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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