Can't "see" Airport Wireless

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 19/12/05, Justin Tisserat <JTListserv at cox.net> wrote:
> Peter Stoddard wrote:
>
> >On Sunday 18 December 2005 6:49 pm, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I have Ubuntu installed on an Apple PowerBook G4 with a PPC Processor
> >>using Ubuntu Breezy Badger 5.10. During the installation process the
> >>Ubuntu install sees and loads module support for the Airport WiFi card
> >>in my laptop. However, once Ubuntu is installed and I log in I can't
> >>seem to see the wireless interface. Being new to Linux I am at a loss as
> >>to how to configure the WiFi card. I am familiar with the basics of
> >>ifup/ifdown/ifconfig but with the WiFi card I'm not sure where to
> >>start.  I have an Airport wireless (802.11b) not an Airport Extreme. I
> >>don't mind the learning curve and would appreciate some feedback on
> >>where to start. Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I have the same problem.  It turns out that I have a wireless Airport Extreme
> >network card manufactured by Broadcom (BCM4306).  I forget the command I used
> >to find that out -- maybe someone can tell you the correct command.
> >
> >Broadcom devices are not supported in Linux because the source code has not
> >been made available by the manufacturer.  The driver has apparently been
> >reverse engineered, with details at:
> >
> >http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12886
> >
> >I downloaded an experimental driver but couldn't compile it.  Its a little
> >over my head at the moment.
> >
> >I hope you have a simpler time of it.
> >
> >Pete
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Pete, et. all,
>
> I believe I have an older airport.
>
> I checked and do see that that a device does show on the Gnome Device
> Manager under KeyLargo Mac I/O as eth1; I'm assuming thats the Airport
> since I already have a device under UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) as eth0
> which I know to be the wired ethernet.  When I checked
> /etc/network/interfaces I saw no entry for it so I added it as a DHCP
> device and issued an ifup command. Now eth1 happly starts up looking for
> DHCP.
>
> Assuming eth1 is the Airport card I suppose now its a matter of
> configuring it properly. I am not sure if Ubuntu supports WPA. Thats
> what I have set up here at home.
>

Does it not show up in System/Administration/Network? That's where you
typically configure ethernet or wireless connections.

-Eamonn