On Monday 07 February 2011 19:02:23 Anne Wilson wrote: > I took my netbook away for the weekend, and hoped to impress a young > friend. In the event I could not connect to the free wifi service. > System-config- network has eth1 as a wireless connection, both > Activate/Deactivate are greyed out. The Hardware tab shows only eth0 and > the Wireless tab in SystemSettings > > > Network Connections is greyed out. > > Browsing to find full specs worries me - this is the only good informaiton > I can find: > > Acer Nplifyâ, a high-throughput wireless solution, delivers superior > performance and reliable connections while enabling emerging voice, video > and data applications. Wi-Fi CERTIFIEDâ, it supports Acer SignalUpâ > wireless technology and is compliant with 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.11b/g > standards. > > So maybe it's proprietary and non-standard. Is there no hope at all of > getting this to work in Linux? > > Anne Thanks to lshw I now have it identified as Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) I gather that I need some firmware download but so far haven't managed to find it. Could someone please help? Anne -- New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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