wireless install in asus netbook u10.04

[al loomis]

i bought a asus netbook and installed ubuntu 10.04 over the win7.

have not succeeded in establishing link to our wireless modem. i klik on the icon, get vpn configure, choose 'wireless,' and see 3 text boxes, 2 choice drops.

ssid: name of network

mode: left at 'infrastructure'

bssid: name of wireless modem, from the bottom of the box, 'admin' (?)

MAC address: 12 digit number off the bottom of wireless modem

MTU: left at 'automatic'

at this point, 'apply' does not become live, so i klik 'wireless security' 'none' is default, so i leave it

on to 'ipv4 settings', no idea about dhcp so leave 'automatic', and klik 'routes'


insert 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 1 in 'wireless connection 1' as they are address of wireless modem, net mask, wan modem, but not at all confident about any of them

get an 'ok' and go back to dhcp screen, but 'apply' is not active.


so can not create a 'wireless connection.'

help,please.

[bkratz]

i bought a asus netbook and installed ubuntu 10.04 over the win7.

have not succeeded in establishing link to our wireless modem. i klik on the icon, get vpn configure, choose 'wireless,' and see 3 text boxes, 2 choice drops.

ssid: name of network

mode: left at 'infrastructure'

bssid: name of wireless modem, from the bottom of the box, 'admin' (?)

MAC address: 12 digit number off the bottom of wireless modem

MTU: left at 'automatic'

at this point, 'apply' does not become live, so i klik 'wireless security' 'none' is default, so i leave it

on to 'ipv4 settings', no idea about dhcp so leave 'automatic', and klik 'routes'


insert 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 1 in 'wireless connection 1' as they are address of wireless modem, net mask, wan modem, but not at all confident about any of them

get an 'ok' and go back to dhcp screen, but 'apply' is not active.


so can not create a 'wireless connection.'

help,please.

You do need the name of the network (whatever yours is called) that s the ssid. Infrastructure is correct. You don't need the bssid or mac address. MTU automatic is ok. You do need to set wireless security in case your network is wep or wpa or wpa2. Nothing if unsecured. You don't need any of those other number in the 'wireless connection 1'; that is just what you want to call it. Mine is just called wireless network! But have you checked to see if any additional drivers are available for your card. In the terminal type in

lspci -nn

(that is LSPCI in lower case). Post back what it says about your network (wireless card) especially the xxxx:xxxx or just the name.

[al loomis]

thx for prompt action.
i went to 'accessories' and kliked terminal: al@al-laptop lspci - nn (return) and got
[a screenful of configuration keys. but no names.] i did see 'atheros' during an attempt to look at the bios. but it just flashed past with a note that 'shift + f10' would allow configuration. i don't know in what mode that is active.

there is a lan boot rom which i have set to 'enabled,' as that might be useful

none of this appears directly useful.

at this point, i can edit the 1st wireless screen, but can not get the security screen to light up 'apply'. the other screens will 'apply' although that just says the numbers are possible, not necessarily right.

maybe if i can get the security system on the wireless router and mirror it on the netbook something good will happen. this will take some time... will let you know results, and thx for efforts to date.

al loomis

[wildmanne39]

thx for prompt action.
i went to 'accessories' and kliked terminal: al@al-laptop lspci - nn (return) and got
[a screenful of configuration keys. but no names.] i did see 'atheros' during an attempt to look at the bios. but it just flashed past with a note that 'shift + f10' would allow configuration. i don't know in what mode that is active.

there is a lan boot rom which i have set to 'enabled,' as that might be useful

none of this appears directly useful.

at this point, i can edit the 1st wireless screen, but can not get the security screen to light up 'apply'. the other screens will 'apply' although that just says the numbers are possible, not necessarily right.

maybe if i can get the security system on the wireless router and mirror it on the netbook something good will happen. this will take some time... will let you know results, and thx for efforts to date.

al loomis

Hi run this command from a terminal again

lspci -nn

iwconfig

lsmod

and post the outcome here by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets. You need to be connected to a wired network so you can post those results.

[al loomis]

wildmanne, will have to work on that: i have the readout for those commands and can copy, but will need some time to organize a wire link. i may have been a bit precipitous in overwriting win7 with u10.04.

bkratz, have found reference to 'wep' in wireless modem docs and selecting wep40/120 lights up the 'apply.' but no improvement, either with my guess about the addresses, or wiping them as you suggested.

[al loomis]

wild, hope i have the dump you need here.


i have also managed to catch the atheros config screen. there is only one articulation, a choice of 'pke' or' 'rpl' on boot. but the 'choice' doesn't work: choose 'rpl' and save/exit with f4, then restart and 'pke' has been reinserted. hmmm...

if all else fails i can buy another net cable, and return this one to my wife before she gets grouchy. but it would be nice to utilize the main function of this netbook. hope you can see an easy fix, i think even moderate difficulty looks too hard for me right now.

i am surprised three little screens and half dozen text boxes can be so difficult.

thx for any help you can give me, al loomis






al@al-laptop:~$ lspci - nn
Usage: lspci [<switches>]

Basic display modes:
-mm Produce machine-readable output (single -m for an obsolete format)
-t Show bus tree

Display options:
-v Be verbose (-vv for very verbose)
-k Show kernel drivers handling each device
-x Show hex-dump of the standard part of the config space
-xxx Show hex-dump of the whole config space (dangerous; root only)
-xxxx Show hex-dump of the 4096-byte extended config space (root only)
-b Bus-centric view (addresses and IRQ's as seen by the bus)
-D Always show domain numbers

Resolving of device ID's to names:
-n Show numeric ID's
-nn Show both textual and numeric ID's (names & numbers)
-q Query the PCI ID database for unknown ID's via DNS
-qq As above, but re-query locally cached entries
-Q Query the PCI ID database for all ID's via DNS

Selection of devices:
-s [[[[<domain>]:]<bus>]:][<slot>][.[<func>]] Show only devices in selected slots
-d [<vendor>]:[<device>] Show only devices with specified ID's

Other options:
-i <file> Use specified ID database instead of /usr/share/misc/pci.ids.gz
-p <file> Look up kernel modules in a given file instead of default modules.pcimap
-M Enable `bus mapping' mode (dangerous; root only)

PCI access options:
-A <method> Use the specified PCI access method (see `-A help' for a list)
-O <par>=<val> Set PCI access parameter (see `-O help' for a list)
-G Enable PCI access debugging
-H <mode> Use direct hardware access (<mode> = 1 or 2)
-F <file> Read PCI configuration dump from a given file
al@al-laptop:~$
al@al-laptop:~$
al@al-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

al@al-laptop:~$
al@al-laptop:~$
al@al-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_async 6734 0
crc_ccitt 1339 1 ppp_async
binfmt_misc 6587 1
rfcomm 33421 4
ppdev 5259 0
sco 7885 2
bridge 45582 0
stp 1655 1 bridge
bnep 9436 2
l2cap 30624 16 rfcomm,bnep
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203168 1
joydev 8708 0
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_intel 21877 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
i915 282354 4
snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_se q_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915
uvcvideo 56990 0
btusb 10925 2
bluetooth 49892 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
soundcore 6620 1 snd
drm 162471 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
intel_agp 24177 2 i915
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
video 17375 1 i915
atl1c 28083 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
output 1871 1 video
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
ahci 32008 2
al@al-laptop:~$

[wildmanne39]

Hi, run this command again please just copy and paste it so you make sure it is correct.

lspci -nn

Thank you.

[Wim Sturkenboom]

In case you don't understand what wildmanne39 is aiming at:

there is not supposed to be a space between the dash and the 'nn' in the lspci command

[al loomis]

sure enough, every little space makes a difference. i hope this is the real list, sorry about that. -al

al@al-laptop:~$
al@al-laptop:~$
al@al-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge [8086:a010]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011]
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a012]
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1062] (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:002c] (rev 01)
al@al-laptop:~$

[wildmanne39]

Hi, ok try this command and

rfkill unblock wifi

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down

followed by

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

post the outcome here by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.