Michael Leone on 22 Mar 2008 14:06:36 -0700 |
jeff wrote: > Got a new laptop and am attempting to see if it will cooperate with my > network. Spent countless hours tweezing and finally managed to get > wireless going. > > Unfortunately the only way I was able to make wireless happen was by > turning on SSID broadcast. Does this indicate I did something else > wrong? If I get it connected then turn off SSID at the router, the > connection drops and won't reconnect. This was not a problem with the > original laptop. > > The laptop is a Dell, with one of those unmentionable Broadcomm wireless > units that require the Win driver+ndiswrapper. There are countless web > pages with info and countless workarounds. The OS is Xubuntu (I > purchased the laptop with FreeDos and did my install). I believe that I have read that in KUbuntu, the KNetworkmanager will not work with hidden SSIDs. Perhaps XUbuntu is the same? ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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