Brian A,

Disconnect the ethernet cable and operate the wifi switch on and off a few times to check that the wifi is actually switched ON.

Is the wifi tell-tale light on or blinking?

What is the output from Terminal for the following?

ls mod

brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 16384 0
isofs 40960 0
binfmt_misc 20480 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 49152 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 73728 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 32768 1
snd_hda_codec 118784 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core 57344 5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 90112 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
ipw2200 143360 0
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
libipw 36864 1 ipw2200
snd_rawmidi 28672 1 snd_seq_midi
lib80211 16384 1 libipw
snd_seq 57344 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
cfg80211 483328 2 libipw,ipw2200
tifm_sd 20480 0
gpio_ich 16384 0
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 32768 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
pcmcia 57344 0
snd 69632 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_cod ec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
joydev 20480 0
input_leds 16384 0
mac_hid 16384 0
yenta_socket 45056 0
soundcore 16384 1 snd
serio_raw 16384 0
tifm_7xx1 16384 0
pcmcia_rsrc 20480 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 24576 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
tifm_core 16384 2 tifm_7xx1,tifm_sd
lpc_ich 20480 0
ipw 16384 0
usb_wwan 20480 1 ipw
usbserial 40960 2 ipw,usb_wwan
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 45056 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
autofs4 40960 2
i915 1052672 0
video 24576 1 i915
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
drm_kms_helper 118784 1 i915
pata_acpi 16384 0
firewire_ohci 36864 0
drm 303104 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
firewire_core 65536 1 firewire_ohci
ahci 32768 0
8139too 32768 0
psmouse 118784 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
crc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core
8139cp 28672 0
mii 16384 2 8139cp,8139too
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$

wireless command

brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ dmesg | grep -i wlan
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ dmesg | grep -i wireless
[ 58.364631] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for IPWireless converter
[ 63.404066] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 63.404230] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$

yes the wifi is switched on, I can see the light it worked with WIndows

output

brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ rfkill list all
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for brian:

Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for brian:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for brian:
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:06:08.0
logical name: enp6s8
version: 10
serial: 00:01:4a:ca:4c:4f
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:10 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:b0104000-b01040ff
*-network:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:06:0a.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=24 mingnt=3
resources: memory:b0107000-b0107fff
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$

Brian A,

Thanks for that.

Outputs from these please:

brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ rfkill list all
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$
brian@brian-VGN-FJ170:~$ iwconfig
enp6s8 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

Brian A,

I have a horrible feeling that this will get messy with modules and the like.

Reconnect the ethernet cable and let's just confirm that your software is up to date.

Type:

Disconnect the ethernet cable and make sure wifi is switched on.


When you have done that, let us have these outputs please:

it says latest firmware is already installed

I did find an Intel linux driver for the card, I put it on a cd and tried to install it but I cant figure out how, if thats the problem.

When I try it says something like cd not recognised I made this cd with windows if that matters

thanks

if this is going to get really complicated maybe its just best I forget about it

Brian A,

Yes it will get complicated unfortunately.

This link will give you an idea of how messy it can get:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2079211

It IS possible to make the Intel 2200BG wifi work in Mint/Ubuntu etc but maybe it is better left alone for the time being?

yeah thats fine

I did get Mint on my other old Dell and its working great. I will just forget about this Sony for now

thanks for all you help

Brian A,

No problem.

PS Maybe rokytnji will be able to assist you.

Hi...

If this is just a firmware issue, then the instructions listed in post #6 don't seem too difficult.

Regards...

thanks

Yes I did try it

Its not hard to do but the results were the same

still not working

ahhh welll

well...

progress has been made.

I remembered I have a old wireless pcmcia card.

Slapped it in and it found the network!!

Alright!!! But wait...I enter my password, not getting in! Tried rebooting, etc etc

Dang it!!!

So I tried connecting to the wifi hotspot on my phone, its working!

I dont understand why its not hooking up to comcast, I may try the card in a different laptop. Maybe the card and comcast dont want to play together?

It does see the wireless network now, so thats a start....

What's the card, though?

Regards...