[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

James E White Jr. jwhite1202 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 9 20:33:11 GMT 2008


Here are the results of the lspci -v:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at eff8 [size=8]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at feb00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Contoller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 6f20 [size=32]

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at 6f00 [size=32]

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
        Memory at fed1c400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        Memory at fe9fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: fe800000-fe8fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: fe600000-fe7fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000f0000000-00000000f01fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: fe500000-fe5fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 6f80 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at 6f60 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at 6f40 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at fed1c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
(prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
        Memory behind bridge: fe400000-fe4fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 6fa0 [size=16]

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 6eb0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 6eb8 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 6ec0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 6ec8 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 6ee0 [size=32]
        Memory at fe9fb800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
(rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
        Memory at fe9fb700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32]

03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
(rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
        Memory at fe4ff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822
SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) (prog-if 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
        Memory at fe4ff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev
12)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 4
        Memory at fe4ff500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host
Adapter (rev 12)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 4
        Memory at fe4ff600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev
12)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 4
        Memory at fe4ff700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast
Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0209
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at fe5f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1020
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at fe8ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>



Here are the results of the ifconfig -a:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1D:09:38:FA:17  
          inet addr:172.16.1.35  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21d:9ff:fe38:fa17/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:670 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1004058 (980.5 KB)  TX bytes:57430 (56.0 KB)
          Interrupt:17 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1C:BF:97:91:20  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:1176 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)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x4000 Memory:fe8ff000-fe8fffff 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5176 (5.0 KB)  TX bytes:5176 (5.0 KB)



On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 06:58 -0600, Wally Valters wrote:
> do an 'ifconfig -a' as well while you are at it.  
> 
> On Feb 9, 2008 6:56 AM, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         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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