can't connect to internet even though connected to access point

[binoy918]

Hi,
I am a beginner in Linux and I have installed the Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron recently on my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. I installed the Broadcom hybrid_wl driver from the broadcom website and was able to enable the wireless using modprobe ieee82011_crypt_tkip and insmod wl ko
Now the Hardware Driver window shows the wl driver and is enabled and in use.
I can configure the WiFi by rightclick on the network icon in the panel and give my WiFi name and Password. It says connected to the access point. But I cannot get connected to internet.

I am attaching the results I got by some terminal cmds.


The system monitor shows some network activity during connecting to WiFi, after that there is nothing.

I do not have a wired connection, so I have to boot into Vista in the mean time to access the internet.

Thanks in advance for helping me.

[Daan]

In stead of attaching the terminal output in a text file, please put it in your post, wrapped in CODE tags (select the text and press the # above the editing window).

~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11  Nickname:""
          Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Link Quality:5  Signal level:233  Noise level:167
          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0

~$ dmesg
......
......
[  154.194121] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
[  157.468171] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0b:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[  157.468194] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:0b:00.0 to 64
[  157.486564] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9
[  159.633534] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[  159.712157] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[  161.013369] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[  252.861358] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[  256.688177] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[  310.641383] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[  314.416415] eth1: no IPv6 routers present

~$ ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1d:09:50:b0:56  
          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:16 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1f:e1:53:38:41  
          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:e1ff:fe53:3841/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:11973
          TX packets:75 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:7512 (7.3 KB)  TX bytes:14893 (14.5 KB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000 

eth1:avahi Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1f:e1:53:38:41  
          inet addr:169.254.5.0  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000 

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:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:13788 (13.4 KB)  TX bytes:13788 (13.4 KB)

~$ lshw -C netwok
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 12
       serial: 00:1d:09:50:b0:56
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.20 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4310 USB Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1f:e1:53:38:41
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.91.9 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

[Freston]

Hi and welcome to the forums!

There is something weird in your `ifconfig` output, are you sure your IP should be 169.254.5.0? That, to me, looks more like a fallback default of an unsuccessful connection, but I can't be sure.

Can you ping your gateway?

#this command tells you your gateway
route

Anyway, start by rebooting your modem/router. They sometimes choke on a device they don't know or that handles things differently.

[Daan]

The output of iwconfig says eth1 is your wireless card and that it is not connected to an access point. But you say you are connected. So let try to get an ip adress:

$ sudo dhclient

Hope that helps.

[binoy918]

I was at the office, Sorry for the delay.

Here I am attaching the results of the codes you guys suggested.

Sorry again for attaching the output as text attachment because I cannot post it as code, the website is saying that "You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more."

[binoy918]

Good news! Now I am able to connect from Linux from unsecure access points.
I downloaded wicd Manager in Vista and installed it in Xubuntu after uninstalling Network Manager in it.
After trying diffrent encryptions I removed the encryption from router and was able to connect.
Now I am updating the packages using update manager.

How do I make this connect to a WEP Open encrytion.