On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 15:17 +0100, Andy wrote: > On 16/06/07, michaelweaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The device I now have is a USB stick. > > Should this be supported under Ubuntu? > > I ask as I have not been able to find any documentation which might tell > > me if USB sticks for wireless are supported. > > It depends on the USB stick to be honest. They all work differently so > need different drivers. And the vendors tend to be less than helpful > in providing them. > > Do you know the make and model of your USB stick? > > Can you plug it in and type: > lsusb > > it should list all attached USB devices. One of them should be your wifi. > You might want to do lsusb before inserting the stick as well as after > so you can see what changes. > > You might need to use the Windows drivers under ndiswrapper. > > It's certainly possible to get some wireless USB adapters to work. I > used to have a Belkin one (had to use ndiswrapper) > > Andy > > -- > SELECT * FROM remarks WHERE witty=1 LIMIT 1 > Hi,
There is a community driven list of supported USB cards here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported#head-603c9481d6c6288b6b674cc50132d21f6d539c53 Also try this site for general USB devices http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
