MattBlackLamb Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 The story of getting Wifi working on my laptop has been ongoing since I got it last October. Despite much trial & effort following various guides that had comments from people with the same OS (Ubuntu) and make and model of Wifi card (Atheros ar242x) saying this worked for them it never seemed to work for me. I can connect to the internet on my laptop, through an ethernet cable that runs downstairs to the router, which is obviously not an ideal situation. I tried getting a belkin wireless adaptor I found lying around the house to work, it didn't. I tried using the Sitecom Wifi adaptor that my PC uses to connect to the internet, it managed to pick up a signal (better than anything else thus far) but couln't connect to the network. A couple of weeks ago I actually decided to spend money on a USB wifi adaptor, a Tenda W322U wireless N compatible card, this when plugged in to a USB port managed to connect to the network and I was able to browse the network - very slowly and still no internet access. The next day I tried plugging in the adaptor before the OS had started up, now it doesn't work at all..... It's only been 9 or so months without any success, I think I'm allowed a little rant Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlackLamb Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 The story of getting Wifi working on my laptop has been ongoing since I got it last October. Despite much trial & effort following various guides that had comments from people with the same OS (Ubuntu) and make and model of Wifi card (Atheros ar242x) saying this worked for them it never seemed to work for me. I can connect to the internet on my laptop, through an ethernet cable that runs downstairs to the router, which is obviously not an ideal situation. I tried getting a belkin wireless adaptor I found lying around the house to work, it didn't. I tried using the Sitecom Wifi adaptor that my PC uses to connect to the internet, it managed to pick up a signal (better than anything else thus far) but couln't connect to the network. A couple of weeks ago I actually decided to spend money on a USB wifi adaptor, a Tenda W322U wireless N compatible card, this when plugged in to a USB port managed to connect to the network and I was able to browse the network - very slowly and still no internet access. The next day I tried plugging in the adaptor before the OS had started up, now it doesn't work at all..... It's only been 9 or so months without any success, I think I'm allowed a little rant Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlackLamb Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 The story of getting Wifi working on my laptop has been ongoing since I got it last October. Despite much trial & effort following various guides that had comments from people with the same OS (Ubuntu) and make and model of Wifi card (Atheros ar242x) saying this worked for them it never seemed to work for me. I can connect to the internet on my laptop, through an ethernet cable that runs downstairs to the router, which is obviously not an ideal situation. I tried getting a belkin wireless adaptor I found lying around the house to work, it didn't. I tried using the Sitecom Wifi adaptor that my PC uses to connect to the internet, it managed to pick up a signal (better than anything else thus far) but couln't connect to the network. A couple of weeks ago I actually decided to spend money on a USB wifi adaptor, a Tenda W322U wireless N compatible card, this when plugged in to a USB port managed to connect to the network and I was able to browse the network - very slowly and still no internet access. The next day I tried plugging in the adaptor before the OS had started up, now it doesn't work at all..... It's only been 9 or so months without any success, I think I'm allowed a little rant Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rant: PS3 firmware updates very slowly... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rant: PS3 firmware updates very slowly... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rant: PS3 firmware updates very slowly... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rant: PS3 firmware updates very slowly... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Lack of space on my iPod is slowing down the rate of my new music purchases. Damn you, limitations of non-quantum computing! *shakes fist* .:EDIT:. And, damn you, book publishers for not being philanthropic and giving away your books for free. Or very little. Or, indeed, a reasonable amount. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Lack of space on my iPod is slowing down the rate of my new music purchases. Damn you, limitations of non-quantum computing! *shakes fist* .:EDIT:. And, damn you, book publishers for not being philanthropic and giving away your books for free. Or very little. Or, indeed, a reasonable amount. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Lack of space on my iPod is slowing down the rate of my new music purchases. Damn you, limitations of non-quantum computing! *shakes fist* .:EDIT:. And, damn you, book publishers for not being philanthropic and giving away your books for free. Or very little. Or, indeed, a reasonable amount. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Lack of space on my iPod is slowing down the rate of my new music purchases. Damn you, limitations of non-quantum computing! *shakes fist* .:EDIT:. And, damn you, book publishers for not being philanthropic and giving away your books for free. Or very little. Or, indeed, a reasonable amount. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... You have learned a valuable lesson: Never update something that is working. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... You have learned a valuable lesson: Never update something that is working. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... You have learned a valuable lesson: Never update something that is working. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sorry, another rant... :evil: Rant: I was just listening to the radio on last.fm and one of the plugins needed to be updated. So, I updated just to see that now I CANNOT LISTEN TO LAST.FM on Songbird ANYMORE because I need a subscription! Wow... You have learned a valuable lesson: Never update something that is working. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's why i'm using MS-DOS with WordPerfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's why i'm using MS-DOS with WordPerfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's why i'm using MS-DOS with WordPerfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's why i'm using MS-DOS with WordPerfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's why i'm using MS-DOS with WordPerfect. Well said, made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's why i'm using MS-DOS with WordPerfect. Well said, made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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