[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

[Wally Valters]

The problem is not the modem.  It communicates on a standard and as you
stated it is working.
If you really want to test it, set it to non protected (no WEP or WPA) and
see if you can connect.

We need to verify the driver you are using, and make sure you are setup to
use encrypted wi-fi.  the links to the ubuntu forums already posted should
help you with that, or we cna go through the steps here.

Paste the output of 'lspci -v' in this thread and we can see what chipset
the card has.


On Feb 8, 2008 4:34 PM, James White <jwhite1202 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I could give that a shot.  I have already checked the config and like
> I said it works for 2 macs and 2 XP laptops.  I don't want to monkey around
> with the wireless modem too much for fear of screwing up the connection for
> the other 4 computers.
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2008 3:48 PM, Jason Crow <cjac76 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > James,
> > The fact that Ubuntu was preinstalled changes everything. This thing
> > should work out of the box. I would suggest trying to connect to a public
> > wireless network just to test the wireless card. If that works, I would go
> > into your router's configuration settings and confirm or change its
> > settings.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 14:43 -0600, James White wrote:
> >
> > Yes Ubuntu was pre-installed.
> >
> > On Feb 8, 2008 2:16 PM, Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > James, did this laptop come with Ubuntu preinstalled on it?  :)  (Just
> > curious . . . )
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 2/8/08, *James White* <jwhite1202 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it.  The wireless card I have in
> > my laptop is the Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini-Card.  You all are
> > suggesting I get an Intel wireless card which is not a problem.  I assume I
> > could pick one of those up at Best Buy, Circuit City, or someplace like
> > that.  Is there another type of wireless card (other than Intel's)  that you
> > all would suggest to get my wireless connection going?  Again thanks for the
> > feedback, I really do want to get more into Linux and migrate away from
> > Windows.
> >
> >
> > --James
> >
> >
> >  On Feb 8, 2008 8:15 AM, Jason Crow <cjac76 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >   It has probably been covered before, but make sure the restricted
> > drivers manager is running. If you have a broadcom adapter in the laptop,
> > you need to enable the restricted rivers module. It can be found under
> > System - Administration.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:57 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >   Hi James,
> >
> > Thanks for giving linux a try.  :-)  What version of Ubuntu are you
> > running (7.04, 7.10 . . . typing the command "lsb_release -r" into a
> > command prompt should give you that information), and what type of
> > encryption is being used for the wifi?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 8:37 PM, James White <jwhite1202 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just bought a Dell XPS M1330.  I am brand new to Linux and am having
> > trouble setting up my wireless connection.  I have a 2Wire wireless modem.
> > The problem is that Ubuntu will not recognize the password key that I am
> > giving it.  I know the key works because I have several other computers
> > using it with no problem.  Please let me know what I need to do to get this
> > to work.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > James
> >
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