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Title: earn some btc for helping a noob with linux mint Post by: player01 on May 10, 2015, 04:03:08 PM I am attempting to connect to the internet via wifi... I don't know where to begin. I am currently connected to the router and have a usb dongle plugged in with the driver on a cd in the cdrom tray. linux mint, latest dist.
Title: Re: earn some btc for helping a noob with linux mint Post by: Relex on May 10, 2015, 04:23:28 PM Hope this helps: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744
Title: Re: earn some btc for helping a noob with linux mint Post by: Xialla on May 10, 2015, 04:42:31 PM can you please specify type of wifi dongle, which you are trying to install under mint?
Title: Re: earn some btc for helping a noob with linux mint Post by: achow101_alt on May 10, 2015, 04:59:07 PM Look up how to install the driver for your usb dongle in linux. There should be a program in the install disk to install the linux driver. If not, go to the usb dongle manufacturer's website and find the linux driver for it. Then, install the driver and reboot your computer. It should recognize that a wifi adapter is installed. If you open terminal and type
Code: ifconfig We will be able to help you more if you tell us the model of your wifi dongle. |