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shugs81 05-16-2008 10:12 AM
Dell Insipron 1525 Linux set up...... bah!!!
 
Hi chaps....

Trying to get the WIFI set up on the laptop...

any ideas as to which distro would be best? it's broadcom drivers so i know its goiong to be a right ball ache to get it going anyway but I managed with other cards... does anyone know if the fact the laptop has an on/off switch on the side of it for the wifi and that it's both PCI and USB causes a problem? the light no longer comes on for the wifi and Linux Mint just see it as a generic unsupported network adaptor.... HELP!!!

shugs81 05-16-2008 04:44 PM
right.... i've found the Intel 3945 internal wifi card... this is compatable with the laptop.... are the drivers out for it?

masonm 05-16-2008 04:52 PM
Check out ndiswrapper.

pixellany 05-16-2008 06:13 PM
If it's Intel 3945, then most modern distros will include the native driver--no need for ndiswrapper.

shugs81 05-17-2008 02:29 AM
woot.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

pixellany 05-17-2008 10:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by shugs81 (Post 3156004)
woot.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
This perhaps means you got it working?????
(Or maybe your horn is stuck.....;))


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