Not sure if the chipset question was answered. Anyway, did you install firmware if it's something like Intel or Broadcom? These may be able to see networks with the kernel drivers but not much else without firmware (which supplement kernel drivers and are a separate download). -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com> wrote: > Erik Anderson: > > >> You can upgrade your kernel[1], you know, right? >> >> [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/HowToUpgradeKernel > > I didn't think about that. > > Fedora seemed to be about the same -- it found some > access points, but didn't get a connection. Since I > didn't install Fedora, the laptop still has Debian on it > I've just downloaded Ubuntu and am going to try that > next. > > -- > Brian > Ebenezer Enterprises > http://webEbenezer.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >