Whats a sure fire way to get wifi working in ubuntu 8.04 running under wubi in vista home premium?

Question

i checked in hardware drivers and there was one called wl but even though ive tried everything it always says not in use

Answer 1

The network configuration tool can be accessed via that System menu (System -> Administration -> Network).

Under the "Connections" tab, you should see a "Wireless connection" line (if you don't, then your wireless card probably wasn't recognizied).

Click the "Unlock" button (lower right hand corner) to enable updates to the configuration.

The "Wireless connection" line should now be enabled. Select that line, then click the "Properties" button (on the right). Enter all the appropriate values for your wireless setup. I'd be more specific, but I don't know anything about how the wireless network to which you wish to connect, is configured.

An alternative to using the Network GUI tool is to update the /etc/network/interfaces system file. An example of this file is:

#-------

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system

# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

# This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.

# They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.

mapping hotplug

script grep

map eth0

# The primary network interface

iface eth0 inet dhcp

iface eth1 inet dhcp

wireless-key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

wireless-essid myessid

wireless-mode managed

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