alias120

Hello there, I am rather new to Ubuntu, and Linux in general. I have a Linksys Wireless router model WRT54G, and built in wireless on the latop. The network Manager does not give me any options for wireless internet, and i am somewhat clueless on how to configure this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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wmorri

Hi,

Can you please give me the output from the following command:To use this command you will need to click on the terminal. This is on the desktop on the top bar.

Cheers!

alias120

Alright will do, i am at work right now but once i am home and on my main PC i will through the output on here.

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K-B

wmorri - sorry for editing your post, I was just correcting a little typo. You had "lspic" typed for the code. I didn't want it to cause any confusion.

wmorri

K-B, thanks for catching that. I wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Bartender

I can confirm the easy part of the OP's question - that router works fine with Ubuntu.

wmorri

Hope the OP is coming back. I would really like to help him.

alias120

I apologize for being away this long, i really do appreciate your guys help with this. My main PC which is Windows XP pro was having issues lol, so i had to fix that first. I will be testing the input tonight and post back as soon as it displays the results.

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K-B

Yep...it's the exact same one that I use. And on my Linux box, I have a WUSB54g...so far (usb wifi adapter), Linspire and PCLinuxOS are the only distros that I have been able to connect right up out-of-the-box. All other distros (Including Ubuntu, which is what I currently use) have needed ndiswrapper for the WUSB54G to work.

alias120

I found some of the drivers/files mentioned, but they require an internet connection to d/l.
(ndiswrapper, ect.) I'm assuming i should be able to download them to usb from another pc and throw them on the Ubuntu pc? I'll be able to tweak with it more tonight when i have the laptop in front of me.

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Bartender

alias, where's the lspci output?

Also, just to make sure the router/modem is working fine, what happens when you jack into the router directly with a piece of ethernet cable? The wired connection uses a different chipset inside the lappy, and Linux support for those chips is pretty good.

Or have you already done this and it works fine?

K-B

You don't need ndiswrapper for the router...

And I'm pleased to report that my WUSB54G v.4 wireless adapter and WRT54G router work flawlessly out-of-the-box with Ubuntu 8.10, NO additional configuration needed. Very pleased.

alias120

Alright, i apologize for the wait. Here is the lspci output.

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
05:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
05:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
05:09.4 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller

I hope this helps.

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K-B

Do you know what version of Ubuntu you have? If not, open the terminal and type in this:

alias120

I'll have to check, but it's the one i downloaded straight off the site only a couple weeks ago. So im assuming its the most recent.

Quorlia

If you need to use ndiswrapper have a look at these instructions for setting up a BT Voyager 1055 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=887529. You might also find http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php?topic=185.0 useful for setting the thing up - sometimes CLI is best

alias120

Thanks Quorlia, ill check that out. K-B i checked and 8.10 is the version i d/l recently.

alias120

Alright, just a quick update on the situation. I hooked the laptop up to the router directly, and was able to get a connection via Auto Ethos. It appears the problem is my wireless driver is not being recongized, i tried to d/l it but not sure exactly how. I'll see if i can figure this out, going to need to wireless up and running within the next month.

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alias120

Alright, well a last update. I am currently online via wireless, so got it all figured out. Thank you very much for all of your help you guys, couldn't have done it without you.


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wmorri

Glad that you were able to figure it out.

Cheers!