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Penguins Unbound > Past Meetings > 20090725 - Wi-Fi > 02b. Client Setup
02b. Client SetupTable of contents
UbuntuThe 9.04 verions of Ubuntu comes with a GUI to configure the network and wireless. ( The 9.04 also had upgrades to better support Cell Phone Broadband devices.)
General LinuxThere some issues you can have with drivers,
No drivers - you may be able to use your Windows drivers. There can be some problems with these drivers, I believe they don't always support WPA.
No firmware - sometimes your hardware need firmware that you may need to get out of a window driver install. This could be done via a couple different methods. Sometimes you need to locate a The firmware for the wireless in my laptop are in Ubuntu via System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers . |