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This looked hopeful with Broadcom http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Broadcom-releases-open-source-wireless-driver-for-Linux-1076567.html On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 17:33 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 28/10/10 15:39, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > Thanks for your help. I have solved it now. I logged on to my laptop > > using my Ethernet connection. Then I went Menu --> System --> Hardware > > Drivers. I waited for the computer to find the drivers. There I found > > the Broadcom 43 driver. I clicked on the Activate button and let it all > > happen. The computer downloaded and installed all the relevant files and > > now my wifi is working, better than ever. > > > > Which leaves me with just one question - why wasn't this driver > > installed automatically at installation? Strange! > > > > Best regards > > > > Neil > > > > If I understand correctly restricted drivers aren't included on the CD > generally as there's so many different ones (plus firmware for different > devices). Some of these drivers can be quite big, for instance NVidia > and ATI video drivers. > > I guess they figure at a minimum you'll have wired Ethernet which you > can use to retrieve the drivers. > > Rob > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq