[SOLVED] Almost have wireless, need a little more help

[dougtron]

Hello! So I'm fairly happy, I finally got ndiswrapper to install the drivers that I needed.

When I type

ndiswrapper -l

it says "------ driver installed"

So the next step in finishing this all so I get the 'wlan0' option, I am instructed to type

modprobe ndiswrapper

but when I enter this modprobe code (either sudo, su- or just regularly) it just goes to the next line..nothing happens.

so, when i type iwconfig "wlan0" is still not even listed, it just shows eth0, eth, and lo.
so then I try

iwconfig wlan0 up

it tells me that wlan0 doesn't exist.

What's going on!? Thanks, Doug.

EDIT:::
Just to add on, I've just learned that it should say both 'driver installed' and list the hardware. Mine is not listing the hardware so I'm assuming, although the driver is installed correctly, it doesn't know which device it is going to. If that makes any sense, how do I point the drivers to the internal wireless card?

[Floppyjoe]

Does it also say hardware present when you do the ndiswrapper -l command?

[dougtron]

Hah, yeah I forgot to mention that. Read my above EDIT:::

It isn't associating the drivers to the hardware. No hardware present.

[Floppyjoe]

What do you get from the :

lspci

command?

[dougtron]

I'm not running my Ubuntu right now, If I must I'll switch and show you the lspci (it's tricky with the no-wifi thing)....but hopefully this is enough:

both LSPCI and LSUSB show my device, so it's recognizing it, and it gives some sort of xxxx : xxxx number next to it. It's a USB Internal Wireless RTL8187B which I've found the correct drivers for.

[Floppyjoe]

Originally Posted by dougtron I'm not running my Ubuntu right now, If I must I'll switch and show you the lspci (it's tricky with the no-wifi thing)....but hopefully this is enough: both LSPCI and LSUSB show my device, so it's recognizing it, and it gives some sort of xxxx : xxxx number next to it. It's a USB Internal Wireless RTL8187B which I've found the correct drivers for.

Only one of those commands will show you the internal wifi device. Most likely the lspci command. The lsusb is mainly for USB plugin dongles.

[dougtron]

Alright sorry.

LSPCI:

doug@doug-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7914
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7915
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7916
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 791f
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
14:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832 (rev 05)
14:06.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
14:06.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 12)
14:06.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
14:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)

and LSUSB

doug@doug-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
doug@doug-laptop:~$

note*-- Microsoft USB Device is my wireless mouse, and from what I understand the Realtek is my wireless card.

Thanks a lot, let me know if you can figure something out.

[Floppyjoe]

Originally Posted by dougtron Alright sorry. LSPCI: doug@doug-laptop:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912 00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7914 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7915 00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7916 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 14) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 791f 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01) 14:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832 (rev 05) 14:06.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 14:06.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 12) 14:06.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 14:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)

If you had an internal wifi card it would be listed in the above as a network controller. Ethernet controller is for wired internet.

and LSUSB doug@doug-laptop:~$ lsusb Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 006 Device 003: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 doug@doug-laptop:~$

If you plug in your wifi card in one of your usb ports then it would be listed above. It would be an external wifi device.

[dougtron]

Ok so from what you're saying, Ubuntu isn't even regonizing the internal wireless at all. Where do I go from here?

[Floppyjoe]

Originally Posted by dougtron Ok so from what you're saying, Ubuntu isn't even regonizing the internal wireless at all. Where do I go from here?

I'm saying you do not have an internal wifi device in your computer.