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    Exclamation Getting wireless card to work

    I have a HP Pavillion dv9000 and im having trouble getting Ubuntu Hardy to work with the Wireless Card (802.11 a/b/g).

    Anyone got any ideas?
    I'm a noob to Linux, so please give simple instructions/solution.

    Thanks very much for any help!

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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    First of all we need to find out what the wireless chipset is as you will need firmware drivers for the wireless adapter. Go to Applications-Accessories-Terminal and enter the following
    Code:
    lspci
    ifconfig
    Please copy the outputs for each command in turn by highlighting the output with the mouse, then press Ctrl-Shift-C (to copy) and Ctrl-V to paste here in a new post.
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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    Same boat as this guy...I can see networks, but I can't connect to any of them. I've been searching for days,,,thank you.


    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
    00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
    00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
    00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
    00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
    00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HBM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1)
    03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
    15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
    15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
    15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
    15:00.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev ff)
    15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
    15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)


    ifconfig:
    david@david-laptop:/usr/bin$ ifconfig
    ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:e1:c7:44:b2
    inet6 addr: fe80::21f:e1ff:fec7:44b2/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:25:ba:c8:f1
    inet addr:129.81.89.116 Bcast:129.81.89.127 Mask:255.255.255.192
    inet6 addr: fe80::21c:25ff:feba:c8f1/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:6538 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:5602 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
    RX bytes:6427794 (6.4 MB) TX bytes:855287 (855.2 KB)
    Memory:fe200000-fe220000

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:15416 (15.4 KB) TX bytes:15416 (15.4 KB)

    wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1F-E1-C7-44-B2-30-30-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:110019 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:267456
    TX packets:491 errors:15 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
    RX bytes:12121002 (12.1 MB) TX bytes:22738 (22.7 KB)
    Interrupt:17

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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    PS I am on a Thinkpad (T61) with a :
    ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

    This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot
    Features

    * Chipset: Atheros AR5006EX (As printed on card AR5BXB6) or AR5212
    * Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros 5423
    * IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
    * PCI ID: 168c:1014


    ...I believe.

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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    Quote Originally Posted by tsedrey View Post
    PS I am on a Thinkpad (T61) with a :
    ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

    This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot
    Features

    * Chipset: Atheros AR5006EX (As printed on card AR5BXB6) or AR5212
    * Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros 5423
    * IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
    * PCI ID: 168c:1014


    ...I believe.
    Can you try this command as it doesn't look as Ubuntu even sees a wireless adapter
    Code:
    lshw -C network
    You need firmware drivers to be installed as the wireless is in standby mode.
    If it is you may like to look at this post. Please note that Atheros wireless is not the most Ubuntu friendly adapter and it's possible that you may get more problems. Good luck.
    Last edited by Kevbert; October 21st, 2008 at 07:32 AM. Reason: Added link for Atheros
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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    *-network
    description: Ethernet interface
    product: 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
    vendor: Intel Corporation
    physical id: 19
    bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
    logical name: eth0
    version: 03
    serial: 00:1c:25:ba:c8:f1
    size: 100MB/s
    capacity: 1GB/s
    width: 32 bits
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=0.3.3.3-k6 duplex=full firmware=0.3-0 ip=129.81.89.116 latency=0 link=yes module=e1000e multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
    *-network
    description: Wireless interface
    product: AR5212 802.11abg NIC
    vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
    physical id: 0
    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
    logical name: wifi0
    version: 01
    serial: 00:1f:e1:c7:44:b2
    width: 64 bits
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci latency=0 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    Quote Originally Posted by Kevbert View Post
    Can you try this command as it doesn't look as Ubuntu even sees a wireless adapter
    Code:
    lshw -C network
    You need firmware drivers to be installed as the wireless is in standby mode.
    If it is you may like to look at this post. Please note that Atheros wireless is not the most Ubuntu friendly adapter and it's possible that you may get more problems. Good luck.

    Hm, I tried that fix and no luck. Any other ideas?

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    Re: Getting wireless card to work

    An old one to try. Again it's quite involved. It looks like Madwifi is your best bet for the dreaded Atheros adapters.
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    Is it actually possible to get Wireless on Ubuntu?

    I'm begining to think it isn't.

    I've had numerous problems with getting Ubuntu to work with my wireless driver, I've done trouble shooting, followed loads of advise and even asked a professional to help.

    So seriously, does Ubuntu even support wireless internet?
    Got any ideas that i might not have tried?
    It could be the simpelist thing cos I'm a total noob at Linux.

    More info on my problems here

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    Re: Is it actually possible to get Wireless on Ubuntu?

    Yes... see my reply here:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...81#post6036081


    The short is- I've been using Ubuntu 8.04 for 5 days on an old Dell C610 laptop with new harddrive - I plugged a Belkin F5D7050 wireless usb stick in.. and once I'd figured out how to find the wireless networks tab etc and entered by wifi password in, it 'just worked'....

    - I've no idea how, it just did- bear in mind I have not installed any drivers etc-

    ...maybe because mine's a new install or something?

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