ubuntu wireless internet issues

twist2b · 09-29-2007, 10:42 PM

ok well i have to say that im a newbie hahahahah and that i cant get my et to work... ive even tried manuel and put in the gateway, ip, ect... but still no worky... i have a hp and currently multi partitioning with vista.
i have a broadcom wireless card... do i have to install a driver?

thanks in advanced...

oo and out of the blue question.... does ubuntu work just about like linux???

sleepykit · 09-29-2007, 11:05 PM

Does Gnome Network Manager see the wireless connection?

If it does but the setup still won't work, try using wicd (http://wicd.sourceforge.net/) as the network manager instead. If it doesn't see the card, then maybe you'll have to.

AceofSpades19 · 09-30-2007, 12:03 AM

it would help if you posted the type of wireless card you had

rhussey · 09-30-2007, 12:20 AM

You're going to need either bcm43xx-fwcutter or ndiswrapper. I haven't tried it, but something like this howto might help:
HOWTO: Broadcom 43xx based wireless cards the EASY way.