OT: Windows is too expensive

[parabolize]

Wireless is a pain in the butt with any OS besides windows. Don't jump on ndiswrapper right away; I have seen wireless cards not show up because /etc/network/interfaces has a typo or doesn't have wep set or the module hasn't been added to the repositories. With that said whats the hardware? This will display all your "pci" devices (actually a lot more but...):
Code:

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lspci -v | less

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If its usb:
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lsusb -v | less

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It would help if you would post your /etc/network/interfaces and what you have done.