trying to set up wireless internet access in Ubuntu 9.1

[mikedelo]

I have posted in here previously but it was regarding using Debian. I just reformatted my HDD and install Ubuntu 9.1.

Here is the output of "lspci -knn > lspci.txt"

Below is the output. Where do I go from here?

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2560] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 81)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24c0] (rev 01)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller [8086:24cb] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
01:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card [17fe:2120]
01:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 [1317:0985] (rev 11)
	Kernel driver in use: tulip
	Kernel modules: tulip

[oz]

I don't do any wireless at all so can't help with it specifically, but check this wireless troubleshooting guide to see if it helps while you wait for others to respond:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eShootingGuide

Hope it helps!

[reed9]

01:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card [17fe:2120]

This is your wireless. There is no linux driver for this card. You need to use ndiswrapper + the windows xp driver to get it to work.
SourceForge.net: Linksys WMP11v4 - ndiswrapper

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...er/Ndiswrapper

[mikedelo]

I'm reading over https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...er/Ndiswrapper and trying to follow instructions in section 2.3.

What is a desktop CD? Is that the CD I used to install Ubuntu?

What is a live session?

I have the Synaptic Package Manager already installed, but could not locate the "ndis".

What do I do?!

[reed9]

What is a desktop CD? Is that the CD I used to install Ubuntu?

Yes.

What is a live session?

Running the OS off the CD, rather than from a harddrive installation.

I have the Synaptic Package Manager already installed, but could not locate the "ndis".

Do you have a wired connection active?

If so, make sure your repos are updated.

sudo apt-get update

and then install as so

sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

This is the graphical front end for ndiswrapper and will pull in everything you need to run it.

[mikedelo]

Yes.


Running the OS off the CD, rather than from a harddrive installation.



Do you have a wired connection active?

If so, make sure your repos are updated.

sudo apt-get update

and then install as so

sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

This is the graphical front end for ndiswrapper and will pull in everything you need to run it.

No wired connection. Is it easier to get my wireless NIC going with one? From the output file I posted up top, can you tell if the drivers for the wired NIC is installed?

[reed9]

01:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 [1317:0985] (rev 11)
Kernel driver in use: tulip
Kernel modules: tulip

This is your wired NIC. Looks like it should be working. There's very few ethernet cards that don't work out of the box.

It is definitely easier to get things going if you have a wired connection.

[mikedelo]

This is your wired NIC. Looks like it should be working. There's very few ethernet cards that don't work out of the box.

It is definitely easier to get things going if you have a wired connection.

Ok... I am going to make a long ethernet cable. Then we can take it from there.

[mikedelo]

OK.... I am up and running with a long patch cable. What can I do to get my wireless card up and running?

[waterhead]

OK.... I am up and running with a long patch cable. What can I do to get my wireless card up and running?

Now run the commands that reed9 asked you to run.

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tml#post749416

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

Then you still need the WinXP driver, for NDISwrapper to use. It must be a Win2k or WinXP driver. Vista and Win7 do not work, even a driver that is combined WinXP/Vista will most likely not work.