How to enable WIFI

[GodsDead]

I have a really old machine, that im running a live DVD of LUbuntu on, and before i install i need to make sure the Wifi works!
its connected to ethenet now, to send this message ;p

I ran some commands in the terminal that might be needed to diagnose the drivers needed to activate the PCI Wifi card, please can someone tell me how to get this working :)

Thanks in advanced Ubuntu community!



ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 044: ID 0458:003a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) NetScroll+ Mini Traveler
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a81:0101 Chesen Electronics Corp. Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
resources: memory:efdfc000-efdfdfff memory:efdc0000-efddffff
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: DECchip 21142/43
vendor: Digital Equipment Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
logical name: eth0
version: 30
serial: 00:00:e8:58:f8:7d
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master rom ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tulip driverversion=1.1.15 ip=192.168.0.4 latency=64 maxlatency=40 mingnt=20 multicast=yes
resources: irq:21 ioport:cc80(size=128) memory:efdfff80-efdfffff memory:efd80000-efdbffff
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:e8:58:f8:7d
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::200:e8ff:fe58:f87d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1821 errors:482 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1416 errors:18 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:49
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1786100 (1.7 MB) TX bytes:186001 (186.0 KB)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0xcc80

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:176 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:176 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:13408 (13.4 KB) TX bytes:13408 (13.4 KB)

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

[sikander3786]

Once internet is connected via ethernet cable, go to System > Administration > Hardware Driver/Additional Drivers and see if the drivers pop in there. If they do, you can easily activate them.

I have never used lubuntu so I mentioned the path for Ubuntu instead, however you might easily find Additional Drivers under some System menu on it.

[GodsDead]

Nope, Didn't find anything :(

[sikander3786]

Nope, Didn't find anything :(
Hmmm. I found a guide here.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/acx111

[godspeedmav]

Additional Drivers can be found at click the Menu icon > Preferences > Additional Drivers.

And Yes, I found the same guide for wifi: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/acx111 :)

[cavalier911]

Lubuntu 10.4 LTS

Install:

ndisgtk - graphical frontend for ndiswrapper (installation of Windows WiFi drivers)

Menu/Preferences/Windows Wireless Drivers



00:0d.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
Subsystem: ZyXEL Communication Corporation Device 340b
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at f4008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Region 1: Memory at f4020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ndiswrapper



*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:13:49:54:2a:b5
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+tnet1130 driverversion=1.55+ZyXEL,12/01/2004,7.0.1.33 ip=192.168.123.3 latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
resources: irq:10 memory:f4008000-f4009fff memory:f4020000-f403ffff



rj@lubuntu:~$ ndiswrapper -l
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
tnet1130 : driver installed
device (104C:9066) present

[Texasdad]

I cannot activate Medialink USB N adapter Model no. MWN-USB150N to work with my Ubuntu 10.10--- I have tried downloading Windows wioreless drivers, Wicd network manager , did an iwconfig and got the following results:
I would appreciate your help



desktopChess:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 Ralink STA ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2870STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=70/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:-115 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[cavalier911]

I have a tenda w311u wireless which may have the same chip.
This works on Lubuntu 10.4 LTS with network manager
Run the lsusb command in terminal if what's in bold below matches do the following to activate the adapter.

rj@lubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp.



sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Add this to bottom:


blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00usb


Reboot

Google search ubuntu wireless with your wireless adapters ID code if it's different.