For wireless cards that do not work out of the box, you will need to identify the wireless chipset used. You can do this by running "lspci" in a terminal, and looking for names such as "Broadcom, Realtek, Atmel, etc... Afterwards, you can install a third-party module by connecting via Ethernet and running
sudo apt-get install [package name]
The package you will want to install depends on the chipset.
Atmel - atmel-firmware
Broadcom - bcm43xx-fwcutter
Is what wired or wireless?
how do i get my laptop to pickup my cisco wireless router while using ubuntu. my laptop will not show wireless connect
Wired but maybe you can get wireless from somewhere.
Of course wired.
# Wireless Network # Wired Network
Wired networks have a wire that connects them to an internet port, wireLESS networks do not.
get wireless router
wired, of course
You will need to add a wireless access point to the wired network.
Support for the Atheros AR81 family of wireless NICs is already built into the Ubuntu kernel.
Many Wireless routers and switches have few inbuilt switching ports capable of connecting Wired computers to Wireless Computers on the same network to connect wired Computers also alongwith. (Not necessarily every every wireless router will be having switching ports)
wired