Not recognizing Wireless Card

[Pu1se]

Hi, this is my first post. I just installed Kubuntu not to long ago and I'm trying to get my wireless card to work. I have the appropriate drivers for my card too. But when I do sudo lshw -C network and I get this.

*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:01:0a.0
version: 20
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 12
serial: 00:03:25:2a:93:d8
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.18 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.69 latency=0 link=yes module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s


and as you see my wireless card doesn't list the full product name. This notebook is an Alienware Aurora M9700 and the wireless card is a Realtek RTL8185 ABG. So if anyone could help me that would be great. Because I have no idea how to get it to recognize the card name because when I install the drivers it says no hardware for those drivers. I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

[Pu1se]

**bump**

[scoopyb]

Hi, I have a problem that is very similar to that, let's hope someone can help us! I posted a reply here in forums some time ago but it was in the archive section, eh =)
So here is my previous entry, now in a better place:

Hi,

I have a thinkpad t41 and I'd like to get my wireless working too. Problem is, since my laptop is bought used, I don't know what wireless card I have (I haven't installed windows at all, so that doesn't help either). I quess I have one since there's a MAC address for 802.11b in the bottom.

I modified the blacklist-file but it didn't help and the "sudo lshw -C network" -command only lists my wired ethernet controller. I also tried "lspci" that I found from a guide, but it didn't find any wireless device either.

I found this list from the support pages, I suppose mine should be one of those.
# Intel 802.11b wireless LAN on selected models
# ThinkPad High Rate 802.11a/b/g Wireless on selected models
# Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b on selected models

Any ideas for this problem?

-scoopyb

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Since then I did what was suggested, I opened the case and looked for the chipset. It should be Intel and based on that I can get the drivers and it should be supported by NDISwrapper.

So if someone knows any tricks how to make my ubuntu see the card, I'd be very thankful.

-scoopyb

[buccaneere]

I don't know what wireless card I have

That's the first most important thing in diagnosing, I think...

Bring up the terminal, and enter:

lspci

That will tell you the chipset for the wireless card...

If the wireless card doesn't come up, enter lsusb (pray that that's NOT the case).

[scoopyb]

Thanks for the reply buccaneere.

I have tried lshw and lspci but it seems nothing finds the wireless card. I was then given advice to open up the case of my laptop to manually check the chipset. I did it and found out that it is Intel. I then checked IBM's site and found that the card should be either Intel 2100 3B or 2200 BG.

And I still have no idea what is the exact model of my laptop (other than T41) =(

[jualin]

When you type lspci in the terminal, what do you get as a result?

[Pu1se]

Okay, I didn't do anything that I know of but when I booted up my system today it finally recognized my wireless card. But my new problem is that it doesn't detect any wireless access points in the area. So does this have to do with software or my card?

[scoopyb]

When you type lspci in the terminal, what do you get as a result?

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03)

[jualin]

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03)

From what I am looking at I don't thing you have a wireless card, maybe someone more experienced might confirm it.

[jualin]

Scoopyb what are the results of

lshw

?
This will give us more information to see if you have a wireless card