X60 wireless issue

[paulstadler]

Hi

i am new to Ubuntu and i recently got a X60 and installed Ubuntu 9.10 on it. I am not able to get the wireless working. I have a intel Pro (R) /Wireless 3945ABG wireless card.

any help would be great.

-Paul

[paulstadler]

output of lspci -nn

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:109a]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4227] (rev 02)


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[paulstadler]

Any help? i am not able figure this out.

[lostjohn]

Try this goto administration/network tools/ look in the drop down for wireless interface (wlan o) or try loopback interface (|o) it work on my belkin wireless card.

[paulstadler]

Hi lostjohn

is there anything that i need to look for in these dropdowns? i use Belkin as well. in the network manager i can see all other wireless connections, but when i connect, i never connects.

I use WPA-PSK .

thanks
-P

[bkratz]

Hi lostjohn

is there anything that i need to look for in these dropdowns? i use Belkin as well. in the network manager i can see all other wireless connections, but when i connect, i never connects.

I use WPA-PSK .

thanks
-P

Here is a two page thread on your card and wpa connections.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...hlight=3945ABG

The last posting says he solved it and how. It may not help, but who knows? Your's starts in post 12.

[lostjohn]

go here this may help https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...CardsSupported

[paulstadler]

Thank you all.

I was able to fix this. i had the SSID as non broadcast. once i changed to broadcast i was able to connect to it.

once i connected, i again enabled the non-broadcast and it was working fine.