[Cialug] looking for help with wi-fi

[chris rheinherren]

bynw at whitestar:~$ dmesg | grep eth
[    1.449305] eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf829e000, 88:ae:1d:e8:7f:f3, XID 0c200000
IRQ 36
[   18.893341] r8169: eth0: link down
[   18.893574] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

System-->Administration--Hardware Drivers. Only driver is for the Nvida
graphics card.

bynw at whitestar:~$ sudo rmmod wl
[sudo] password for bynw:
ERROR: Module wl does not exist in /proc/modules


I am going to check out Ubuntu 10.10 today.


On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 08:36, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:38 AM, chris rheinherren <c.rheinherren at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hey All.
>>
>> I need a bit of help with my laptop's Wi-Fi.
>>
>> I have a Toshiba Satellite A665-S6094 running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>> On a wired connection I have no trouble connecting at all. But Wi-Fi has
>> some troubles connecting.
>>
>>
> Hi, do you happen to know what kind of wifi card you have? I do this:
> dmesg | grep eth
>
> And I see about a dozen lines mostly related to the wired ethernet, but
> this line shows me what kind of wireless card I have:
>
> [   26.960393] eth1: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller
> 5.60.48.36
>
> Also, in the desktop you can go to System -> Administration -> Driver
> Manager (can't remember the precise name in Lucid but it has "driver" in
> it). You'll see a screen like the one attached. Sometimes a proprietary
> driver is needed and needs to be enabled. Sometimes there are more than one
> driver options available and the other one works better. (Ubuntu does this
> as a compromise, preferring more open source compatible drivers over
> non-open source options)
>
> If you have a wired network connection available this part might work
> better if you're plugged in via ethernet since it will often need to
> download the driver.
>
>
>> 1) Takes several attempts before Wi-Fi connects even if there is no
>> security at all on the wireless signal. Sometimes this takes several reboots
>> to get it to connect. This will happen even if the computer was connected
>> via Wi-Fi and went into hibernation due to the lid being closed on the
>> laptop. It doesn't reconnect without being rebooted several times.
>>
>>
> I used to have a problem with my wifi. The Canonical support dept gave me
> this suggestion, instead of rebooting:
>
> sudo rmmod wl
> sudo modprobe wl
>
> However that is a hack, it would be better to fix the prob. But at least
> you don't have to reboot. At one time I had commands like that in the init
> scripts that ran after resume. (I can't remember what those scripts are
> called at the moment)
>
>
>> 2) The network manager applet while attempting to connect and doesn't will
>> sometimes just vanish from the Gnome panel.
>>
>
> That is not good, but maybe it will self correct when the other problem is
> solved.
>
> The rule of thumb with any Linux is that newer is better when it comes to
> drivers. If you're having trouble with Lucid, try 10.10 live cd or thumb
> drive version to see if it helps.
>
> --
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