Internet problems

[Ed Byrne]

Final solution found:
in the "interfaces" document in the directory "/etc/network/" I changed the
"wpa-driver" entry to "ath5k", which is the driver for the Atheros cards,
now the internet works just fine, hope this helps anyone else out having
these problems


On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Ed Byrne <ed.o.byrne at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mhmm I was planning on relaying my process once I was sure it worked.
>
> In Ubuntu Studio 9.10, there is a check box in "Ubuntu Studio Controls"
> under System>Administration called "Enable Nice" which if enabled allows the
> network adapter to use the CPU, first that had to be enabled. However, the
> problem was not yet solved. The "Network Monitor" displayed for the
> connection being used an incorrect port title, the connection being at
> "wlan0", and the network monitor reading "wlan0:avari."
> After this was corrected and the system rebooted the connection was
> working, sending and recieving information. Firefox however still cannot use
> the connection, which leads me to believe that it may be a proxy problem.
> Also, for the particular connection, that is in the "Network" tool from the
> System>Administration, and specifically the wireless connection being
> broadcast from my router, the interface displays a password of incorrect
> length despite numerous manual entries, so I still think something is not
> clicking with the Atheros driver.
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Jussi Schultink <jussi01 at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Ed Byrne <ed.o.byrne at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm running 9.10 for the real time kernel, I think I've got the problem
>> > solved though, thanks for the help
>>
>> Generally its considered good practice to give how you solved the
>> issue, so that we can all learn and reuse the answer if need be.
>> Please do share what you did to make it work.
>>
>> Jussi
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Leonard Flaharty <flahal01 at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Have you tried updating to the latest updates?  Also, are you running
>> the
>> >> latest version of Ubuntu Studio (11.04)?
>> >> Have you applied the "Additional Drivers" posted under the
>> >> "Administration" Menu, under "System" on the menu?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Ed Byrne <ed.o.byrne at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Has anyone any experience in using Ubuntu Studio with an
>> >>> Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
>> >>> on an HP laptop? For the life of me I can't get it to connect to the
>> >>> internet
>> >>> All the best
>> >>> E Byrne
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