No wireless in Ubuntu :(

[Fred Roller]

Christopher Lemire wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Christopher Lemire
>> <christopher.lemire at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I have a strange issue. I can connect to wireless networks from Linux
>>> (Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit using rtl8187 chipset), but I can't see outside of
>>> the LAN. I can ping the gateway and each computer while in windows. I
>>> get the same dns, dhcp obtained info and can connect although the
>>> Linux driver works better when it was working because with the windows
>>> one, the internet often cuts out.
>>>       
>> Connect to your AP
>>
>> Post the output of of an ifconfig and your routing table ("netstat -r"
>> perhaps, I'm on AIX at the moment so I can't check the linux command,
>> it the equivalent of the Windows "route print" command).
>>
>> You say you can ping the gateway whilst in Windows - can we assume
>> that you can do the same in Linux?
>>
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>> Steve
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> C:\>ping 192.168.1.1
>
> Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
> Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
> Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
> Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
>
> Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
>     Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>     Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 3ms
>
> C:\>
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> That's windows. Now I will reboot to Linux and do "route -n" and the
> others. Yes, I can ping the gateway in Linux as well as other
> computers on the network.
>
>   
What are the results of:
   
    route

and have you pinged an named address:

    ping www.google.com

/and/ an IP address (the IP I use is google as well):

    ping 64.233.169.106

The first should resolve if DNS is good and you get out that far:

    froller at metis:~$ ping www.google.com
    PING www.l.google.com (64.233.169.106) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 64.233.169.106: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=37.3 ms

The second (IP addy only) will by pass the DNS servers and let you know 
if you can get out beyond your gateway. 

froller at metis:~$ ping 64.233.169.106
PING 64.233.169.106 (64.233.169.106) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.233.169.106: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=40.7 ms

The Route command above will let you know what is going where.  Of 
course make sure your router will pass ICMP (ping) traffic.



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