[solved maybe] Re: wireless giving trouble in Ubuntu recently
H.S.
hs.samix at gmail.com
Thu Oct 19 18:03:43 UTC 2006
C Hamel wrote:
> The iwconfig output:
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:""any"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
> Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
> Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
> RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> ==
> yogi at flight6:~$ sudo ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:4B:46:E6:92
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 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:255 Base address:0xc000
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:9D:89:9C:47
> inet addr:192.168.0.10 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20d:9dff:fe89:9c47/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:123325 (120.4 KiB)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000
> ==
> I have attempted manual config but fear that I am highly inadequate in that
> area since I have never had to do more than issue...
Try this:
$> sudo ifdown eth0
$> sudo iwconfig eth0 essid <SSID HERE>
$> sudo iwconfig eth0 channel 11 (or the channel number you want)
$> sudo iwconfig key off
If your access point is still show "invalid", then do
$> sudo iwconfig ap <ap address>
where <ap address> is the mac address of the access point you are trying
to connect to.
and then do
$> sudo ifconfig eth0 up
$> sudo dhclient eth0
and paste the output here. Also, see what happens in /var/log/syslog
while you are doing this.
> # dhcpcd [interface]
> ...in the past (on other distros) to gain the connection. All of them
> utilized the ndiswrapper. I had no better luck with that on kubuntu.
>
> [FWIW: The reason I switched to kubuntu is because it came highly recommended
> by a network admin I know. I took him seriously. I am very_happy with
> everything except for the wireless.]
I use KDE on my desktop (on Debian Etch). I really like KDE, it is nice.
My wife usually uses Gnome on her laptop which has Ubuntu on it.
->HS
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