[Cialug] looking for help with wi-fi

[Scott Prader]

Excellent.  Out of curiosity, what wifi chip is it using?

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:48 AM, chris rheinherren
<c.rheinherren at gmail.com>wrote:

> 10.10 seems to have resolved the wi-fi issues.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:14, Scott Prader <sprader at iastate.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Beware of 10.10, it is new, and thus it has many issues.  10.04 is still
>> the LTS (Long Term Supported) version of Ubuntu and you may find it easier
>> to find a solution with it.
>>
>> Is your wifi card builtin?  If so, does it show up under the list that the
>> lspci command provides?
>>
>> -Scott
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM, chris rheinherren <
>> c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Matthew Nuzum
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>> Scott Prader
>> Undergraduate Electrical Engineer
>> CARC, SSCL
>> sprader at iastate.edu
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