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Topic: WLan, help

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rubi

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Posted: May 11 2006,18:35

Hi all, I am completely new to DSL/Linux/computers; so please be patient with me. I tried DSL Live CD. Booting was no problem and everything appeared to work. I am really impressed with this stuff! But, I cannot connect to the Internet. I have a wireless setup which is built into the laptop; i.e. no card, a built-in wireless connection. Does anyone know how to help me set things up in DSL? I tried WLanconfig but it said no network card was detected. Here is some info. that might help:
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M7405 laptop
Intel ® PRO/Wireless 2200BG

hs7sv

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Posted: May 12 2006,15:30

You may try DSL-2.1b (kernel 2.4.31) and ipw2200-k2.4.31.dsl Good luck

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rubi

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Posted: May 12 2006,19:17

Thanks, I tried but it didn't work. Funny thing is that I also tried Ubuntu which did recognize my wireless connection etc. But I would really prefer to get into DSL. To be honest, I prefer it to Ubuntu. So, if anyone has some more advice it would be gratefully received.

hs7sv

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Posted: May 13 2006,05:52

You may try DSL-2.4RC2 and NdisWrapper

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Klaus Knopper

rubi

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Posted: May 14 2006,18:09

Thanks, but I can't get things going: complete lack of expertise:( Anyway, I recently tried out Knoppix which autoconfigured my wireless connection with no problems:) Good luck to all fellow Linux users!

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