Wireless Woes

[linuxgerl72]

Hi,
I'm new to kubuntu and am anxious to start using it but I can't seem to get my wireless connection to work. I opened up KNetworkManager and tried to manually configure the wireless interface because it's not picking up the ESSID. I also typed in the WEP key. When I click apply I get this message: "The default Gateway IP address is invalid."

Below is the output from iwconfig: (i'm not sure why it picked up the name HERMES I, that's not my network

root@jenn-laptop:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

irda0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"goose" Nickname:"HERMES I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: None
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
Retry limit:4 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=134/153 Noise level=134/153
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Below is the output from lshw -C:

root@jenn-laptop:~# lshw -C network
*-network
description: PCWA-C150
product: Version 01.01
vendor: Sony Corporation
physical id: 0
slot: Socket 0
resources: irq:3
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 83
serial: 00:06:1b:dd:ba:3f
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.17-k2-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=66 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: iomemory:d0204000-d0204fff ioport:8000-803f irq:11
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: eth1
serial: 00:02:2d:67:7e:98
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=orinoco driverversion=0.15 firmware=Lucent/Agere 8.42 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b

Below is the output from lspci:

root@jenn-laptop:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 83)

It's a sony card but I don't see it in lspci but the command lshw -C see's it.
Any input would be greatly appreciated...

[smurgai]

Re: Wireless Woes

I am sorry, I don't have a solution here. I do have the same problem though. My card does not show up when I do lspci, But I know it is there and is connected to my driver because when I use the

sudo iwlist scanning

command, I get a list of all the networks my system can see.

But I can't get onto wireless.

Have you been able to make any progress?

sorabh