n00b: How to turn on wireless, ubuntu?

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 02:51 PM

Is there a command for turning on wireless. I can see on my computer that the wireless is not on.

repo · 02-11-2009, 02:56 PM

Which wireless card are you using?
Did you installed some drivers for the card?
what i the output from

Code:

/sbin/iwconfig

Often there is a switch or key combination to enable wireless.
Which computer?

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Which wireless card are you using?
Did you installed some drivers for the card?
what i the output from

Code:

/sbin/iwconfig

Often there is a switch or key combination to enable wireless.
Which computer?

I have a Atheros Ar5bxb63 wireless card.
I think it have installed it.
the output is this:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

I have an Asus X51L.

repo · 02-11-2009, 03:09 PM

try

Code:

ifconfig pan0 up

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

try

Code:

ifconfig pan0 up

Nothing

repo · 02-11-2009, 03:19 PM

nesrail,

Take a look at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=739998

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

nesrail,

Take a look at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=739998

I did all of the thing until step 11, where I have to Configure network. When I press the button it says : COULD NOT FIND NETWORK CONFIGURATION TOOL.

what now?

repo · 02-11-2009, 03:35 PM

think you need to install networkmanager
apt-get install network-manager-gnome

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

think you need to install networkmanager
apt-get install network-manager-gnome

It seems to be installed already.

repo · 02-11-2009, 03:39 PM

take a look at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=943848
begin at point 10)

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

take a look at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=943848
begin at point 10)

Again it says: could not finde network configuration tool.

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 04:08 PM

New Iwconfig output:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID

ff/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Power Management

ff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

repo · 02-11-2009, 04:16 PM

now use nm or wicd to make the connection

nesrail · 02-11-2009, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

now use nm or wicd to make the connection

what is Wicd??
I can't make a wireless connection with Network mananger

repo · 02-11-2009, 04:30 PM

do you see any wireless networks?