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01-13-2006	#1 (permalink)
Acurev Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	Help with AT&T 6550G on Ubuntu Hi Im downloading ubuntu linux for my 64bit AMD pc right now. i had tried a few different 64bit distros in the past and none have worked except for ubuntu. the only problem i had before was my wireless wouldnt work, so im going to give it another try. i have a PCI 6550G AT&T wireless adapter. and im totally new to linux. can anyone help me set it up? anyhelp much appreciated! thanks!

01-13-2006	#2 (permalink)
Acurev Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	i did some research and i think the 6550g uses the Atheros chipset so that means i can use madwifi...now can someone for one varify this for me and two can someone explain how exactly to do this?

01-13-2006	#3 (permalink)
Acurev Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	ok so someone else on another forum suggested ndiswrapper and this seems like the best choice. im going to use this seeing as a already have a driver cd that came with it to use with windows. can someone tell me how to set up ndiswrapper??? thanks

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