[Ubuntu] Attempting to set up wireless (tl-wn350d)

[warbdaniel]

I'm trying to set up a wlan in ubuntu 10.04 using a tp-link wireless card model tl-wn350d.

I've read the first thread, and here is my output from wireless_setup.txt...

Controller [1106:3149] (rev 80)
Kernel driver in use: sata_via
Kernel modules: sata_via
00:0f.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pata_via
Kernel modules: pata_via
00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:10.4 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 86)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] [1106:3227]
Kernel modules: i2c-viapro
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 60)
Kernel driver in use: VIA 82xx Audio
Kernel modules: snd-via82xx
00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 7
Kernel driver in use: via-rhine
Kernel modules: via-rhine
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] [10de:0221] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nvidiafb, nouveau

============ lsusb ============
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 004: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 184677 0
nls_iso8859_1 3249 1
nls_cp437 4919 1
vfat 8933 1
fat 47767 1 vfat
usb_storage 39425 1
snd_usb_audio 75765 0
snd_usb_lib 15801 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_usb_audio
nls_utf8 1069 1
isofs 29250 1
binfmt_misc 6587 1
arc4 1153 2
snd_via82xx 20058 2
gameport 9089 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_via82xx
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_o ss
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 5617 1 snd_via82xx
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 3 snd_usb_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
ath5k 121792 0
snd 54148 17 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec ,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart ,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq _device
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
ppdev 5259 0
mac80211 205146 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
nvidia 9961216 42
vga16fb 11385 1
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
parport_pc 25962 1
k8temp 3024 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
cfg80211 126517 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
amd64_agp 7025 1
shpchp 28820 0
i2c_viapro 5573 0
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
agpgart 31724 2 nvidia,amd64_agp
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
via_rhine 19154 0
mii 4381 1 via_rhine
floppy 53016 0
sata_via 6945 0
pata_via 7272 3

============ dmesg-firmware ============

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-24-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:ec:15:19:0c
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:ecff:fe15:190c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:78705 errors:0 dropped:11 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:73440 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:60284113 (60.2 MB) TX bytes:5689529 (5.6 MB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xc000

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 00:23:cd:f0:01:6b
inet6 addr: fe80::223:cdff:fef0:16b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1896 (1.8 KB) TX bytes:2376 (2.3 KB)


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"f2\x0D\xB71X\xA3Z%]\x05\x17X\xE9^\xD4\xAB\xB2\xCD\xC6\x9B\xB4T\x11\x0 E\x82tA!=\xDC\x87"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

The card recognises networks exist at the moment, but fails to connect to the my WLAN. Not attempted it with other networks yet, is it worth attempting to create a wireless adhoc network?

[reed9]

There's something wonky with your lspci there and the wireless card isn't showing up. Can you repost the output of

lspci -vnn | grep -i net

However, whichever card it is, it's using the ath5k driver, which is generally pretty stable and functional.

What sort of encryption are you using?

Are you able to disable encryption briefly and see if it connects?

If you have a wired connection, you might try install WICD over the default network manager. Some folks find it works better.

sudo apt-get install wicd

[waterhead]

I also see ndiswrapper loading. It too may be laying claim to the wireless device, rendering it disabled. Remove and blacklist ndiswrapper.

sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Add this to the bottom of the file:

blacklist ndiswrapper

Save file and reboot.