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12-31-2009, 05:30 PM
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hi everybody. It now seems it needs the wireless access point. Not sure where that is. Any thoughts?.I`ve gradually worked through to this point, through the input from everybody so thanks
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12-31-2009, 05:35 PM
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Location: Manorville, New York, USA
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How about telling us what wireless card is in your computer. Check lspci and lsusb the info should be in the output of one of those commands.
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01-01-2010, 02:19 AM
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You still haven't told us what kind of hardware it is. Please run "lspci" and post the output.
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01-01-2010, 03:33 AM
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hi.
Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100.Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
08:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
Hope this is the info you asked for. I appreciate the help
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01-01-2010, 08:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leo114
... I tried that code It said no scan results
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Hello leo114,
a wireless network may be hidden.
Markus
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01-01-2010, 09:37 AM
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The driver for your wireless card has been in the kernel since 2.6.27. It's been problematic in the past, but has been used successfully. In the following link, the instructions are pretty good, so no need for repeating them here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1022411
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01-01-2010, 01:17 PM
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Grenoble
Distribution: Debian
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Moderator note: Merged two threads that cover the same problem.
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01-06-2010, 01:30 AM
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Hi everybody.
I am not sure who to thank. All the contributions helped somewhere along the line. The wireless problem, connecting with an asus laptop m51v is now solved. The many steps involved, culminated in my putting the passphrase in the right place. Now everything is great. So all the contributer, thank you very much.
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