Besides being a newbie, I installed ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) on my dell i8200 laptop (only OS). I am using a linksys wireless card WPC11 v4 that was detected on install and was working fine. Used the internet for several hours, shut the computer down. Next day no internet and no email.

iwconfig and ifconfig show that the card is installed and recognized. When i go to the connection properties it shows that i am connected with send and receiving packets and a signal strength of 97%.

I have tried setting the static ip address manually and i have tried using DHCP.

I have tried reinstalling ubuntu to get back to my initial install but nothing changes. I am lost especially since the card was working like a champ.

Any suggestions.

can you ping the loopback?
can you ping the router?
can you ping google?
whats your ifconfig look like?

I pinged local loop back device and got the results:
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0 packet loss

pinged router and got the results: 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0 packet loss

pinged google website and got: unknown host

pinged googles ip address and got: destination host unreachable
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 3 errors, 100% packet loss


i ran sudo lshw and got the following output under the network headings:

* - network
description: Realtek
Physical id: 0
version: rtl8139
slot: socket 1
resources: irq:11

* - network
descriptionL Wireless interface
product: RTL8180L 802.11b MAC
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., LTD
Physical id: 1
bus info: pci@07:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version 20
serial: 00:0C:41:C1:C7:5B
width: 32bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8180 ip=192.168.1.102 multicast=yes
wireless=802.11b linked

Here is the results of lspci:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 9Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA Bridge; Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] (rev a3)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX-TX-M [Tornado] (rev 7
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
0000:02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller
0000:07:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., LTD. RTL8180L 802.11b MAC (rev 20)

Metaljaz-

Did you find out what was going on? I have very similar problems- works one day, not the next.

When I ping something on the internet, I don't always get the message about an unknown host, but I don't get replies either. Just sits there.

never figured out what was going on. I dropped the links card
and picked up a Warpstar triple wireless lan card which is an Aetheros
based card. Worked right out of the box. Was automatically configured
when i reinstalled ubuntu. Picked it up from a member in the forum.

After changing cards i found this thread. Check to see if it can be
helpful to you.
good luck.


http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=308879