Ubuntu!

[Tristan]

Should be a network icon in the panel next to the date/time. What hardware are you running? What is your wireless card? When I've had issues with wireless cards in the past I've done a Google search to see if anyone else has run into similar issues. There have been a few times where I knew the hardware just wouldn't work with the time/effort I was willing to put in. Luckily, this hasn't happened with any hardware that I own.

Hopefully your wired connection still operates and you have access to plug straight in to a router, etc. If so, you can click on System - Administration - Hardware Drivers and see if Ubuntu finds any drivers for your wireless card.

If it doesn't find any, you can still use windows wireless drivers by downloading from the manufacturer and using ndiswrapper. The operation could get a little more complicated then desired, but searching through the Ubuntu forums really helps in these situations.

[kenstogie]

So I have a Medion Laptop (who?) Yea that's what everyone says except Europeans some times. It's kind of semi old 3 years and I did the google search on my Winbond W89C33 mPCI 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter. And of the 8 or so hits/post I sampled...

"winbond is not supported in linux nor does ndiswrapper support it." or something similiar.

Many were in other languages too.


So for me it's back to Winblows. Oh well. At least I have the actual install disc

Originally Posted by kenstogie

So I have a Medion Laptop (who?) Yea that's what everyone says except Europeans some times. It's kind of semi old 3 years and I did the google search on my Winbond W89C33 mPCI 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter. And of the 8 or so hits/post I sampled...

"winbond is not supported in linux nor does ndiswrapper support it." or something similiar.

Many were in other languages too.


So for me it's back to Winblows. Oh well. At least I have the actual install disc

You could always get a PCcard or usb wireless adapter. It will likely work better anyway. Then you can run Kismet
You should search first for compatibility.

[kenstogie]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

You could always get a PCcard or usb wireless adapter. It will likely work better anyway. Then you can run Kismet
You should search first for compatibility.

If I could get one cheaply and it's not a big thing to get it going I am not adverse to it. With budget laptops being fairly inexpensive I may opt for a new one, when my current one gives up the ghost.