tonyuk123
August 1st, 2010, 04:54 PM
Hi
i'm running ubuntu 9.04
today i was cleaning out a desktop pc of dust ! and decided to add a wireless network card i have to it
the ethernet connection was working fine before and after fitting
but the wireless card does not work atall
it is recorgnised but unable to work
i was following a thread in a forum here and it seemed to be going well (at least ethernet connection and internet were working until the last stage) it suggested using wicd for the network
so i did the install for it
which worked
since though i have no internet or ethernet connection anymore
the wireless card reports as Atheros which seems to be notoriously difficult to get going judging by the forums here
difficult to post any info big time here as the pc i am talking about wont talk to anything now
any ideas how to get it back owrking without having any network/internet connection atall??????
if i do
sudo iwlist ath0 scanning
interface doesn't support scanning : network is down
if i do
sudo dhclient aht0
i get back
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
execve (/sbin/dhclient-script, ...): permission denied
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
bind socket to interface: no such device
any ideas or advice?????
i'm running ubuntu 9.04
today i was cleaning out a desktop pc of dust ! and decided to add a wireless network card i have to it
the ethernet connection was working fine before and after fitting
but the wireless card does not work atall
it is recorgnised but unable to work
i was following a thread in a forum here and it seemed to be going well (at least ethernet connection and internet were working until the last stage) it suggested using wicd for the network
so i did the install for it
which worked
since though i have no internet or ethernet connection anymore
the wireless card reports as Atheros which seems to be notoriously difficult to get going judging by the forums here
difficult to post any info big time here as the pc i am talking about wont talk to anything now
any ideas how to get it back owrking without having any network/internet connection atall??????
if i do
sudo iwlist ath0 scanning
interface doesn't support scanning : network is down
if i do
sudo dhclient aht0
i get back
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
execve (/sbin/dhclient-script, ...): permission denied
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
bind socket to interface: no such device
any ideas or advice?????