[SOLVED] No internet but wlan connection

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 07:28 AM

Hello everyone,

at first: Sorry for my english, i'd prefer german, but i don't know how represented this language is here. (This sounds ... strange :P)

The first time, i ran Eeebuntu was the Live-Version, so without installing. I connected with our wlan-router and the internet just worked fine. I decided to install the OS to the harddrive. After finishing and restarting, i connected to the router again - no problem, but now firefox doesn't load any page. it says: Server not found. Does anybody know, how to fix the problem ?

Snark1994 · 09-06-2011, 07:36 AM

I'm afraid this is an English-only forum (though I too would be interested in a multilingual one) so you're stuck with English

What steps did you take to connect to the router? It will probably be easier to troubleshoot if you try connecting through the terminal... For my router, I use the following steps:

Code:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid NameOfRouter key myPasswd
dhcpcd wlan0

However, that only works for WEP keys, not WPA. What form of encryption does your router use?

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 07:56 AM

I've just used the nice icon for the wireless networks, gave my PW and was connected.

It's WPA2, so your way won't work... :/

But, the thing, i don't understand is, it just worked well with the live version, and the normal version, booted from the harddrive, doesn't work.

EDIT: I usually am a windows user, so i don't know much about the terminal in Linux

Snark1994 · 09-06-2011, 08:04 AM

The problem you may find is that LiveCDs tend to have a lot of drivers / extra fluff to cover all possible hardware - when you install it, it tends not to put in all that stuff, so the environments aren't really the same...

Apparently a programme called 'wpa_supplicant' is what you're looking for - try following the steps in this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=263136) and if it doesn't work, then post any error messages you get back here

The terminal is remarkably similar to the Windows command prompt, just better :P it's essentially a text-only way of controlling the computer, which is useful because it's far easier to post output from a terminal than to post a screenshot of your wireless app.

Hope this helps,

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 08:07 AM

Thanks

i'll give it a try.

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 08:16 AM

just a short question,

The first thing he does, is typing the pw, then the SSID and the psk.

but, did he install anything before ?

When i'm typing this stuff, it only says: bash: *MyWlanKey* :command not found.

Snark1994 · 09-06-2011, 08:18 AM

Hang on, let's say your essid was "BTHomeHub" and your wlan key was "letMeInPlease". You should be typing:

Code:

wpa_passphrase BTHomeHub letMeInPlease

Were you typing "letMeInPlease blah blah blah" ?

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 08:22 AM

yes i did xD

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 08:35 AM

eeehh.... Something goes wroong

Eeebuntu asked for the password for the router (again), so i clicked "show password" and there are some strange letters, but not my pw, so i wrote it again, and after a few moments, the window apeared again, and the same, meaningless letters were displayed in the box, where i've wrote the correct pw O.o

subtrix · 09-06-2011, 08:40 AM

A WONDER !

I've tried another Wlan-stick and it works, so, sorry for wasting your time ^^

and thank you

Snark1994 · 09-06-2011, 08:59 AM

No problem at all

time spent helping is not time wasted :P

Could you mark the thread as '[SOLVED]' using the thread tools at the top of the page, please?

Thanks,