Vista kills Ubuntu wireless
Young
tuxman at knology.net
Wed Sep 2 21:47:30 UTC 2009
NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2009 01:53 PM, Young wrote:
>
>> NoOp wrote:
>>
> ...
>
>>> Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit
>>> Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
>>>
>>> is the hardwired ethernet nic, so I suspect that you have the BCM4312
>>> wireless chipset. You still didn't answer my question as to whether or
>>> not you have the wireless drivers installed via
>>> System|Administration|Hardware Drivers - what does that show?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> You're right. How about the Intel 5100 instead?
>> System|Administration|Hardware Drivers shows no proprietary drivers in use.
>>
>>
>
> That makes a difference:
>
> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text="Intel+5100"+%2BVista&field.actions.search=Search>
> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=Intel+WiFi+5100+%2Bvista&field.actions.search=Search>
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+%2Bwireless+%2Bvista+%2BIntel+5100&btnG=Search&complete=0&hl=en&sa=2>
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/256629
> Maybe try backports?
>
> Just for the heck of it, can you please provide the output of:
>
> $ sudo iwlist scan
>
> and
>
> $ ifconfig
>
>
NoOP,
I found an either net cable, and rearranged things to get the laptop
wired up to the router. Then did a complete update. A quick test of the
wireless still doesn't work. I've started a download of the alternate
installer 64 bit, and plan on giving that a try later.
Thanks,
Mark
mtyoung at DellStudio1737:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:3F:91:34:05
ESSID:"SqwatTall"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=100/100 Signal level:-30 dBm Noise
level=-87 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: Unknown: 0009537177617454616C6C
IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
IE: Unknown: 200100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101820003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010024FF7F
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000160373181
Extra: Last beacon: 16ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:22:3F:7F:F2:5A
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=38/100 Signal level:-86 dBm Noise
level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 00074E455447454152
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 050400030000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0000000
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000011cf84d1183
Extra: Last beacon: 2220ms ago
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
mtyoung at DellStudio1737:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:f2:92:a7
inet addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::222:19ff:fef2:92a7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8368 (8.3 KB) TX bytes:5632 (5.6 KB)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:fb:8d:fd:04
inet6 addr: fe80::222:fbff:fe8d:fd04/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2434 (2.4 KB) TX bytes:2686 (2.6 KB)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-22-FB-8D-FD-04-64-30-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)
mtyoung at DellStudio1737:~$
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