Setting up Hardware

Set up Wireless Cards

Many wireless cards are automatically detected by Ubuntu during installation. A complete listing of wireless cards which are known to work with Ubuntu can be found on the Ubuntu Wiki. Please add your wireless card to the list if it works with Ubuntu and is not already listed.

Some cards may not work automatically with Ubuntu. If this is the case, please look at the Wireless Troubleshooting Guide, which is an excellent resource for troubleshooting wireless cards, on the Ubuntu Wiki.

All information regarding wireless networking on Ubuntu is collected at Wireless Networking Central on the Ubuntu Wiki.

Set up Modems

Winmodems

Most winmodems are not supported by Ubuntu, but drivers can be found that will enable the use of such modems. First you need to identify what chipset your winmodem is using:

wget -c http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz 
gunzip -c scanModem.gz > scanModem 
chmod +x scanModem
sudo ./scanModem 
mousepad Modem/ModemData.txt

Read this file; it should list what modem chipset you have. Once you are aware of the chipset you have, see http://www.linmodems.org/ and follow the directions for your modem. More infomation can be found at SettingUpModems on the Ubuntu Wiki.

ADSL Modems

All PPPOE and router-style ADSL modems (that use ethernet for the connections) are supported by Ubuntu, and some USB ADSL modems are supported too. For router-style ADSL modems, just connect it, configure the modem per your ISP's instructions, and configure networking in Ubuntu. For information on PPPOE modems see this guide on the Ubuntu Wiki.

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