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Old 11-01-2011, 04:05 AM   #1
tweaku
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Setting up wlan0


I can't set up the wireless network. I try to do this for 5 days but no results. There are my settings.
lspci:
Code:
00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
ifconfig -a:
Code:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:c0:9f:b4:5a:72  
          inet addr:192.168.1.5  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:feb4:5a72/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:8293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:7726671 (7.7 MB)  TX bytes:1223692 (1.2 MB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x1800 

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:a4:14:43:e2  
          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)
iwconfig:
Code:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"TP-LINK_B35646"  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
I had install firmware-b43-installer.
When I try to say:
Code:
root@xubuntu-Aspire-3000:/sbin# ifup wlan0
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
the operation not end and I must type CTRL+C to end it.
How to set it up?

Last edited by tweaku; 11-01-2011 at 06:02 PM.
 
Old 11-01-2011, 07:07 AM   #2
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Is the wireless switch on your laptop set to 'off'? That's the error message I get if I forget to flick the my wireless switch on

Hope this helps,
 
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Old 11-09-2011, 01:31 PM   #3
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I found answer. I have damaged a button to switch on a wireless, that's the problem... Thanks for help
 
Old 11-10-2011, 09:05 AM   #4
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No problem good luck fixing it.

Please mark this thread as 'SOLVED' unless you have a related follow-up question. Thanks!
 
  


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