Why is my wireless card not working?
I really want to like Ubuntu.. I am home schooling my two girls and computer has not been fully functional for two weeks now because I don't understand the language. There are two things I need to work right away and can't get it going.... My wireless card(message - disabled by hardware) and my Lexmark x7170 printer. These two are critical to educate my children. Is there any clear text that can walk me through this process without patching 30 threads? I can't afford to give Gates another $300.
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Hi and Welcome to LQ!
Let's start with your network card. What kind of card is it? Built-in? usb plugin? something else? Can you post the output of Code:
sudo ifconfig ciao, jdk |
Here is the reply: (I do know that its b4306)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:b9:64:0f inet addr:192.168.2.104 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:feb9:640f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:48597 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:44338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:19696666 (19.6 MB) TX bytes:6207249 (6.2 MB) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 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:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) |
And what kind of wifi adapter do you have?
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I wish I could tell - my laptop is a HP Pavilion ze2000
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i have a button on my keyboard that use to light up. but since the install seems inoperative.
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these commands are to help us to know what your system thinks is installed (not necessarily to get you connected).
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lspci # will tell us the pci devices you have in your system. Code:
sudo iwlist device scan # this will use the device interface (that from the above command, we found out has wireless capability) and scan for wireless routers that are accessible. |
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interface doesn't support scanning. Network is down.
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that driver seems like it is for redhat based distros... is there an installer on their site for debian based distros (look for something like x7170llpddk-2.0-4.i386.deb. there doesnt seem to be a debian installer but this looks promising: http://www.opendrivers.com/download/driver-31844.html |
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can you also show us the output of the lspci, lsusb, ifconfig, and ifconfig -a so we can try to help you ? |
sorry for the delay - dinner time for the kids:-)
robertsons@manifest:~$ lspci # 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) 05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller robertsons@manifest:~$ lsusb # Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:3b11 Hewlett-Packard PSC 1300 series Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub robertsons@manifest:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:b9:64:0f inet addr:192.168.2.104 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:feb9:640f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:86896 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:75156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:35912333 (35.9 MB) TX bytes:10503715 (10.5 MB) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 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:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) robertsons@manifest:~$ ifconfig -a # eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:b9:64:0f inet addr:192.168.2.104 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:feb9:640f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:86902 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:75164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:35912823 (35.9 MB) TX bytes:10504231 (10.5 MB) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 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:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:4b:f3:a6:90 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) robertsons@manifest:~$ iwconfig # lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off |
Hi Belindayr,
You're making progress. :) Please post the output of your commands between "code" tags. That will make them much easier to ready for everyone. Code tags consist of "code" at the beginning and "/code" at the end but with square brackets instead of inverted commas. You'll be pleased to know that you are the proud owner of a Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03). Please make a note of that in case you're asked about it for some future problem. Can you try the command Code:
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up Code:
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan Ciao, jdk |
~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory ~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down Thank you for your support... I really do appreciate it:-) |
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