[Ubuntu Chicago] Wireless setup help

James White jwhite1202 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 10 18:22:04 GMT 2008


Yes it was definitely the case here ;-).  Ahh well, if that is the worst
thing that happens while I am using Ubuntu, then I'll be happy.  I must say
I do love this laptop and I am getting very use to the speed of Ubuntu.  Now
once I actually learn how to utilize this o/s I think I'll really be a fan.
Again,  thanks for the patience with a Linux noob :-).  BTW, do you guys
meet ever so often or something?  I wouldn't mind attending an event or two
if you all have them in the Chicagoland.

--James

On Feb 9, 2008 8:35 PM, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ahh, the "nut behind the keyboard" failure:))
> Happens a lot
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 3:19 PM, James E White Jr. <jwhite1202 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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