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Wireless windows drivers in ubuntu

Asked by Parkerm80

cant get them to work when i boot from cd i am going to install and dual boot to see if that helps. have the exe for my drivers but it tells me i cant extract it to get the sys and inf files

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if possible) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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Cruncher (ubuntu-wkresse) said : 		#2

Generally, you do not want to use any windows drivers in Linux. Ubuntu is supposed to support most WLAN modems out of the box.
What WLAN modem are you using exactly, and how is the connection encrypted (WEP/WPA/WPA2?)

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Parkerm80 (redheadedguy) said : 		#3

i am on a hp pavillion dv6000 cto notebook and the wifi is built in to my laptop

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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Parkerm80 (redheadedguy) said : 		#5

what do you mean network card is theat the eathernet port? and what do you mean by lan cable is that an ethernet cable?

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Cruncher (ubuntu-wkresse) said : 		#6

Yes, correct in both cases.

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