Ubuntu won't recognize Linksys wireless card
 

I am a newbie who excitedly just installed Ubuntu on my Toshiba 2655XDVD laptop. I have a 802.11g Linksys wireless card that Ubuntu doesn't seem to recognize. How do I get it to internet capable? It is probably a simple solution but I have no clue yet. Please put how to terms as simply as possible. Thanks, Jay

"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick once and you suck forever!"....Anonymous

Welcome... you will see Ubuntu beats the ... stuffing out of RH6.2 (good grief!)

Which linksys?
So what have you tried?

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_F...Ndiswrapper.29
You have to use ndiswrapper with the windows drivers on your CD.

I will try your link to Ndiswrapper.29, read the text if there is some and try to use whatever software is required for the card to work. The card is a Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 2.4 Ghz 802.11g model No. WPC54G version 2. Assume that I know nothing about LINUX with your replys. I have experience in the "Dark Side" operating system but am trying to get weaned. Thank you for being so patient with me. Thanks, Jay

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex....It takes a touch of genius....and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

Went to the link to the Ubuntu Ndiswrapper that you suggested. It directed me to go to add/remove applications tab and search for Ndiswrapper. I could not install it because I don't have an internet connection for the laptop in question up and running. I am writing to this forum via a "Dark Side" computer. I will attempt to find and download Ndiswrapper, burn it to CD and then install it on the laptop, then the Linksys drivers. If I am going to really pooch it or you have a better idea, let me know? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for the quick response and warm welcome.

I tried to burn to CD the Ndiswrapper 1.47 from their site using InfraRecorder. I figured that it should be kind of like downloading the ISO image of Ubuntu. I guess I was wrong because I couldn't get the laptop running Ubuntu to recognize the CD. I can't download it off the internet because I do not have my card working yet. I am just stabbing in the dark hoping to get something right. I read the help menu to no avail. Ugh!