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From: za kAT on 21 Apr 2010 06:36 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:18:12 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: > I have tons other links...I did get it to work once with encryption turned > off. I couldn't reconnect after I reset encryption. I spent way too much > time on this and finally gave up. So we have confirmation it now associates, and connects with open authentication, and therefore works at a physical level. Which you said it didn't. What encryption were you using? -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: Mark Warner on 21 Apr 2010 08:50 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Yeah, this is an ancient problem that has been fixed-right? Wrong. > Runs out of the box? Wrong! > I have tons other links...I did get it to work once with encryption turned > off. I couldn't reconnect after I reset encryption. I spent way too much > time on this and finally gave up. What distro and version? Live or installed? -- Mark Warner ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mike Easter on 21 Apr 2010 15:17 Bear Bottoms wrote: <appparently BB has trouble with linux wifi in his Inspiron 9400> http://peek.snipr.com/voc6p Ubuntu Linux on a Dell Inspiron 9400 - Experiences installing and maintaining an Ubuntu Linux installation on an Intel Centrino Duo-Core Dell Inspiron 9400 notebook. - WiFi requires restricted modules - this was all that was needed to get WiFi working with the 686 kernel. http://www.linlap.com/wiki/dell+inspiron+9400 This is a guide to running Linux with the Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop. - Network 10/100/1000 Ethernet + Intel 3945 802.11g Wireless + Bluetooth - Linux Compatibility - Wireless - Yes - Use the ipw3945 module -- Wireless - it's very easy to get it working. Just follow the hardware ipw3945 guide. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Iwlwifi - iwlwifi is Intel's open source driver for their newer wireless network adapters (Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG and newer). The driver is included in the linux kernel since version 2.6.24. > I have tons other links...I did get it to work once with encryption turned > off. I couldn't reconnect after I reset encryption. I spent way too much > time on this and finally gave up. > There is some useful stuff to learn at that gentoo page. This page^1 has 20 different links to linux distros running on the inspiron 9400 ^1 http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html One example: http://www.islabinaria.com/samu/ubuntu/ubuntu-vs-windows-on-dell-inspiron.html Hardware: Dell Inspiron 9400 - Ubuntu 9.10 - WEP and WPA wireless - Wireless card: Intel� PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - YES That page also contrasts the ease of getting the Ub910 to use that hardware compared with what you have to do to get WinXP sp3 ready. "Differences from a home final user point of view between the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and Windows XP SP3 features, on a Dell Inspiron 9400:" -- Mike Easter
From: Craig on 21 Apr 2010 16:01 On 04/21/2010 12:17 PM, Mike Easter wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: > > <appparently BB has trouble with linux wifi in his Inspiron 9400>... > > One example: > http://www.islabinaria.com/samu/ubuntu/ubuntu-vs-windows-on-dell-inspiron.html > Hardware: Dell Inspiron 9400 - Ubuntu 9.10 - WEP and WPA wireless - > Wireless card: Intel� PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - YES > > That page also contrasts the ease of getting the Ub910 to use that > hardware compared with what you have to do to get WinXP sp3 ready. Btw, indirectly linked is the Ubuntu Laptop Project <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop> which shows how to generate a report for your laptop and lists (not a large number of) pretty fresh reports <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop/Reports>. Useful resource, thx -- -Craig
From: Gordon Darling on 21 Apr 2010 18:30
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:39:46 -0400, Mark Warner wrote: <snip> > You'll be amazed at the lengths > people will go to help if they have a subject that has done his > homework, gives them the information they need to help, and takes > direction without getting lippy. "takes direction without getting lippy" That ain't Bottoms! Regards Gordon -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works. |