Hi,
A few days ago, I installed Kubuntu on my old Pentium III. At first sight, I really liked the interface and the simplicity to use it (especially for a n00b like me ).
But there is one problem: KNetwork Manager (or whatever this tool is called, in fact I'm typing this on my AMD Athlon 2400+, where good ol' Windows XP has been installed ) doesnt recognize my network adapter. It's an ASUS USB Pen Type WLAN Adapter for the 802.11b protocol.
It could be that you guys aren't familiar with this adapter, because I bought it at my provider (Belgacom) in Belgium. But I think all these adapters are the same, so I would have the same problem with another adapter, I guess.
Also, I thought the tool didn't recognize the adapter because I had to install drivers. Well, that's the problem: the CD only contains drivers for Windows XP and Windows 2000. So I looked up drivers at www.asus.com. I found Linux drivers there, for Kernel 2.4.5. I have no idea which version of the Linux kernel is used by Kubuntu. The next problem was discovered when reading the readme. It contained only information for Fedora and Redhat. Not even Debian, which I could possibly use, cause I know Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu are based on Debian.
So, I guess you'll already know what I'm going to ask. If not: Can you guys please help me?
Thanks!
A few days ago, I installed Kubuntu on my old Pentium III. At first sight, I really liked the interface and the simplicity to use it (especially for a n00b like me ).
But there is one problem: KNetwork Manager (or whatever this tool is called, in fact I'm typing this on my AMD Athlon 2400+, where good ol' Windows XP has been installed ) doesnt recognize my network adapter. It's an ASUS USB Pen Type WLAN Adapter for the 802.11b protocol.
It could be that you guys aren't familiar with this adapter, because I bought it at my provider (Belgacom) in Belgium. But I think all these adapters are the same, so I would have the same problem with another adapter, I guess.
Also, I thought the tool didn't recognize the adapter because I had to install drivers. Well, that's the problem: the CD only contains drivers for Windows XP and Windows 2000. So I looked up drivers at www.asus.com. I found Linux drivers there, for Kernel 2.4.5. I have no idea which version of the Linux kernel is used by Kubuntu. The next problem was discovered when reading the readme. It contained only information for Fedora and Redhat. Not even Debian, which I could possibly use, cause I know Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu are based on Debian.
So, I guess you'll already know what I'm going to ask. If not: Can you guys please help me?
Thanks!
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