wireless

[ddg]

Hi ....

I installed ubuntu 8.04 on my acer 4520. How to see that the wireless network is working??. Btw I don't have the facility now and I am connected to the internet using wire.

rgds,
ddg

[superprash2003]

please post your iwconfig output

[Ayuthia]

Hi ....

I installed ubuntu 8.04 on my acer 4520. How to see that the wireless network is working??. Btw I don't have the facility now and I am connected to the internet using wire.

rgds,
ddg

By going to the Terminal and typing lshw -C network will help tell you your wireless card and give you a hint if your wireless is working. If you are not sure, just post the results of lshw -C network here.

[ddg]

Hi Ayuthia,

Here is the output.

lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP67 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: 00:1e:68:2e:72:c9
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0

rgds,
ddg

[ddg]

please post your iwconfig output

Hi........,

here is the output:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

rgds,
ddg

[ddg]

Hi anybody there...,

I still have problem to activate my wireless lan of acer 4520 with ubuntu 8.04.

I installed ndis wrapper driver and it said that the hardware is present.
Any tips please??

rgds,
ddg

[tysonh]

What is the wireless device called on your system. Is it a mini pci card or integrated wireless? There are some chipsets that don't work at all with ubuntu.

[ddg]

What is the wireless device called on your system. Is it a mini pci card or integrated wireless? There are some chipsets that don't work at all with ubuntu.

Hi,

thanks for the email.It is my mistake, it is working now.
It is atheros 5007, (I think it is integrated). First I tried using midwifi driver but it gave error while installation and then I tried with ndis driver.
Now I can see the device from System>Administration>network
I have given the notebook to the owner for adaptation and will check again later all the functionalities

Regards,
ddg