[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

James E White Jr. jwhite1202 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 9 21:19:41 GMT 2008


Finally got my wireless connection working! Found out that I had the
wrong password once I added the correct one connected seemlessly.
Thanks for putting up with me guys.  I appreciate all of the help.


--James
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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