[SOLVED] Unable to detect Wireless Network Connections

[mmest05]

Can you open a terminal window and post the output of this command please, preface it with sudo or login as root, whichever your system uses.

ifconfig

Thanks for your help. I apologize about the delay in me responding. This is what I get...

melissa@melissa-laptop ~ $ sudo ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:b0:fc:47:88  
          inet addr:192.168.1.102  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fefc:4788/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:13175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:11043497 (11.0 MB)  TX bytes:1869530 (1.8 MB)
          Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000 

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:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:a5:4e:fd:90  
          inet6 addr: fe80::214:a5ff:fe4e:fd90/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:2036 (2.0 KB)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-14-A5-4E-FD-90-64-39-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

In the network tool, did you check the box that says use DHCP? You more than likely want to use DHCP settings.

I didn't find a box to check that said "Use DHCP" If I go to Network Connections - Wireless - Auto BusterBear (name of network) - Edit - IPv4 Settings the Method is Automatic (DHCP) and towards the bottom there is a section that says DHCP Client ID.

Do you know if the system uses WEP or WPA?

I believe it uses WEP. Is there a way to find out for sure?

Thanks again for all of your help!

[waterhead]

This may be a problem with the NetworkManager connection manager. I suggest that you try using the Wicd connection manager. You need a wired internet connection, then run this command.

sudo apt-get install wicd

It will uninstall NetworkManager, and install Wicd.

[MikeTbob]

Thanks for responding Paul, somehow I lost this thread and didn't reply to the OP.

[waterhead]

It looks like everything is working, so that is only thing left.

[mmest05]

It worked! This time my wireless network is showing up and I have connection! : ) Thank you all for your help. I'm having some stability concerns, I'm going to research that part of it and hopefully I'll be able to resolve it on my own. Again, I appreciate the help! Have a great day.

Melissa