Stupid Networking Mistake (On My Part)

[Karl F. Larsen]

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John Graddy wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 14:02 -0500, Andrew Farris wrote:
>> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 12:52 -0500, John Graddy wrote:
>>> I somehow managed to delete Network Manager on a working Jaunty system.
>>> This was not a big problem since I had an APT on CD disk and simply
>>> restored NM, which is working fine now.
>> Glad you got that working, but it appears to have no bearing on the
>> current issue
>>
>>> My problem is on a Ubuntu/Windows dual boot system in another location.
>>> I Put the exact same NM on this system that I have on the systems I
>>> mentioned earlier, and, it does not see the wireless network.  This
>>> system works fine on a wired port, but refuses to recognize the
>>> wireless.   When I right click on NM and "Enable Wireless", nothing
>>> happens.  Windows works fine on the wired AND the wireless networks.  I
>>> am able to use printers across on all systems and from all systems.
>>>
>> Do you know what wireless card you have? If it's never worked
>> before(i.e. fresh install), you may need the restricted drivers.  go to
>> "System > Administration > Hardware Drivers" and see if a restricted
>> driver for your wireless is there. If it is, click the "Activate" button
>> for it, and that should do it
>>
>>
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>> Andrew
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> 
> 
> I have a Linksys wireless card and it has worked well in the past.  It
> also works now under Windows.  The router obviously works both wireless
> and wired.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, both of my systems have the same Network
> Manager and both have the Linksys PCI adapter.
> 
> 
	If the computer using wireless is a laptop I will tell you my problem.
It seems that there is a software package in Windows that turns on the
WiFi device. When you boot Ubuntu the WiFi devise is off and you can't
use wireless.

	Of course when you turn on Windows it works!

73 Karl


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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