Wireless connect w/12.04 on AspireOne D-250

[chili555]

When I ran the next two modprob lines, Nothing happened...or at least not that was evident

Please run them again and let me see:

iwconfig
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Does it try to connect?

[8lackie]

Yes, It tries to connect. I get the "wireless network authentication required" Click, and it tries and fails and comes back and wants authentication again. Little icon comes up says im offline.

blackie@sherpa:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:219 Noise level:199
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:4 invalid misc:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
[sudo] password for blackie:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for blackie:
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

blackie@sherpa:~$

[chili555]

If eth1 is showing as your wireless interface, then wl, possibly the wrong driver, is still loaded. Please try again:

sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe b43

Verify that wl is NOT loaded and b43 is:

lsmod | grep -e wl -e b43

ONLY b43 should be listed. Now see if your interface is wlan0:

iwconfig

Now does it try to connect?

[8lackie]

I don't think I see what I'm supposed to.....? I'm guessing b43 0 means it's not loaded?


blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe -r wl
[sudo] password for blackie:
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe -r wl
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe b43
blackie@sherpa:~$ lsmod | grep -e wl -e b43
b43 342643 0
mac80211 436455 1 b43
cfg80211 178679 2 b43,mac80211
bcma 25651 1 b43
ssb 50691 1 b43
blackie@sherpa:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementn

eth0 no wireless extensions.

blackie@sherpa:~$

[chili555]

b43 is loaded correctly. You now have an interface wlan0. Does it scan?

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Does it try to connect?

[8lackie]

Crumbs!

I get "Interface does not support scanning"

[chili555]

Is b43 still loaded and not wl? Do you need to repeat the sequence first?

sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe b43

[8lackie]

Now I'm getting beyond confused (if that is possible) I'm not sure what you're asking me.... I ran these two commands and get:

blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe -r wl
[sudo] password for blackie:
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe b43
blackie@sherpa:~$ suod modprobe -r wl
No command 'suod' found, did you mean:
Command 'sudo' from package 'sudo' (main)
Command 'sudo' from package 'sudo-ldap' (universe)
suod: command not found
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe b43
blackie@sherpa:~$

This doesn't look good I suspect

[chili555]

Now I'm getting beyond confused (if that is possible) I'm not sure what you're asking me.... I ran these two commands and get:

blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe -r wl
[sudo] password for blackie:
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe b43
blackie@sherpa:~$ suod modprobe -r wl
No command 'suod' found, did you mean:
Command 'sudo' from package 'sudo' (main)
Command 'sudo' from package 'sudo-ldap' (universe)
suod: command not found
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe b43
blackie@sherpa:~$

This doesn't look good I suspect

It looks fine. Now do you have an interface wlan0?

iwconfig

Does it scan and connect?

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

[8lackie]

blackie@sherpa:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo iwlist wanl0 scan
[sudo] password for blackie:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for blackie:
wanl0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe -r wl
blackie@sherpa:~$ sudo modprobe b43
blackie@sherpa:~$