I have wireless..I don't know how, but I do

[Jellicletrb]

I'm quite new to Ubuntu, I got my first CD Wednesday. I installed it on my desktop and with the help (ok, lots more than help) of Automatix, I had everything up and running by Thursday evening. So while I was posting my hoorays and "look at me's" in the beginners forum, someone mentioned the KDE desktop to me, so I decided to put it on the laptop and take a look at it. However, after reading all the scary posts about wireless networking on the boards, I thought that I'd use the ethernet card and a 25' "ribbon cable" and leave the wireless for a later date, when I know a bit more and get a bit braver.

So after installing Kubuntu on the laptop, dual booting with XP, I started exploring, and found an application called "wireless assistant" and thought, well, it can't hurt to look. The assitant detected my integrated wireless AND my wireless router. I right clicked on my network and it said, "You are about to disconnect from ****"

Disconnect????

So, I opened firefox and shazamm...there is Google.

hehehe...this is cool...look at me, having so much fun.

[.t.]

Good on ya. In GNOME, I recommend the Network Manager applet, in case you are curious.

Are you sure you want an insecure network though?

[Jellicletrb]

Good on ya. In GNOME, I recommend the Network Manager applet, in case you are curious.

Are you sure you want an insecure network though?

So far I've not worried too much about security. I live in a very, very rural area. Nothing else, including the nearest road, is within range of my router.

[.t.]

Me too! No public highway within a radius of about a mile here. And the nearest house is 1-200 yards away.

You probably beat that though (as it doesn't seem that rural to me, especially considering places in Yorkshire or the Scottish Highlands or Exmoor, for instance...).

[chaosgeisterchen]

Hey, you made my day. That's cool. I love to hear stories like that.

[djsroknrol]

Last week I finished my new rig...A P4 3.0MHz and I put a wireless Linksys card in....I worried about connectivity issues for a long time while planning this new machine.

To my suprise, I had intranet and internet right out of the box without any fiddling or configuring.....

Another plus for Ubuntu!!

[.t.]

Woah! 3.0MHz! Now, that is fast!

[Jellicletrb]

Indeed...3.0 is "Yee Haw" fast :-D

[djsroknrol]

To be honest, there is a speed difference, but it's not much faster than my old rig which was a AMD Sempron 1.6MHz...The thing I notice the most is that it runs hotter....I had to add a third 80mm fan to disapate the heat.

The wireless really suprised me. I thought that the intranet would be the easy part and the internet would require some work. All I had to do was activate it in networking, and I was off and running...

[Kateikyoushi]

It is good to know wireless cards start to work out of the box.

3Mhz wow, but my overclocked xt is twice as fast. ;)

[.t.]

Well. I always thought my laptop was meagre. But compared to y'all, 1595MHz seems quite quick!