Steve wrote: > 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 > > > I'm using a safecom usb wireless adapter (identical one on ebay here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Wireless-Multimedia-54Mbps-USB-2-0-LAN-Adapter-UK_W0QQitemZ280125964683QQihZ018QQcategoryZ45002QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) and it worked out of the box with Feisty. It's using a Zydas 1211b chipset so any usb adapter using that chip should work. The ebay search below should give you (at least) Feisty compatible wireless adapters.
http://search-desc.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&catref=C12&from=R10&_trksid=m37&satitle=zydas&sacat=58058%26catref%3DC6&fts=2&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200&fpos=Postcode&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp= -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
