On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 17:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > On 15 May 2012 17:22, Norman Silverstone <nor...@littletank.org> wrote: > >> > I forget to mention that the connection from the routers to the PCs was > >> > by wireless. To add another bit of information the PC running Xubuntu > >> > was tried with a wired connection to the router and the BB speed was 8.2 > >> > mbps. > > > > Kris - What do you mean by wireless device? If you are referring to the > > router connected to the wireless BB the answer is no. If you are > > referring to the dual booted PC, which is a new machine, the wireless BB > > just works on the ancient Windows XP Pro so surely should just work on > > the latest edition of Xubuntu. > > As you mention, you say you are connecting to the broadband from the > Xubuntu machine with a WiFi adapter, when you use a cable it works, > with the WiFi adapter it doesn't. > > The assumption I am making is that it could be something to do with > the wireless adapter (USB dongle or PCI card or integrated unit). It > may well be installed fine in Windows X & Ubuntu, but not on Xubuntu. > > -- > Kris Douglas. > www.krisd.eu
I believe you are on the right track as long as we just confine ourselves to XP Pro and Xubuntu. (The Ubuntu example is a bit of a red herring). So, I have a situation where the latest version of Xubuntu does not have the necessary driver whereas old XP Pro does. What is my next step, please, to remedy the situation? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
