Wireless not working in Ubuntu 8.10

DeJecTus · 01-18-2009, 03:43 AM

Hey,

*Disclamer*
I'm very new to Linux, i.e. I just installed it today. So go easy on me.

I have been using Windows for years but decided to experiment with an old computer I had lying around. I like it so far but I am having trouble getting the wireless to work.

I have a Netgear WG311v3 wireless card and a Netgear router. I looked up some articles on google and that helped me to install the drivers and Ubuntu regognizes the card. I know this because when i put in "iwconfig" this comes up:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

So it sees the card and when I go to System>Administration>Network Tools, I see the wireless card but have no way of enabling it. I looked on google and it keeps telling me to hit the properties button when the wirle card is highlighted, but there isn't a properties button. I also can't get the wireless gateway or whatever it is called to come up so I can see the different networks.

Any help will be greatly apreciated...

**wmorri** · 01-18-2009, 08:08 AM

Hi,

Welcome to Linux.

I would like you to please make sure that your wireless card is in your computer. Then open a terminal. There is an icon for it on your desktop. From there I need you to type:

Code:

lspci * this will list all the pieces of hardware that are connected to your computer by pci slot

Then post that in your next post. This will help us find out what drivers your card needs.

Cheers!

DeJecTus · 01-18-2009, 09:32 AM

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
* 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) *
02:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

I got ndiswrapper so I can load windows drivers and it seemed to work but I just turned on my Linux box this morning and the wireless wizard won't regognize my card but it is plugged in.

I followed the steps laided out her :https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...tgear_WG311_v3 and I think there was still something I needed to do but that article didn't outline it.

**wmorri** · 01-18-2009, 06:08 PM

Hi,

Ok what are you getting when you open the wireless wizard? Also, what are you getting from iwconfig in terminal?

Cheers!

DeJecTus · 01-18-2009, 10:26 PM

So I was having trouble getting the card to be recognized when I first turned on my computer, but all I had to do was run "ndiswrapper -l" and it worked (looking it up through "iwconfig"). Then I tried searching for access points using "iwlist wlan0 scan" and found my network but when i try to conect it gives me an error saying,

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A):
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.

Here is a picture of the wireless wizard and the terminal;

Do I have to enable the card? And is there a way to make ubuntu default to wlan0, and keep it on so I don't have to search every time?

Iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

01-18-2009, 03:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
DeJecTus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Vista 32-bit	Wireless not working in Ubuntu 8.10 Hey, Disclamer I'm very new to Linux, i.e. I just installed it today. So go easy on me. I have been using Windows for years but decided to experiment with an old computer I had lying around. I like it so far but I am having trouble getting the wireless to work. I have a Netgear WG311v3 wireless card and a Netgear router. I looked up some articles on google and that helped me to install the drivers and Ubuntu regognizes the card. I know this because when i put in "iwconfig" this comes up: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. pan0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 So it sees the card and when I go to System>Administration>Network Tools, I see the wireless card but have no way of enabling it. I looked on google and it keeps telling me to hit the properties button when the wirle card is highlighted, but there isn't a properties button. I also can't get the wireless gateway or whatever it is called to come up so I can see the different networks. Any help will be greatly apreciated... Last edited by DeJecTus; 01-18-2009 at 03:47 AM.

01-18-2009, 08:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,814 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Wireless not working in Ubuntu 8.10 Hi, Welcome to Linux. I would like you to please make sure that your wireless card is in your computer. Then open a terminal. There is an icon for it on your desktop. From there I need you to type: Code: lspci * this will list all the pieces of hardware that are connected to your computer by pci slot Then post that in your next post. This will help us find out what drivers your card needs. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

01-18-2009, 09:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
DeJecTus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Vista 32-bit	Re: Wireless not working in Ubuntu 8.10 lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3) * 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) * 02:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) 02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81) I got ndiswrapper so I can load windows drivers and it seemed to work but I just turned on my Linux box this morning and the wireless wizard won't regognize my card but it is plugged in. I followed the steps laided out her :https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...tgear_WG311_v3 and I think there was still something I needed to do but that article didn't outline it.

01-18-2009, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,814 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Wireless not working in Ubuntu 8.10 Hi, Ok what are you getting when you open the wireless wizard? Also, what are you getting from iwconfig in terminal? Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

01-18-2009, 10:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
DeJecTus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Vista 32-bit	Re: Wireless not working in Ubuntu 8.10 So I was having trouble getting the card to be recognized when I first turned on my computer, but all I had to do was run "ndiswrapper -l" and it worked (looking it up through "iwconfig"). Then I tried searching for access points using "iwlist wlan0 scan" and found my network but when i try to conect it gives me an error saying, Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A): SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted. Here is a picture of the wireless wizard and the terminal; Do I have to enable the card? And is there a way to make ubuntu default to wlan0, and keep it on so I don't have to search every time? Iwconfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. pan0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0