Newbie needs wireless help

[mrbrownstone]

Hi all
I have installed linux mint 9 64 bit and need help with the wireless connection.
Here are the info I have:
============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:3b46] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:3b4a] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:3b4c] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0a29] (rev a2)
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be2] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8172] (rev 10)
Kernel driver in use: rtl819xSE
Kernel modules: r8192se_pci
0c:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
16:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382] (rev 20)
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
16:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381] (rev 20)
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
16:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller [197b:2383] (rev 20)
Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms
Kernel modules: jmb38x_ms
16:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller [197b:2384] (rev 20)
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)

============ lsusb ============
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:c117 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 7960 1
dm_crypt 13043 0
ppdev 6375 0
joydev 11072 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 278890 1
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_hda_intel 25645 2
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec 85727 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 87850 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_seq_oss 31219 0
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
snd_rawmidi 23388 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57417 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 23553 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6824 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
uvcvideo 62403 0
videodev 40486 1 uvcvideo
jmb38x_ms 8643 0
v4l1_compat 15495 2 uvcvideo,videodev
sdhci_pci 6700 0
snd 70978 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,sn d_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_se q_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12020 1 videodev
memstick 10121 1 jmb38x_ms
sdhci 17928 1 sdhci_pci
led_class 3732 1 sdhci
psmouse 64608 0
serio_raw 4918 0
soundcore 8052 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
r8192se_pci 486547 0
lp 9336 0
parport 37160 2 ppdev,lp
dm_raid45 75436 0
xor 4685 1 dm_raid45
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
vga16fb 12757 0
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
nouveau 515131 2
usbhid 40988 0
hid 83376 1 usbhid
ttm 60815 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 30742 1 nouveau
video 20623 0
output 2503 1 video
drm 198770 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 nouveau
r8169 39554 0
mii 5237 1 r8169
ahci 37646 3
intel_agp 29225 0

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[ 17.982278] rtl819xSE 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-21-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:5a:b6:6f:3a:5c
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:36 Base address:0x8000

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:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6000 (6.0 KB) TX bytes:6000 (6.0 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:1a:04:ea:58:cd
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:17 Memory:ffffc900117f8000-ffffc900117f8100


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0 802.11bgn Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.457 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:300 Mb/s
Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Any help would be awesome

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome,
Can you click on the network icon in the lower right side of your taskbar? I think you have all drivers, you just need to set up the connection.

[mrbrownstone]

Well, I tried that, but there is some configuration I dont understand. But I managed to get connected(atleast the system tells me I am connected) but I cant get online. It says connected, 0%. Not sure why it doesent work.

[MikeTbob]

Well, you could try opening a terminal window in mint and try these commands, post back and errors or output please.

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Do you know if you use WPA or WEP for password security?

[mrbrownstone]

Gonna try out those commands as soon I get back in Mint
And thanx for trying to help me.
Upon further inspection it looks like I can connect to the network, but have 0% signal strength or something.
And it finds other networks i the area with better signal strength..wierd. Do I need to setup something in the dsl tab?
Oh and the password security is wpa-personal.

[mrbrownstone]

Some more info.
I have now tried all possible combos in the wireless config tab. I only get "connected" in ad-hoc mode, not infrastructure.
I named the SSID "default" because that is the name of the network I'm trying to connect to and that is what it is named when I look into the properties when in Win7.
In the IPv4 tab it must be set to either "link-local only" or "shared to other computers", and in the IPv6 tab it must be set to "ignore".

I tried the commands you supplied and when trying the first one "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" I only got something like "password for erlend", and this is what I got from the second one:
erlend@erlend-laptop ~ $ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:26:5A:29:FA:22
ESSID:"lienett"
Protocol:IEEE802.11N-24G
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:150 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 11 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality=74/100 Signal level=-64 dBm Noise level=-107 dBm
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 11ms ago

The network it found there "lienett" I am not familiar with, but it is one of the other networks that shows up when clicking the network icon next to the clock.

[MikeTbob]

Check your router settings and make sure your access point isn't hidden. It must be set to broadcast.

[mrbrownstone]

Check your router settings and make sure your access point isn't hidden. It must be set to broadcast.

/trying to not sound like a complete newbie here/
How do I check that? i thought everything was ok since it works on both mine and my wife's Win7.

Edit/ I found the web configuration and by the looks of it, under advanced-performance it is set to SSID broadcast-enabled.
it's a d-link I use.

[MikeTbob]

Do you have a wired connection available? I would try downloading WICD and use that, but you need internet access. I'm kinda bothered by the fact that it won't see your access point.

[mrbrownstone]

Just to let u guys know, I got it working now. Dunno how, but it suddenly decided to work for some reason lol.
Anyhoo, thanx for the help