[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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