntu there are three possibilities.

    1) It works automatically.
    2) You need to do special things to make it work, and the answers are on the Ubuntu forum.
    3) It doesn't work, and you will just have to wait for someone to make it work.
    Is wireless any better on other distros (especially regarding #3, which is my current situation)?

    If not, linux has a long way to go before the mainstream (and hell, even me...and I don't consider myself mainstream) will even come close to giving a rat's ass about it.
    Post edited by Dkong on
  • AprecheApreche
    Is wireless any better on other distros (especially regarding #3, which is my current situation)?

    If not, linux has a long way to go before the mainstream (and hell, even me...and I don't consider myself mainstream) will even come close to giving a rat's ass about it.
    No, it's pretty much the same on every distro. Also, remember that while not 100% of cards work, I'd say about 80% of cards work. It's only people with weird cards that have a problem.

    Also, remember this. Almost zero wireless cards will work automatically in Windows. They all require you to go on the net and find a driver to download and install. What if your only connection is wireless, and you just installed Windows? You're SOL until you can find a wired connection. With Linux, not every card will work, but the cards that do require no work on the part of the user. Not even downloading an running an exe.
  • DkongDkong
    Almost zero wireless cards will work automatically in Windows.
    Except on laptops. On any laptop I've used (Dells, Toshibas, maybe HP), Windows has automatically got it online wirelessly.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    On my Asus laptop I have to install about 600 MB of drivers till everything works. Even then I can't seem to get my wireless card to work under Vista! But as Scott said, when I install Ubuntu everything works perfectly.
  • DkongDkong
    edited May 2008
    Interesting. On my Dell, wireless worked fine right off the bat in Vista, but it doesn't work worth a shit in Ubuntu.
    Oh well, perhaps every laptop is compatible with one of the 2 OSes....
    Post edited by Dkong on
  • TyashkiTyashki
    Well I would think that's because the wireless drivers a preinstalled with the laptop, though I doubt they'd preinstall ubuntu drivers. :P
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