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Old 11-06-2009, 04:12 AM   #1
danne123
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Wifi problem


Hello! Now I got a new problem and asking for help again. I cant get internet connection to start and working under ubunt 9.10 . I am useing a wifi connection in school trying to connect to school network. Strange thing that everything works under Windows Vista.

USB Huawei modem works everything perfectly but I need to get wifi working aswell.
 
Old 11-06-2009, 04:46 AM   #2
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It sure works with vista how did you make it work? Does the media that came with it has drivers for Linux?
Else post the output of

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lsusb
 
Old 11-06-2009, 05:57 AM   #3
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Do 'lspci' to see what your Wireless is. You may need linux-backports-modules package.
 
Old 11-07-2009, 01:18 PM   #4
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Do 'lspci' to see what your Wireless is. You may need linux-backports-modules package.
I fixed it with million commands, canīt remember wich one that made it work.
 
  


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