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Posted: May 29 2006,19:41 QUOTE

so i have this nice laptop, amd 64 bit with 2.4 gh. and 1.5 g of ram..

the sound card is not supported nor the wireless. the wireless card is broadcom 802.11 g network adaptor according to windows device manager.

my soundcard is conexant.

does mydsl site have any of the drivers .. the wireless is the most important for now.

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Posted: May 29 2006,20:49 QUOTE

Hi,
try ndiswrapper in order to install the winxp driver for your card; or have a look at the wiki in order to get a wlan card working with dsl; or install dsl-n.
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Posted: May 29 2006,21:26 QUOTE

i have tried dsl-n with kernel 2.6 but tht didnt work.. i assume that if it was working the card will detect a the network and connect just like windows does ,right ?

does dsl have ndiswrapper in mydsl page ?

how do i use it , i heard tht i have to find the driver for the card in windows then let the program use it "emulate" i guess the driver to work on linux using api to translate between windows and linux instruction.

help and suggestion is very appreciated.

thanks


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Posted: May 30 2006,03:17 QUOTE

This thread may be helpful. Good luck :D

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Posted: May 30 2006,20:23 QUOTE

grrr,

ill just wait tell those drivers r part of the linux kernel.

now do i have to do all the iwconfig thing is i had the driver ?

i mean if i go to barns and nobels and they have free wireless connection wouldnt my linux detect and connect to it auto or let me know at least like windows ?

do i have to do all things by hand here ?

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