set up wireless internet

[NoOp]

On 05/26/2009 01:03 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Douglas Pollard wrote:
>> I am trying to get my wireless card working. The card has been in the
>> machine a long time but has not been in use in about a year. It is a
>> Linksys card But I have no numbers as to make and model. My ubuntu
>> 8.04 64 bit system can't seem to see it. I don't believe I have the
>> correct driver on board. I have been to the Ubuntu 8.04 help page and
>> spent a great deal of yesterday trying to work my way through this.
>> Without a card number I can't pick a driver to install. Is there a
>> way to get the card number without taking the card out and actually
>> reading the numbers or a way to pick a driver??
> 
> In a terminal use these commands:
> 
> lspci
> lsusb
> sudo lshw -C network
> 
> One of them should give the desired info.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 
> 

It's a good idea to go ahead and do a full lshw and safe to a text file.
I do this for all my systems, client systems, etc., so that I can easily
go back and look at what hardware is installed in each. To do that Doug:

1. cd to a /home directory/folder that you normally use to keep doc's
computer info, etc. I only suggest this as the following command will
save the file to whatever directory/folder you are currently in & it's
simpler to just change to the where you want it to reside to begin with.

2. From a terminal (someone ought to write a song with a title 'From A
Terminal'... maybe we could get Bette Midler to change the words of
'From A Distance' along the lines of "From a distance the screen looks
blue and green...)

$ sudo lshw > lshwmycomputer.txt

3. Open lshwmycomputer.txt in gedit or your favorite text editor. You
can then easily scroll through the full hardware settings of your machine.

*If* the card was recognized on boot then it will be in that file. If it
was not, then you'll need to dig through the /var/log files to find out
why not.