edubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 37, Issue 1

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Mon, 02 Jun 2008, Allan Rees wrote:

> The card is recognized by the OS and it seems to find my network it just
> keeps returning the same message asking me for a passphrase. (the
> wireless network card is internal)  I have changed it to 64 bit hex as I
> am able to wirelessly connect using windows based pc's, 

Is the key a 64-bit Hex one?  How many characters long is it?  Are they all
numbers 0-9 and letters a-f (hex) or are there other letters in it (ascii)?

> it does connect to the net using the wired network cable. As with the usb
> device it was a usb modem for when I'm on the go. 

You would need to tell us what it is in detail.  Some but probably not all
usb modems have drivers in linux.  

> I dont understand what you mean by stanza? 

gavin at robin ~> sudo lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Capabilities: [88] Vendor Specific Information

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Unknown device 0034
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
        Region 0: Memory at 44000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Region 1: Memory at 40400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
        Memory behind bridge: 40000000-403fffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

.....etc.

Each of these blocks (or stanzas) represents a pci device.  It gives
detailed information on what device it is.  There will be one which
corresponds to your wireless card.  That's the best way to tell us what the
card is.

> I haven't booted the laptop yet to have a look on what you mean by
> opening up a terminal. (please clarify)

A terminal is a command line, somewhat like a DOS window in windows.  You
can run it by clicking:

	applications->accessories->terminal

Then you can type the lsusb and lspci commands I mentioned before.

Gavin