<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> NoOp wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:h7mn7s$p14$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 09/02/2009 01:53 PM, Young wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">NoOp wrote: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">... </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">You're right. How about the Intel 5100 instead? System|Administration|Hardware Drivers shows no proprietary drivers in use. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> That makes a difference: <<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=">https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=</a>"Intel+5100"+%2BVista&field.actions.search=Search> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=Intel+WiFi+5100+%2Bvista&field.actions.search=Search"><https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=Intel+WiFi+5100+%2Bvista&field.actions.search=Search></a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+%2Bwireless+%2Bvista+%2BIntel+5100&btnG=Search&complete=0&hl=en&sa=2"><http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+%2Bwireless+%2Bvista+%2BIntel+5100&btnG=Search&complete=0&hl=en&sa=2></a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/256629">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/256629</a> Maybe try backports? Just for the heck of it, can you please provide the output of: $ sudo iwlist scan and $ ifconfig </pre> </blockquote> 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@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@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@DellStudio1737:~$ </body> </html>