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installed 8.1 as dual boot with Win7 and no wireless

Rdsm3321

Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:47:24 pm

I recently installed zorin 8.1 on a desktop and laptop each running Win xp and evrything is working well. When I installed Zorin on my Dell Inspiron E1705, I can't get it to recognize my wireless adapter.

Swarfendor437

Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:56:19 pm

Please take a look at madviinegar's guide here:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5008&p=23910&hilit=wireless+commands#p23910

If still no joy, please report back and then try madvinegar's requirements to help you [taken from one of his recent posts]:

"Helps us to help you.
I have requested for the results of the following terminal commands but I never received them.

lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

Otherwise I cannot see your card's ID and the driver it needs."

:D