Intel 4965 Wireless Problems :(

[PhoenixMaster00]

After it not seeming to show up aat all in the Network controls even though drivers were installed when lshw -C Network was put through the terminal i decided to see if Intrepid would do any better and it does... Slightly it still doesnt work :( some information for you potential helpers out there

*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 61
serial: 00:21:5c:21:21:07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn latency=0 module=iwlagn multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn

it says its called wmaster0 but according to Network tools that is an unknown interface. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[PhoenixMaster00]

anyone?

[kforum]

something is broken, it should be called wlan0, wmaster0 is more of a placeholder(in a sense)...
so im not really sure what you did.
can you describe what happened? as in, you installed the distro, fresh boot, then... etc...

i have the iwl4965, never had any problem with it, specially sine 'the amazing' version 8.04.
but maybe i can help you.

also, it would be nice to know what kinda settings your router is using atm.

cheers. ^^;

edit: can you type iwconfig, and show me the output?

[PhoenixMaster00]

yeah i put the wireless card in myself so i may have connected it up wrong? if that is possible.

iwconfig shows

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

im hoping i have just connected it wrong but any direction/help is greatly appreciated.

edit: and i have a zoom router that connects perfectly to an ipod touch, xbox360, mac mini, and two other laptops.

[PhoenixMaster00]

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[kforum]

can you describe what happened? as in, you installed the distro, fresh boot, then... etc...



im going to quote myself, this info really is needed to know if you screwed something up or if its a ubuntu-sort-of issue.

also, hardware info... so this is a laptop, or what?
you said you connected it yourself, as in... a desktop with pci and you plugged it in?

info-info-info.

things are usually simple in ubuntu, i believe first timer's uneasiness is usually what gets in the way.


cheers;
:guitar:

[PhoenixMaster00]

im going to quote myself, this info really is needed to know if you screwed something up or if its a ubuntu-sort-of issue.

also, hardware info... so this is a laptop, or what?
you said you connected it yourself, as in... a desktop with pci and you plugged it in?

info-info-info.

things are usually simple in ubuntu, i believe first timer's uneasiness is usually what gets in the way.


cheers;
:guitar:


Sorry yeah im new to Linux. Its a laptop the original wifi card has no linux support so i bought a new one. its PCI-E with 3 connectors and 3 wires although the original PCI-E had 2 connectors and a spare wire was kind of hanging around

As for how i got Ubunutu 8.10 i did a fresh install 7.10 then updated and upgraded to 8.04 then upgraded again to 8.10

[PhoenixMaster00]

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