Hello!
Worst case scenario: It'll have a Broadcom BCM43xx chip on that card like my HP netbook and laptop do, meaning you MIGHT need bcmwl-kernel-source (or, for REALLY old machines, firmware-b43-installer or firmware b43-legacy-installer) from the repository. It's SUPPOSED to be non-free, but some distros go ahead and include these anyway.
The problem is, unless it's on the LiveCD (probably not, for the aforementioned reason), you'd need to hook up to a wired connection (or a wireless stick/card that IS detected by the kernel; Atheros and Intel come to mind), to go out and get it. Open a terminal, then enter the following line:
For the REALLY OLD Broadcom adapters, this link helps:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2110447
Every other wireless dongle I've ever used was auto-detected - even my (!) Windows Mobile smartphone...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Worst case scenario: It'll have a Broadcom BCM43xx chip on that card like my HP netbook and laptop do, meaning you MIGHT need bcmwl-kernel-source (or, for REALLY old machines, firmware-b43-installer or firmware b43-legacy-installer) from the repository. It's SUPPOSED to be non-free, but some distros go ahead and include these anyway.
The problem is, unless it's on the LiveCD (probably not, for the aforementioned reason), you'd need to hook up to a wired connection (or a wireless stick/card that IS detected by the kernel; Atheros and Intel come to mind), to go out and get it. Open a terminal, then enter the following line:
Code:
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-sourceFor the REALLY OLD Broadcom adapters, this link helps:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2110447
Every other wireless dongle I've ever used was auto-detected - even my (!) Windows Mobile smartphone...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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