Thread: Why no Live CD?

I thought so,
you do have Ethernet

First entry is your ethernet port
Second is your wireless

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Code:

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.12b/g Wireless LAN

(It'd be pretty stupid for a laptop not to have wired ethernet when it's wireless is provided by a manufacturer that doesn't release it's wireless driver's code - you would have no way to download your proprietary wireless drivers....)

And your ethernet is all setup and waiting to be used

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:46:9a:18:b0
            UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  Tx bytes:0 (0.0 B)

That "Phone socket" you mentioned is not a phone socket
but your ethernet port

As before,

Originally Posted by Ynot

You will need to connect via wired ethernet
then goto System > Admin > Hardware Drivers
at which point you can download the restricted driver for your wireless, and install them