No other suggestions. I did find my hp laptop ze2000 WiFi did not work with Ubuntu 7.10, but when I used the cable to connect to the Internet <g>, and upgraded to 8.04 the WiFi started to work perfectly. I could send you a Cat5e cable, I have lots of 25 ft, a 50 foot and 100ft lengths.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ricardo Araoz > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Is it really this quiet, or is the eMail service > havingproblems? > > > Ted Roche wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Ricardo Araoz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> :-) BTW Gil, I used to have a Debian desktop machine a couple of years > >> ago. Reading your Ubuntu ads :) I downloaded a copy of KUbuntu > (sorry, I > >> really like KDE better) and used it as a boot CD, problem is it didn't > >> detect my Wi-Fi connection. Back to W$, google, but the answers all > >> require downloading stuff and I have no internet access from Kubuntu. I > >> know I could find out where to get the packages, download them from W$, > >> put them where I can get to them from KUbuntu and then install > them from > >> disk. But it sounds too complicated and all I want is a taste of how it > >> would work (yes, internet access is an important part of the taste, I > >> want to see what I have available for easy installation etc.). Soooo... > >> do you know of any easier workarounds? > > > > Walk over to your wireless router and disconnect it. Plug the cable > > into your computer. > > > LOL > Piece of cake! ... erhhh... Forgot that my computer is in the little > room on the other side of the garden from the router... nope, cable is > only 2 mts. long, I'd need 20 mts.. > Any OTHER suggestion? ;c) > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.