need some help

[Andrew Farris]

On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 12:51 -0800, Robert Wigle wrote:
> I resently installed Ubantu on my other laptop hoping to learn how to
> use it. Im having a problem figuring out how to set up a wireless
> internet connection.
> Could someone please tell me how to get my vz wireless device to work
> with the new operating system please.

If you click the Network Manager icon in the tray (usually looks like a
little computer with a red x on it of there,s no connection, or an empty
wireless signal strength meter) you should get a list of available
wireless networks, provided you don't need special wireless drivers. If
you need the latter, hook the laptop up via wired internet, then open up
the "System > Administration > Hardware Drivers" tool. From there,
select your wireless driver (there's usually only 1 or 2...pick
whichever one says 'recommended' if there's more than 1). After that,
everything should work as expected.

Hope that helps!

-- 
Andrew
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