Thanks soooo much! After I completely gave up with trying to get this to work, following your guide got my internet working in less than 10 mins! thanks!
Thanks soooo much! After I completely gave up with trying to get this to work, following your guide got my internet working in less than 10 mins! thanks!
AMTQ: I'm not sure what you're asking. Is your wireless card working now, or did something change in Jaunty that makes it not work?
Thanks for the comprehensive guide pytheas22 but having work through it but I still cannot connect. I thought if I provide the feed back I have gotten it may give someone enough info to determine what is happening. Detail as below.
The alternative driver has been blacklisted. One thing I did notice when setting up the network login was that the WPA2 encryption password when displayed after it was entered had changed, possibly converted to Hex. Is this correct ?
I'm using a netgear WG111v2 wireless adapter to connect to a DG834G modem router. All working find in Windows. Have taken the Windows drivers from the Windows installation.
Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated, I have been trying for years to make use of Linux but always fall at the modem hurdle. This is my first wireless try.
Thanks
dmesg | grep -e ndis -e wlan
[ 32.009484] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 32.060570] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 49.585469] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP65 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: a3
serial: 00:1a:4d:ff:32:ae
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1e:2a:fa:f8:9d
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: da:c8:37:9d:fa:27
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
root@Seymour:/home/clive#
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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 001 Device 005: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro 1/4GB Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0dda:0001 Integrated Circuit Solution, Inc. Multi-Card Reader 6in1
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04a9:221c Canon, Inc. CanoScan LiDE 60
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ndiswrapper -l
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
net111v2 : driver installed
device (0846:6A00) present (alternate driver: rtl8187)
ndiswrapper -a 0846:6a00 net111v2
Driver 'net111v2' is already used for '0846:6A00'
Last edited by Dirk Raspberry; June 3rd, 2009 at 07:21 AM.
Dirk Raspberry: everything looks as it should in the output you posted. I suspect that you would have better luck connecting to your network if you used wicd instead of the default NetworkManager. You can install wicd by running these commands (you need to be connected to the Internet first):
Then launch it from the Applications>Internet menu.Code:echo 'deb http://apt.wicd.net hardy extras' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list wget -q http://apt.wicd.net/wicd.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wicd
I've seen the same behavior where NetworkManager converts WPA passphrases to apparent gibberish. I'm not sure why it does that, but I assume it's a bug. Usually in these situations, wicd works better.
If you can't connect even with wicd, we can try other things; please let me know.
Thanks pytheas22, wcid now installed but is saying it cannot find any wireless networks.
What happens about SSID and WPA2 settings as there does not seem to be anywhere to enter these, or is that done once a network is selected to connect too ?
(for what its worth connection to the internet with linux via ethernet connection is fine).
Have re run a couple of instructions which have given different output as follows:-
lshw -C Network
*-network:0 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1e:2a:fa:f8:9d
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+net111v2 driverversion=1.53+NETGEAR Inc.,12/26/2007,5.1 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
dmesg | grep -e ndis -e wlan
[ 26.353045] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 26.667291] ndiswrapper: driver net111v2 (NETGEAR Inc.,12/26/2007,5.1308.1226.2007) loaded
[ 30.044849] wlan0: ethernet device 00:1e:2a:fa:f8:9d using NDIS driver: net111v2, version: 0x1, NDIS version: 0x500, vendor: 'Realtek RTL8187 Wireless LAN USB NIC ', 0846:6A00.F.conf
[ 30.044874] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
[ 30.044915] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
Dirk Raspberry: wicd is probably returning no scan results because it has the wrong interface name specified in its configuration. Please press the 'Preferences' button in the main wicd window, and make sure that the wireless interface is set to 'wlan0'. Then try scanning again. This should return a list of networks. Click on the network you want and then expand the 'advanced settings' menu, where you'll see a place for entering the WPA passphrase. Once it's entered, click the connect button and if all goes well, you'll be online.
If wicd still doesn't show any networks even with the correct name specified for the wireless interface, please post the output of the command:
Code:sudo iwlist scan
Excellent I can now see the networks. Unfortunately when I click connect it says encryption must be enabled. Cannot see anything in wcid or network tools. Looks like I'm almost there. Thanks pytheas22.
Dirk Raspberry: in order to enter the WPA key, you first need to click the triangle which sits immediately to the left of the name of the network you want to connect to. This will expand a menu with more options. You then need to click the 'Advanced Settings' triangle, which will expand a second menu where you can enable encryption and set your WPA passphrase.
This image might give you a better idea of how it works; if you're still confused, let me know and I'll make screenshots highlighting exactly where to click.
The wicd interface is confusing; it would make a lot more sense if you were given the option of entering your passphrase in a pop-up window, rather than just being told that the network is encrypted but being left on your own to figure out how to enter the key.
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