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Old 30-10-2008, 11:05 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by melvbot View Post
Nick, Ive got a mate trying to use Ubuntu's Live CD with an Acer 4920 but hes having problems with the wifi. You know anywhere he can find some straight forward info on it?

Ubuntu forums as CMN said, pretty sure you will need "ndiswrapper".

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Native drivers for Unix and Linux are not available for many wireless network adapters, as manufacturers supply neither drivers nor the information required to write them. NDISwrapper allows Windows drivers available for virtually all adapters to be used under Unix and Linux.
NDISwrapper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ndiswrapper - Ubuntu WiFi in 4 Easy Steps

Not sure it will work with the LiveCD though.
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