New install of Ubuntu 10.10 having trouble connecting to my wireless network

Patrick Griffith · 11-04-2011, 09:35 PM

How do I tell Ubuntu that I have an 802.11 wireless usb network adapter plugged into the computer? How do I configure this adapter? General tips about editing or creating a network connection would be cool.

I tried the lsusb and my system does not see my wireless adapter. Now what do I do?

rokytnji · 11-04-2011, 11:30 PM

Quote:

How do I tell Ubuntu that I have an 802.11 wireless usb network adapter plugged into the computer?

First check that it sees it.

Code:

@biker:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader

Then see if you got a signal in Ubuntu the command is

Code:

sudo ifconfig -a

I am in AntiX (which does not use sudo)

Code:

# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:76:dd:65:f5  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:17992 (17.5 KiB)  TX bytes:17992 (17.5 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:e0:4c:5a:56:07  
          inet addr:192.<filtered>  Bcast:<filtered>  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: <filtered> Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:119813 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:52671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:124261345 (118.5 MiB)  TX bytes:5511745 (5.2 MiB)

wlan0 is my usb wireless interface. It shows that it is working also. Network manager in Ubuntu should be able to connect if these readings are right like mine, (filter done by me). I use wicd in AntiX for my home wireless wpa2 connection.