[Tfug] Wireless problem in Hardy Heron

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 25 Apr 2008 at 10:54, Chris Hill  wrote:

> Glad to hear you got it working. I've been using a linksys USB wifi 
> adapter on my home theater pc on hardy for about 3 weeks, without a 
> single issue. Strangely this is the first Ubuntu release that has 
> supported the hardware. And without a single flaw!

Did it support it out-of-the-box or did you need to download and install it 
from the 'net?

I have an old IBM Thinkpad A20m (PII-512mb RAM) I've installed both Ubuntu 7.x 
and 8.04 on and neither "sees" my Xircom Realport2 Ethernet adapter, and from 
what I've read this is a lost cause.  I have several USB WiFi adapters 
available, a NetGear WG111T, a DLink DWL-122 revA1 and a DLink DWL-G122, but 
the instructions I've found online for the WG111T and the DWL-G122 suggest I 
need to install some additional software and drivers from the install CDs for 
the devices.  The additional software requires a network connection which I 
don't have.

Does anyone know if Ubuntu supports devices like this USB-to-Ethernet out-of-
the-box?

    "USB to RJ-45 Ethernet Adapter"
    http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HE-130R

Maybe it's time to give up on this antique ... 
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Angus Scott-Fleming
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