Hi, I have a ZyXel ZyAir B220 Wireless stick that for some odd reason won't work. It's recognized by Kubuntu, but can't seem to connect to anything. I tried just about everything, Ndsiwrapper, manual connection through ifconfig, static ip, linux driver update, nothing seems to work. The best result was from Ndsiwrapper, where it connected to my network, but looking at ifconfig said "couldn't obtain a dhcp lease". Currently running Puppy Linux which DOES use my wireless card. Though, I want Kubuntu not Puppy. I need help please!
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Re: Wireless card absolutely refuses to work!
What version of Kubuntu are you wanting to use? Is your wireless stick seen/useable when booting the Kubuntu LiveCD? Have you tried using wicd as the network manager?Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
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Re: Wireless card absolutely refuses to work!
Dump network-manager. RunCode:sudo aptitude install wicd
Code:auto lo iface lo inet loopback
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Re: Wireless card absolutely refuses to work!
Since you're saying that you don't have ethernet, only wireless... can you check that the wicd package is installed? I just switched from the default network manager to wicd last night, and it took a few times of switching stuff around in my control panel and installing and stuff to get the other network manager out of the way and for it to let wicd do the job.
If it isn't installed, you might want to tryCode:sudo apt-get -simulate install wicd
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Re: Wireless card absolutely refuses to work!
...is wicd set as your default network manager in your system settings? (Advanced > Hardware) In the second section, Network Management Backend. Then once you're sure that's set right, try restarting the x server.
Also, within the wicd interface's preferences, you should have a selection of drivers to select from, try experimenting with a couple of those?
Though, at this point, if none of that helps, I'm a little beyond my skill set. There are lots of people around here who've done more trouble shooting of this sort of stuff than I have though, so someone else can jump in and try to help some more?
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