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**reed9** · 03-07-2011

That is odd. Care to post the output of

Code:

lshw -C network

from your working install, just to satisfy my curiosity about what's in there?

**suhm** · 03-07-2011

Of course!

lshw:

Code:

  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100
       vendor: ADMtek
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:04.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 11
       serial: 00:30:05:89:b4:8b
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tulip driverversion=1.1.15 latency=64 maxlatency=128 mingnt=64 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:23 ioport:5000(size=256) memory:f0202000-f02023ff memory:40000000-4001ffff(prefetchable)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:30:05:74:5e:d6
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.0.12 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Is my machine maybe too old to run the newest kernel?

**reed9** · 03-07-2011

No, older hardware by and large should run fine with a current kernel. It's rare for divers to be removed from the kernel unless it's truly obscure or obsolete hardware.

It's curious that it's still not giving much info with lshw.

Does

Code:

lspci -vnn

show any more for the wireless?

**suhm** · 03-07-2011

Ok!

lspci -vv:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub [8086:2580] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105b]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Root Port [8086:2581] (rev 04)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
	Memory behind bridge: f0100000-f01fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-efffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:1066]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2662] (rev 03)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2664] (rev 03)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2666] (rev 03)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at 2000 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	I/O ports at 2400 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
	I/O ports at 2800 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	I/O ports at 2c00 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	Memory at f0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev d3) (prog-if 01)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
	Memory behind bridge: f0200000-f02fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000040000000-00000000400fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2640] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 3400 [size=16]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller [8086:2652] (rev 03) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at 3430 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 3424 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 3428 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 3420 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 3410 [size=16]
	Memory at f0004400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=32]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc R423 UI [Radeon X800PRO (PCIE)] [1002:5549]
	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:0412]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
	Memory at f0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: radeon, radeonfb

01:00.1 Display controller [0380]: ATI Technologies Inc R423 UI [Radeon X800PRO (PCIE)] (Secondary) [1002:5569]
	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:0413]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at f0110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

0b:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 [1317:0985] (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:100c]
	Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
	Memory at f0202000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: tulip
	Kernel modules: tulip

0b:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW322/323 [11c1:5811] (rev 61) (prog-if 10)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:1026]
	Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 20
	Memory at f0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394

0b:09.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder [1131:7134] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. Device [11bd:002d]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 254, IRQ 18
	Memory at f0202400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: saa7134
	Kernel modules: saa7134

0b:0b.0 Modem [0703]: Smart Link Ltd. SmartLink SmartPCI562 56K Modem [163c:3052] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Smart Link Ltd. SmartLink SmartPCI562 56K Modem [163c:3052]
	Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
	Memory at f0201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	I/O ports at 5400 [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: serial

**EdCompSci** · 03-22-2011

Find out the manufacturer of the network card and do a search engine search (google, bing, yahoo...) with keywords: [manufacturer] wlan driver ubuntu 10.10. I solve many issues for myself with such searches.

**rokytnji** · 03-23-2011

Just to satisfy reed9 and my curiosity. Can you post the output of

Code:

su -c "hwinfo --wlan"

and

Code:

su -c "hwinfo --netcard"

on your 9.10 install. My readout for reference below

Code:

@biker:~$ su -c "hwinfo --netcard"
Password: 
14: PCI 03.0: 0200 Ethernet controller                          
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10b7_6056
  Unique ID: rBUF.Rg1TiqvNr48
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:03.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "3Com 3c556B CardBus [Tornado]"
  Vendor: pci 0x10b7 "3Com Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x6056 "3c556B CardBus [Tornado]"
  SubVendor: pci 0x10b7 "3Com Corporation"
  SubDevice: pci 0x6356 
  Revision: 0x20
  Driver: "3c59x"
  Driver Modules: "3c59x"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x1800-0x18ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf4101400-0xf410147f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf4101000-0xf410107f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x20100000-0x2011ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 11 (248274 events)
  HW Address: 00:01:03:86:7f:e9
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010B7d00006056sv000010B7sd00006356bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: 3c59x is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 3c59x"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

25: PCI 600.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_301
  Unique ID: y9sn.6QWiZHL0AdF
  Parent ID: ruGf.qcMpx0aRxCB
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:06:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
  Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"
  Device: pci 0x0301 "RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1799 "Belkin"
  SubDevice: pci 0x701e 
  Driver: "rt61pci"
  Driver Modules: "rt61pci"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0x1c000000-0x1c007fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (248274 events)
  HW Address: 00:11:50:dc:7a:60
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d00000301sv00001799sd0000701Ebc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rt61pci is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt61pci"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (CardBus bridge)
@biker:~$ su -c "hwinfo --wlan"
Password: 
16: PCI 600.0: 0282 WLAN controller                             
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_301
  Unique ID: y9sn.6QWiZHL0AdF
  Parent ID: ruGf.qcMpx0aRxCB
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:06:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
  Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"
  Device: pci 0x0301 "RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1799 "Belkin"
  SubDevice: pci 0x701e 
  Driver: "rt61pci"
  Driver Modules: "rt61pci"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0x1c000000-0x1c007fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:11:50:dc:7a:60
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d00000301sv00001799sd0000701Ebc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rt61pci is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt61pci"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #4 (CardBus bridge)

Cuz I am curious now at what kind of chip and driver is used on your wireless card.
I posted the su command because I don't use sudo in my distribution. See if it works in ubuntu though. Can't hurt. If it does not work. Use sudo instead of su.

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