Vista kills Ubuntu wireless

Young tuxman at knology.net
Wed Sep 2 23:27:19 UTC 2009


NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2009 02:47 PM, Young wrote:
>   
>> NoOp wrote:
>>     
> ...
>   
>>> 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:~$
>>
>>     
>
> Sorry to the list for not trimming in this instance.
>
> Young,
>
> What that all shows is that your wireless *is* working otherwise you
> wouldn't be able to scan all of those networks around you. Is
> 'ESSID:"SqwatTall"' your wireless network?
>   
Yes, and I think you're correct.
> You need to go to Network Manager & set up wlan0. Sorry, I use wicd, so
> someone else will have to help you configure in NM.
>
>   
Time for some more googling.

Thanks,
Mark
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