Problem with Wireless

[puttles]

Looks like this fabulous OS recognized every driver but my sound and my wireless card

After reading some tutorials I found out that there is no driver for my wireless and i used lshw to find out the following

*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0

Havn't been able to do anything audio related yet. I was wondering if anyone knew how i could go about fixing this unclaimed device? Thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem with Wireless

First, you have an Atheros wireless adapter. That's good. Atheros is one of the cards that is recognized 'well' in Linux.

Ensure that your wireless is enabled. Open K Menu | System Settings | Network Settings | Network Connections and check to see that your Interface it both listed and identified as Enabled and Configured properly. Now you want to confirm how the system identifies your network connections. Open a console and type:

ifconfig

Your Atheros card should be identified as ath0 and your wired connection as eth0. If this is the case, then you want to review the interfaces file:

cat /etc/network/interfaces

This is what I have mine looking like:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface atho inet dhcp

Note there is a blank line at the end of the file.

Now, assuming you have either, a configured wireless router using WAP and not WEP (WAP is more secure), open KNetworkManager (K Menu | Internet | KNetworkManager)

This will put a white icon that sorta looks like a USB thumb drive. Right-click this icon. You will be presented with the KNetworkManager Wireless Networks connection manager. Your network should be identified, along with any others within range that are broadcasting their SSIDs. Click on your network. You will be presented with another window where you need to type in your security key. Tip: You need to check the box that allows you to see the characters you are typing for the key. I've found, that if you don't, it doesn't allow you to click on the apply button. Type in the security key correctly and you should be connected.

If the router or access point your are connecting to uses WEP instead of WAP, this won't work. KNetworkManager does not work with WEP.

[Grazzhoppa]

Re: Problem with Wireless

is there anyway to connect to a wireless network that uses WEP encryption? I tried to connect to mine today but it didnt work, thanks in advance.

[lingenfr]

Re: Problem with Wireless

If you are not afraid of the command line, you can do it with iwconfig. This page seems to have a pretty simple explanation:

http://wirelessdefence.org/Contents/LinuxWirelessCommands.htm#Connecting%20to%20WLAN%2 0(DHCP)

[Jmahan]

Re: Problem with Wireless

Hey I have a Dell wireless card and I cant get the wireless to work is there a program I can get to get the correct driver?

[Grazzhoppa]

Re: Problem with Wireless

Jmahan if your dell wireless card isnt supported natively, use ndiswrapper to install the driver for it. go here:
http://www.kubuntu.org/doc/7.10/netw...nect-wifi.html
This page did the trick for me, scroll down to the part about ndiswrapper and just follow the instructions.

[monte48lowes]

Re: Problem with Wireless

I have the same wireless card in my laptop. There are some instructions in my post at the ubuntu forums here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=600714&page=11

Goto the wireless section.

Mike