On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 21:21 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve, > > Sadly I have no idea what the chipset is, I would presume it is Dell's? > > I have made no changes to it. How do I find out? > > James. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:03 PM > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell laptop latitude D420 > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 20:45 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > At long last I can run my Dell Latitude D420 with Ubuntu on it, and > > > everything is recognised, I think. But when I go to connect to my > > > WiFi, it keeps on asking for the pass key, I put it in, it searches > > > and comes back asking for the passkey, I put it in......... etc. > > > > > > Yet it will connect with no problems with an unsecure network > > > somewhere near to me? Can you advise what I can do? > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > James. > > > > Does this laptop have the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset or Dell's own > > Truemobile 1390 with the Broadcom *shudder* chipset? > > > > This wiki page might be useful. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported > > > > Regards, > > Steve
Hi James, The link I provided will tell you how to find out. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported The quickest way involves using a cli command, lspci. E.g. :~$ lspci | grep Network 01:0a.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) If you see something like the above then you have a Broadcom card and need to download some firmware to get it working. So if you're on Ubuntu 7.10, then you should be able to install it in the System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager, with a wired connection. There is a wiki page about this at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx Regards, Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
