[Sussex] wireless adaptor config for debian

[Stephen Williams]

Frank,

I am a Gentoo advocate, so what follows may not transpose directly into
the Debian way.

The wireless network management widget used by Ubuntu is called
"network-manager". Look for a package under the same name in the Debian
repositories (or depositories or suppositories or whatever they call
them under Debian). If you can find it it makes managing wireless
connections a cinch, and it should pull in all the dependencies as well.

If you can see the network adapter under ifconfig, then the hardware
side of it should be OK, and all you will need is something to manage
the wireless side.

Hope this helps.

Steve Williams.

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 12:15 +0000, FRANK JAMES wrote:
> Dear Steve,
> 
> the device is just listed on the bus, so have to find drivers and then
> configure .
> 
> Pclinux and mandriver spoil us I suppose, there wireless is all laid
> on.
> 
> Anyway, not at all urgent. Thanks for replying so speedily!
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Steve Dobson <steve at dobson.org>
> To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Sent: Monday, 28 April, 2008 10:56:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] wireless adaptor config for debian
> 
> Hi Frank
> 
> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 07:42 +0000, FRANK JAMES wrote:
> > Steve, may I ask for a bit of help?
> 
> All you have to do is post to the list, no permission from me or
> anyone
> else is required.
> > 
> > I have installed a copy of Etch and unlike Mandriva and PC Linux
> there
> > is no wireless set up already configured.
> 
> Wireless is a bit of a bitch on Linux.  This is not the Linux
> developers' fault, the hardware manufactures are less than forthcoming
> with details about their hardware.
> 
> > I used a hard wired ethernet to get it all together, but I have
> tried
> > to configure wireless adaptor on a usb port but no joy.
> 
> I gave up WiFi years ago - wired is faster and less hassle.
> > 
> > The adaptor is recognised as being there and that's all.
> 
> Do you mean that it was listed as being on the USB bus or that it
> recognised and an appropriate driver loaded?
> > 
> > I would appreciate your guiding hand as and when you can reply.
> 
> I'm not the one to help.  I've never used a USB network device so I
> don't know all the angles.  But it would help if to give the device's
> identity - lsusb is the command to use.
> 
> > Great talk that you gave, I have been looking up plasma screens, a
> > lottery grant is needed!
> 
> Glad you like the talk, and yes plasma screens are not cheap - but the
> prices are coming down.
> 
> Steve
> 
> -- 
> Steve Dobson
> 
> You will get what you deserve.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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