It is less important to know the precise model number of your peripheral than the details of the chipset driving it. This is true of most peripherals in Linux, and especially of wireless adapters. Manufacturers frequently change chipsets, even within the same "model number". The command to display the basic hardware in your machine is "lspci". Adding a "-v" increases the level of detail. Adding extra "v"s increases the level of _v_erbosity. The actual number of wireless chipsets on the market is relatively limited. Armed with details on the chipset, you can establish quite quickly from Google whether others have succeeded in implementing yours, under Linux in general, and under your distribution in particular. -- Bruce Miller Ottawa ON, Canada bruce [ at ] brmiller [ dot ] ca (613) 745-1151 This message is from a webmail login and not from my regular mail system. It does not have my customary digital signature. ----- Original Message ---- From: Ralph Boland <rpboland [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2008 12:56:40 PM Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] getting wireless card to work in ubuntu 7.10 I am trying to get my wireless card (D-Link Airplus DWL G520 PCI adapter (rev B)) to work in ubuntu 7.10 without much luck. I can't find a driver that I have confidence will work. Has anyone succeeded in getting this combination to work? If not can someone suggest a good wireless card to use that will work without too much trouble with ubuntu 7.10? One option is to use ndiswrapper. I once tried to install ndiswrapper on my home machine without success so I am weary of trying it again. What are the pros and cons of using ndiswrapper? Thanks Ralph Boland _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux