Wi-fi for a semi-n00b?

[col_saunders]

I'm not a total newbie, but this will be a newbie-ish question.

What linux distro will work with my Dell 1300 (celeton m)?
it has a built in dell 1370 miniPCI wireless card that I use as my main fdorm of connnection.

Ubuntu seemed to recognise it, but it didn't want to use it to get online.


help plz!!!!


~The Chickenlord

[valemon]

Welcome to LF!

Have you tried using ndiswrapper with ubuntu? If you want a distro that most hardware will work out of the box, you can try sabayon. If you want to stick with ubuntu, post the output of sudo lspci and sudo iwconfig.

[jmadero]

Download ndiswrapper and download the newest driver from dell's site. I have a slightly upgraded card and ndiswrapper worked fairly smooth. I have some problems at certain locations but at least it works at my apartment and on my campus. There are so annoying things about wi-fi in linux but overall it's been fairly easy.