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    KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

    The install went fine except no net access on built in wireless, works in Vista. Clicked System Settings>Network Settings>Administrator Mode>Configure Network. Found IP 192.168.0.2. Set gateway to 192.168.0.255. Network test in Kubuntu Driver Database gives three checks then says network OK. Konqueror says unknown host when i try to connect to my ISPs web site. If I choose Internet>Knetworkmanager nothing happens. What am I missing? Kubuntu 7.10 on anAcer 5100-3949 with an Atheros AR5BMB6 wireless adapter according to label on bottom. Although somewhat knowledable in a Windows environment, I'm pretty much a newbie in Linux, haven't used the command line since windows 3.3. I'm desparate to dump the bloated crap called Vista though.
    Database sez

    <bootdata>[ 30.751695] usb 3-5.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 30.803386] wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3.2)</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 30.857950] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.2)</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 30.858033] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:02.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.633990] 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.643768] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.643771] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.675527] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x1280b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x204000</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.705366] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input2</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.746642] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.2)</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755236] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755242] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755250] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755253] wifi0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755257] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755259] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755261] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755263] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755265] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.755267] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons</bootdata>
    <bootdata>[ 31.805084] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xc0200000, irq=22</bootdata>


    Jim

    #2
    Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

    Open your '/etc/network/interfaces' file as root:
    Code:
    kdesudo kate /etc/network/interfaces
    Then, make sure there's an entry like the following:
    auto wlan0
    iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    If it's not there, add it (be sure to leave a blank line at the end of the document); once you've finished that, save and close the document, and run the command:
    Code:
    sudo ifup wlan0
    If you don't encounter any errors, you should be good to go! If you run into a problem, or still don't have a connection, post the output of the previous command, as well as this one:
    Code:
    ifconfig
    Asus G1S-X3:
    Intel Core2 Duo T7500, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, 4Gb PC2-5300, 320Gb Hitachi 7k320, Linux ( )

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      #3
      Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

      Did as you said
      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
      [sudo] password for jim:
      wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
      Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
      Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
      All rights reserved.
      For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
      wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
      wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      Bind socket to interface: No such device
      Failed to bring up wlan0.
      jim@linuxlap:~$


      jim@linuxlap:~$ ifconfig
      ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7D:13:15:A7
      inet6 addr: fe80::219:7dff:fe13:15a7/64 Scope:Link
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:2698 (2.6 KB) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)

      eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:164:69:4A:25
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
      Interrupt:21 Base address:0x8000

      lo Link encap:Local Loopback
      inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
      RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:2624 (2.5 KB) TX bytes:2624 (2.5 KB)

      wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-7D-13-15-A7-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:6004 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:18020
      TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
      RX bytes:481890 (470.5 KB) TX bytes:2465 (2.4 KB)
      Interrupt:22

      after this I tried again editing /etc/network/interfaces substitutinh wifi0 foir wlan0. This produced:

      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifup wifi0
      Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
      Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
      All rights reserved.
      For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      Listening on LPF/wifi0/
      Sending on LPF/wifi0/
      Sending on Socket/fallback
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
      No DHCPOFFERS received.
      No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
      jim@linuxlap:~$

      wint back to system settings.network settings and all was blank. hard set IP to 192.168.0.15,well away from other connections and dhcp to 192.168.0.55. Then

      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifup wifi0
      ifup: interface wifi0 already configured
      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifconfig
      ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7D:13:15:A7
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:5206 (5.0 KB) TX bytes:3319 (3.2 KB)

      eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:164:69:4A:25
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
      Interrupt:21 Base address:0x8000

      lo Link encap:Local Loopback
      inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
      RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:3808 (3.7 KB) TX bytes:3808 (3.7 KB)

      wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-7D-13-15-A7-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:12789 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:39018
      TX packets:156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
      RX bytes:1028461 (1004.3 KB) TX bytes:9714 (9.4 KB)
      Interrupt:22




      jim@linuxlap:~$


      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
      [sudo] password for jim:
      wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
      Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
      Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
      All rights reserved.
      For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
      wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
      wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      Bind socket to interface: No such device
      Failed to bring up wlan0.
      jim@linuxlap:~$


      jim@linuxlap:~$ ifconfig
      ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7D:13:15:A7
      inet6 addr: fe80::219:7dff:fe13:15a7/64 Scope:Link
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:2698 (2.6 KB) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)

      eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:164:69:4A:25
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
      Interrupt:21 Base address:0x8000

      lo Link encap:Local Loopback
      inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
      RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:2624 (2.5 KB) TX bytes:2624 (2.5 KB)

      wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-7D-13-15-A7-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:6004 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:18020
      TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
      RX bytes:481890 (470.5 KB) TX bytes:2465 (2.4 KB)
      Interrupt:22

      after this I tried again editing /etc/network/interfaces substitutinh wifi0 foir wlan0. This produced:

      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifup wifi0
      Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
      Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
      All rights reserved.
      For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
      Listening on LPF/wifi0/
      Sending on LPF/wifi0/
      Sending on Socket/fallback
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
      DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
      No DHCPOFFERS received.
      No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
      jim@linuxlap:~$

      wint back to system settings.network settings and all was blank. hard set IP to 192.168.0.15,well away from other connections and dhcp to 192.168.0.55. Then

      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifup wifi0
      ifup: interface wifi0 already configured
      jim@linuxlap:~$ sudo ifconfig
      ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7D:13:15:A7
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:5206 (5.0 KB) TX bytes:3319 (3.2 KB)

      eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:164:69:4A:25
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
      Interrupt:21 Base address:0x8000

      lo Link encap:Local Loopback
      inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
      RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:3808 (3.7 KB) TX bytes:3808 (3.7 KB)

      wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-7D-13-15-A7-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:12789 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:39018
      TX packets:156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
      RX bytes:1028461 (1004.3 KB) TX bytes:9714 (9.4 KB)
      Interrupt:22


      Jim


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        #4
        Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

        What does you '/etc/network/interfaces' file look like? Also, do you have to log into your wireless network using an ESSID (and maybe a security key/passphrase)?
        Asus G1S-X3:
        Intel Core2 Duo T7500, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, 4Gb PC2-5300, 320Gb Hitachi 7k320, Linux ( )

        Comment


          #5
          Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

          Sorry If I sent two junk messages, Vista is being weird again!

          My DSL wireless modem/router is ACTIONTEK and in promiscous mode. My /etc/network/interfaces is:

          auto lo
          iface lo inet loopback
          address 127.0.0.1
          netmask 255.0.0.0


          iface ath0 inet static
          address 192.168.0.15
          netmask 255.255.255.0
          gateway 192.168.0.255
          auto wifi0
          iface wifi0 inet dhcp

          end of file

          I really appreciate the fast responses, I'm in month three of my lightning campaign to lose Vista! I had mostly RTFM responses so far in other distro's forums.

          Jim

          Jim

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            #6
            Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

            Try the following and paste the output in a reply:

            Code:
            lspci
            Mike
            http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com

            Comment


              #7
              Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

              I tried lspci:

              jim@linuxlap:~$ lspci
              00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
              00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
              00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
              00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
              00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
              00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev
              80)
              00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev
              80)
              00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev
              80)
              00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
              00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Contro
              ller (rev 80)
              00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
              00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
              00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
              00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTra nsport Technology Configuration
              00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
              00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Con troller
              00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscella neous Control
              01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 110 0 IGP]
              06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139 C+ (rev 10)
              06:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (r ev 01)
              06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 10)
              06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Contro ller (rev 01)
              06:04.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digi tal Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
              06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: (rev 01)
              06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
              jim@linuxlap:~$

              Thanks again!

              Jim

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                #8
                Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                Download the following driver:

                ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2310/driver/802bg.zip

                Then follow the directions I have posted on the ubuntu forums here:

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

                or my blog

                http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com/200...tions-for.html

                You only need to follow the directions in the 'E. Wireless' section.

                Mike
                http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com

                Comment


                  #9
                  Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                  [quote=monte48lowes ]
                  Download the following driver:

                  ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2310/driver/802bg.zip

                  For some reason, this is not responding. I'll try tomorrow! I can't beleive how fast you guys respond!

                  Jim

                  Comment


                    #10
                    Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                    It is working. Try this from konsole:

                    Code:
                    wget [url]ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2310/driver/802bg.zip[/url]
                    This will download it to your home directory, provided that is where you run the command from.

                    Mike

                    For some reason it tries to resolve it as an http:// address instead of ftp://
                    http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com

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                      #11
                      Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                      [quote=monte48lowes ]
                      It is working. Try this from konsole:

                      Code:
                      wget [url]ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2310/driver/802bg.zip[/url]
                      Unfortunatly I cannot do that because I'm connecting to the internet with Vista. Thats the main reason for this whole exercise, get rid of Vista (plus learn about Linux)!

                      Jim

                      Comment


                        #12
                        Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                        Depending on the browser you are using, you can just input the ftp address manually. I know Opera will work with ftp.

                        Mike
                        http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com

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                          #13
                          Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                          I'm beginning to feel stupid! Either that or there is something your assuming I know that I don't know.

                          Originally posted by monte48lowes
                          Download the following driver:

                          ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2310/driver/802bg.zip

                          ---------------------
                          Done that, it is in my home directory.
                          ---------------------

                          Then follow the directions I have posted on the ubuntu forums here:

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

                          or my blog

                          http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com/200...tions-for.html

                          You only need to follow the directions in the 'E. Wireless' section.

                          Mike
                          ------------------------

                          Neither say what to do with 802gb.zip. That i can see you never mention it again. Also, I can't wget http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/...-32-0.2.tar.gz because I don't have internet access under Linux. When I got to that site with Vista-Mozilla I didn't see such a file.

                          I do like what I've seen of KUBUNTU though, looks cool!

                          Jim

                          Comment


                            #14
                            Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                            Extract or unzip the 802bg.zip.

                            Follow the directions in the ubuntu forums post 'E. Setup Wireless' with the exception of steps E.3.1 - E.3.3.

                            Mike

                            I apologize for missing that you do not have internet access while in kubuntu. I used a wired connection to get my laptop up and running without using wireless.





                            http://monte48lowes.blogspot.com

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                              #15
                              Re: KUBUNTU on Acer 5100 can't find network

                              Successfully competed all! BUT

                              jim@linuxlap:~/802BG$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
                              net5211 : driver installed
                              device (168C:001A) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)
                              jim@linuxlap:~/802BG$ ping 192.168.0.0
                              connect: Network is unreachable
                              jim@linuxlap:~/802BG$

                              Whew, this is hard work. next thing is to try downloading drivers from Acer Europe, Acers site here is caca. I'll be back tomorrow! Lucky I'm a retired old fart!

                              Jim

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