Ubuntu 9.04 / Linksys WMP54G / old pc prob connecting

[Tholley]

I have a new WMP54G wireless adapter installed in an old pc I built for my daughter.
I have not been able to get it to connect with the Linksys WRT54G router.
I found a bunch of stuff about ndiswrapper and installed it, copied the driver off of the install cd, used System, Admin, Windows Wireless Drivers to install, but still will not work.

I read from the HardwareSupportComponents that the adapter should work right out of the box. It is ver. 4.1

So deleted the the driver in said above, and back at square 1, I think...

here are some of the things you might want to look at... (I have it wired right now)

kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:04.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3 Ti 200] (rev a3)
kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ lspci -nn | grep linksys
kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ lspci -nn | grep 'linksys'
kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$

As you can tell... I'm a novice when it comes to commands...
I'll add more if I can.

Thanks for any help!

[Tholley]

here is more...

kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:87:48:c0:aa
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:87ff:fe48:c0aa/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2777 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1558235 (1.5 MB) TX bytes:232021 (232.0 KB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xe000

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:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)

wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:9c:7a:4f:32
inet6 addr: fe80::225:9cff:fe7a:4f32/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:183 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:180 errors:0 dropped:5 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:24345 (24.3 KB) TX bytes:21276 (21.2 KB)
Interrupt:16 Memory:e0000000-e0008000

kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"thollsys"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:42:74:98
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=-121 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-25 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$

[Tholley]

more...

kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ iwconfig wlan1
wlan1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=-121 dBm
RTS thr=2347 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

kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 16776 1
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
video 25872 0
output 11008 1 video
input_polldev 11912 0
lp 17156 0
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_intel8x0
ppdev 15620 0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
ndiswrapper 193436 0
nvidia 4712596 32
psmouse 61972 0
pcspkr 10496 0
serio_raw 13444 0
shpchp 40212 0
snd 62756 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
parport_pc 40100 1
parport 42220 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
nvidia_agp 14492 1
agpgart 42696 2 nvidia,nvidia_agp
i2c_nforce2 14980 0
forcedeth 61712 0
floppy 64324 0
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
kaylen@kaylen-desktop:~$

[Tholley]

Bump...

Posted like the instructions say, but the guys with the generic subjects ("need help", "cannot connect") seem to be getting all the love. :(

Now I am off to work, so if there are any suggestions, I will certainly try when I get back home to this computer.

Thanks in advance.

[Tholley]

bump again...

anybody?