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Jgumm
October 21st, 2012, 06:05 PM
I received an old eMac with Ubuntu installed on it. I have been attempting to connect it to my wireless connection and am having a hard time.

When I open the network connections and follow instructions I found through a tutorial on YouTube, I am still unable to connect. There is a grayed out wireless signal with a red exclamation point through it on my top bar. In network connections it has all the options for wireless connections but now I am starting to wonder if it is even capable of connecting wirelessly without an adapter.

I am new to Ubuntu and eMac's so, I am not too sure of what I am doing. Any help would be much appreciated.

chili555
October 21st, 2012, 06:28 PM
Perhaps there is a wireless device but no driver. Let's find out. Please open a terminal and run and post:
lspci -nn | grep 0280
sudo lshw -C networkThe pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \. Thanks.