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Wireless Internet Anything related to getting wireless set up in Linux. WLAN, WiFi, etc.

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02-18-2007	#1 (permalink)
haddosm Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	Strange wireless problem in Ubuntu Hello all, Alright I have a problem that has really puzzled me. I currently have installed kubuntu edgy on my Dell inspiron 1150 and followed the instructions here, http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185174 in order to set up my wireless card. It worked great for two days! Now though, I can't find any wireless networks around my apartment when before it found four. I know that my network is working because I dual-boot with winxp and it found my network easily. I'm kinda new to linux and especially kubuntu, but does anyone have a clue as to what went wrong? As an edit, I have am able to connect to wireless networks away from my apartment I have just noticed. So this is not an overall problem, but can anyone think of why I can see networks away from my apartment but not in it. Windows can see them there, so I know they exist.

02-18-2007	#2 (permalink)
Vergil83 Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,408	what if you run Code: sudo iwlist wireless_device_name scan If you don't know the name of you device run sudo ifconfig __________________ Brilliant Mediocrity - Making Failure Look Good

02-19-2007	#3 (permalink)
haddosm Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	I ran the command and I can see my network as well as the other networks around my apartment. So I can detect them, but how can I connect to them?

02-19-2007	#4 (permalink)
Vergil83 Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,408	what program were you using to connect before? The dirty way is to run Code: sudo iwconfig wireless_interface your_essid __________________ Brilliant Mediocrity - Making Failure Look Good

02-20-2007	#5 (permalink)
haddosm Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	I tried the command that you gave me and I got this response (my network's essid is NASA): Code: stephen@stephen-laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig eth1 NASA Password: Error : unrecognised wireless request "NASA" Did I type the command incorrectly? Also, I'm currently using KWiFiManager to connect to wireless networks.

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