[ubuntu-uk] Re: wlan problem

Sarangan Thuraisingham <sarangan.thuraisingham at ...> writes:

> 
> b&p wrote:
> > Hello all: I'm new to Ubuntu, but having a ball. I have an HP omibook xe4100
that dual-boots xp and ubuntu. I
> use a Belkin FD6020 pcmcia card to connect to my wireless router. It's ok in
xp, but in ubuntu I can't get it to
> work. The little light tries to come on but never really does - just tiny
blinks during boot-up or
> configuration with System<Administration<Networking. I've got ndiswrapper
installed and the
> Belkin6020.inf file installs ok. Here's some info:
> > 
>   I have a Belkin F5D6020 ver.2 PCMCIA card and *it works fine* with 
> built in atmel modules. I upgraded from Hoary to Breezy. Are you running 
> Breezy or Hoary?? Also when you installed ubuntu did you have your card 
> plugged in.
> 
> > brian <at> thefergies:~$ sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
> > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> > 
> [...]
> > 
> > iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> > wireless-essid easynote
> > wireless-channel 11
> > wireless-mode managed
> > wireless-rate 11
> > wireless-txpower 20
> > 
> > auto wlan0
> > 
> > Also:
> > 
> > brian <at> thefergies:~$ sudo ifconfig
> > 
> [...]
> > 
> > wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:BD:4E:33:D6  
> >           inet6 addr: fe80::230:bdff:fe4e:33d6/64 Scope:Link
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)
> >           Memory:f800000-f800024 
> > 
> > So nothings travelling through wlan0.
> > Any ideas please on what I can do next?
> > thanks in advance
> > brian
> > 
> > 
> 
> Try 'ifup' and 'ifdown' commands. Also, you might want to try 'iwlist 
> wlan0 scanning' to see if your wireless card can find any access points. 
> This is what I get:
>    saru <at> ava:~$ iwlist eth1 scanning
>    eth1      Scan completed :
>             Cell 01 - Address: 00:90:4B:7C:C7:00
>                      ESSID:"Routex"
>                      Mode:Managed
>                      Channel:10
>                      Encryption key:off
> 
> What is the output of 'iwconfig' commands?
> 
> Since this a generic question regarding ubuntu, you might try posting it 
> in the ubuntu-users list. ubuntu-uk and all the regional lists are 
> mainly for discussing regional stuff such as LUG meetings, localisation 
> efforts and the likes.
> 

Thanks for the reply: here's what I get -


brian at thefergies:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
Password:
ifup: interface wlan0 already configured
brian at thefergies:~$ iwlist wlan0 scanning
wlan0     No scan results
brian at thefergies:~$ iwlist wlan0 scanning
wlan0     No scan results
brian at thefergies:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00   
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr:2432 B   Fragment thr:2432 B   
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-66 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0



I really don't know what to do next
brian