[SOLVED] Cant connect to wireless. Please help.

[nubb3rt]

I am new to Linux and I am having trouble getting connected to wireless. My system is a HP Compaq 2510p and I'm using Linux Ubuntu 9.10. The network I'm trying to connect to appears but when I try to connect it will ask for my password every couple minutes but will never connect. I am a major novice and would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks!

[itachisxeyes]

I am new to Linux and I am having trouble getting connected to wireless. My system is a HP Compaq 2510p and I'm using Linux Ubuntu 9.10. The network I'm trying to connect to appears but when I try to connect it will ask for my password every couple minutes but will never connect. I am a major novice and would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks!

is this the first time your connecting to this network? is the particular network have security? if it is, then you don't need to give it your root password but rather your network password.

[nubb3rt]

No its not the first time connecting to the network, it is my home network that I use daily. It is WPA2 encrypted. The password that it asks for is not the root password but the network password. It will act like its connecting but will ask for the network password several times and then just stop.

[itachisxeyes]

i'm sorry i should have worded that better, i ment first time using that install to connect to that network.

and try going to system>administration>hardware drivers
and see if your wireless drivers are enabled. if they arn't you'll have to borrow an ethernet cable for the time it takes to download and install the wireless drivers.

[nubb3rt]

I've had it hard wired in during installation but I was too dumb to check for driver installs. I looked where you specified and it is not enabled and has no drivers to enable. Now to find and install. Thanks for your help and patience.

[reed9]

If the network shows in the network manager, then it isn't a lack of drivers. No drivers would mean no network interface.

Some people find that wicd works better for them than the default network manager, so you could give that a whirl.

sudo apt-get install wicd

Failing that, let's get a little more info on your system. Please post the output of

lshw -C network
lsmod
dmesg

The last will be long, so use code tags.

[nubb3rt]

Thanks for your help and sorry about the delay getting back to you. After downloading and installing wicd and a couple reboots it now works. Now on to solving my next problem.