[solved]Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

@Dible:
okay but I need a roaming solution. There is no wpa_supplicant.conf file on my machine.

[muzicman0]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

I would assume that the file referenced is for WPA encryption. If you are trying to connect to open networks, I wouldn't think it would matter. I've never messed with that file, and my network at home is pretty involved.

mm0

[muzicman0]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

another question...when you do an 'ifconfig', what is the name of your wireless card (wlan0 possibly)?

Check that in wicd, make sure they match.

mm0

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

I can sse the logic behind:

If you are trying to connect to open networks, I wouldn't think it would matter.

ifconfig?
good idea I'l do that now:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:23:8b:6b:df:a6
inet Adresse:213.202.44.22 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Maske:255.255.254.0
inet6-Adresse: fe80::223:8bff:fe6b:dfa6/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1
RX packets:7503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2447 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:3101187 (3.1 MB) TX bytes:487501 (487.5 KB)
Interrupt:16

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:50:56:c0:00:01
inet Adresse:192.168.37.1 Bcast:192.168.37.255 Maske:255.255.255.0
inet6-Adresse: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:50:56:c0:00:08
inet Adresse:192.168.230.1 Bcast:192.168.230.255 Maske:255.255.255.0
inet6-Adresse: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:fa:1d:06:6e
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:fa:1d:06:6e
inet Adresse:169.254.4.172 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Maske:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC Hardware Adresse 00-22-FA-1D-06-6E-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wicd says the same

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

Well I found this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/339295

Can someone explain what he means?

[dibl]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

There is no wpa_supplicant.conf file on my machine.

sudo apt-get install wpa_supplicant

will fix that.


If a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file is not installed by default, then just create it with the content as I posted above.

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

sudo apt-get install wpa_supplicant
[sudo] password for fintan2:

Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig
E: Konnte Paket wpa_supplicant nicht finden

If a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file is not installed by default, then just create it with the content as I posted above.

Will do,

[muzicman0]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

Check this...symptoms seem similar:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-linux-678588/

[dibl]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

Ahhhh -- the package name is wpasupplicant, I think. The directory it makes is /etc/wpa_supplicant and the configuration file is /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.

Easy, huh?

On Ubuntu forums I found a couple of references to the roaming configuration that say the roaming part of the wpa_supplicant.conf file should be like this:

network={
ssid=""
key_mgmt=NONE
}

The one I pasted is from sidux (Debian Sid) -- maybe *buntu needs the ssid="" line in it.

[lmilano]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

sudo apt-get install wpa_supplicant
[sudo] password for fintan2:

Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig
E: Konnte Paket wpa_supplicant nicht finden

If a /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file is not installed by default, then just create it with the content as I posted above.

Will do,

You can just search in Adept or Synaptic ;-)
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...ty&section=all

But I agree with musicmanz, you don;t need to fool around with wpa supplicant for now (which is what I argued in my first post in this thread)

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

@dible: according to apt-get that guy is already living here

I edited supplicant to look like this:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=netdev
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
eapol_version=1
network={
ssid=""
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
key_mgmt=NONE
}

Edit:
That did not activate the card after reboot or network restart.

I will try:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-linux-678588/
now and see what goes.

[muzicman0]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

The problem is that we are trying to troubleshoot this without knowing both sides of the equation...you have control over your NIC, but not the access point that you are connecting to...is there any way that you can borrow a wireless router from someone, or buy a cheap one?

mm0

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

you have control over your NIC, but not the access point that you are connecting to...is there any way that you can borrow a wireless router from someone, or buy a cheap one?

I agree. I just followed the instructions given on the link for installing that driver.

But I have a few AP's around here which are "seen" so it shouldn't make a difference.
Or am I wrong?

After reboot the card still shows inactive. Shouldn't it be active?

[muzicman0]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

can you shoot me a screenshot? I'm not at home, and I'm stuck on windows right now, so I'm trying to picture how wicd shows the card as inactive...don't know that it will help much, but i tmight help loosen the cob-webs!

mm0

[Fintan]

Re: Wireless on Toshiba M800-104

Sceenshot? Sure but it is not wicd showing the card as inactive. It is the lappy showing the card with a red light not a green one and it is switched on.
Or does it go green when it has a connection? I have never worked with a wifi except on other peoples win machines to fix them (install linux ). Please bear with me.