dumb question about ubuntu

[Pepsei]

loaded ubuntu 9.04 on a spare dell optiplex 745 from work.

didn't have time to put a usb wireless nic until i can bring it from home.

does it do plug and play? or should i preload the driver?

d-link gwl g132 or something...

 

[lxskllr]

Some are PnP, some require using ndiswrapper, and some just plain don't work. Your best bet is to try, and see what happens.

 

[lxskllr]

It looks like you may be in for some work. See this page...

http://bigpixel.com/?p=167

Using ndiswrapper with the gui is probably the easiest way. You'll need to download these files(including ndisgtk if you want the gui) from a wire through Synaptic, or from a different machine. In any case, you'll have to get them on your Ubuntu box.

 

[Pepsei]

woah, thanks for the link, you made it too easy. i should have a couple hours to kill at work while waiting for the project paper work to go thru.