I found Ubuntu to be very smart about finding and fitting drivers for wireless stuff. As I recall, Ubuntu prompted me clearly for all the things it initially thought were mysteries, and I was able to select proprietary or non-proprietary drivers at my option. The cards I remember having setup issues with were Intel units sold for Dell (and others). I selected proprietary drivers that I use in XP and Ubuntu was happy to adapt and run them. On an Ubuntu upgrade, I had to do it again, but it was a BTDT session. Subsequent Ubuntu updates have not affected any of my drivers. Easiest when one does a fresh new install where Ubuntu is looking for all drivers, but easy and maybe the same if using the "install new hardware" thing, whatever it's called. If all else fails, I have a Proxim Orinoco Gold PCMCIA a, b, g card for sale that is about the best and most commonly compatible thing you can find. Actual Linux drivers are available for this card. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of > auditodd at comcast.net > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:00 PM > To: Jason Hsu > Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] HELP! How do I get a wireless card to work? > > > Buy a better (more Linux friendly) wireless card? > > Sorry, couldn't resist. > I had two Linksys PCMCIA cards. One worked, one didn't. > Fought for hours with the one that didn't and finally gave up and sold it to someone who needed wireless on a Windows laptop. > > It's just easier to buy a card that is known to work with Linux. > > I think I still have the PCMCIA card in a drawer somewhere. > I don't have a laptop any more that supports PCMCIA. > > ---------- > Todd Young > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Hsu" <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Sent: Friday, October 2, 2009 5:31:25 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [tclug-list] HELP! How do I get a wireless card to work? > > I have a Linksys WPC54GS v1.1, and I'm trying to install it in Ubuntu. I have the weight of the world on my shoulders, > because this is for an IEEE study group called Project Phoenix (group working on an open source blood pressure monitor), > and everyone else has little or no Linux experience. > > I've done Google searches on how to install this wireless card. I go through the procedures (like ndiswrapper and > bcm43xx-fwcutter, but the mumbo jumbo either don't work, or there's one little thing in them that I can't do, and I can't > figure out why not. > > I have used a Linksys WUSB54GC in Puppy Linux in the past, and it worked right out of the box. > > What's wrong? Where can I get a general understanding of how things work without wading through tons of mumbo jumbo? > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > > _______________________________________________ >