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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
XP, Vista, Ubuntu and then back home
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 338180" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>networkmanager is the gui front-end that allows you to use WPA, but you have to have wpa-enabled drivers installed first, which are not native to Ubuntu. This means that you'll need to identify the specific chipset in your wireless card (not too hard if you have a Centrino machine, but very difficult if you're using a name brand card that doesn't identify the chipset), then locate the drivers package (if it exists) and install and configure it. Either way, it's not an easy thing to do for the average user and compared to Windows and MacOS, it's a nightmare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 338180, member: 24098"] networkmanager is the gui front-end that allows you to use WPA, but you have to have wpa-enabled drivers installed first, which are not native to Ubuntu. This means that you'll need to identify the specific chipset in your wireless card (not too hard if you have a Centrino machine, but very difficult if you're using a name brand card that doesn't identify the chipset), then locate the drivers package (if it exists) and install and configure it. Either way, it's not an easy thing to do for the average user and compared to Windows and MacOS, it's a nightmare. [/QUOTE]
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