Connecting to wifi

[nothingspecial]

Well if you've got the spare cash and don't mind parting with it.......

.....best bet is to take your eeepc to the shop and test the wireless there before you buy.

You may get more help here yet. I'd give it at least 24 hours.

[collisionystm]

intel wireless card's are usually a good bet.

[kiwibrit]

nothingspecial, apart form the wifi problem, Ubuntu in the EeePC is like having a new, fast, notebook. A new card would cost me about GBP 15 - I reckion if that's the only cost I've had a good deal. I'll take your advice about hanging on for a bit, though.

collisionystm, I was wondering about the Intel 4965AGN. According to Intel there is a Linux driver for it though I see there is a * after Linux. Not sure if that is significant.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, pleas post the results of these commands:

lspci -nn | grep -e 0280 -e 0200

iwconfig

rfkill list all

lsmod

by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.
Thank you

[kiwibrit]

wildmanne39,:

lspci -nn | grep -e 0280 -e 0200
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [1969:1026] (rev b0)

iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

rfkill list all
0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
1: eeepc-bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             32111  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   255882  1 
snd_hda_intel          24113  2 
snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13274  1 snd_hda_codec
rfcomm                 38125  8 
i915                  451033  3 
snd_pcm                80042  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
sco                    17827  2 
bnep                   17785  2 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
l2cap                  48656  16 rfcomm,bnep
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
joydev                 17322  0 
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 i915
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo               66851  0 
btusb                  18160  2 
drm                   184164  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
bluetooth              65493  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
psmouse                73312  0 
videodev               75143  1 uvcvideo
snd                    55295  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
eeepc_laptop           19417  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 i915
serio_raw              12990  0 
video                  18951  1 i915
soundcore              12600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sparse_keymap          13666  1 eeepc_laptop
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
atl1e                  32576  0

[wildmanne39]

Hi, for some reason that command did not show the exact card and chip it is using, please try these three commands, maybe they will show it.

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

lsusb

sudo pccardctl ident

Thank you

[kiwibrit]

Thanks for your interest.

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [1969:1026] (rev b0)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8324]
    Kernel driver in use: ATL1E

lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0b05:b700 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0505 Genesys Logic, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

sudo pccardctl ident

---I was asked for password.  Gave it.  No result -----

[wildmanne39]

Hi, your card still did not show up.

You might want to check in your bios and see if there is a setting in there to turn it on, and see if a fn key will turn it on so we can see it, that will not get it working we will still need to install a driver but it must be detectable first.
Thank you

[kiwibrit]

Good call! Onboard WLAN was disabled It has now been enabled.

lspci -nn | grep -e 0280 -e 0200
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2860 [1814:0781]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [1969:1026] (rev b0)

lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0b05:b700 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0505 Genesys Logic, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

sudo pccardctl ident  ---as before, I was asked for password.  Gave it.  No result -----

Actually, although I am new to this, I think this set is good news - in that we now have

Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2860 [1814:0781]

Which I think has a Linux driver. I'm going to have to turn in now, or divorce will threaten - but I will be keen to see, in the morning, if you have been able to give me further advice.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, give me a few minutes to look up this wireless card to make sure we use the correct driver and how to install it.
Thank you