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i'm getting this on the terminal Code: ~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 no wireless extensions. laptop is pretty old >.< Code: lspci 00:00.0 Host ...
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    help with wlan!

    i'm getting this on the terminal
    Code:
    ~$ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan0     no wireless extensions.
    laptop is pretty old >.<
    Code:
    lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M266 Host Bridge
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
    00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
    00:07.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
    00:07.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
    00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
    00:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46)
    00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
    00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
    00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
    00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
    00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 30)
    00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 70)
    00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 70)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]

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    Hello,
    sorry, but i dont see your wifi device.
    is ia usb device?, if so, run lsusb.

    What is your your Ubuntu release?
    What is your network manager?

    Regards

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    Code:
    sudo lsusb
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 002: ID 09aa:3642 Intersil Corp. Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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    This page should have the info you need to get going...

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...ver/prism2_usb
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