UBUNTU - can't find my wifi

[Al Neri]

Topic says it all, when I installed it, it saw my wifi card its an intel 802....g card on my laptop.... thanks for any help

 

[Hyperblaze]

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tou...x/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11ag.html ?

edit: to broaden the search.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=intel+802+g+linux+driver&btnG=Search&meta=

Too tired to go further.

 

[Platypus]

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html

let me know if you need more help

 

[Al Neri]

Thanks

Im trying to install my device right now, I burned the driver from this pc and I'm reading off the CD on my linux system

however when i double click INSTALL it takes me to an editor, and LOAD just flashes what looks like a dos screen (similar in XP start/run/cmd)

 

[silverpig]

modprobe ipw2200

 

[Nothinman]

modprobe ipw2200

It'll take more than that. If indeed it is a Centrino wireless card he'll have to go to the ipw2200 webpage and download the firmware for his card, at least.

 

[user1234]

sounds like the device driver was already loaded, you only need to configure your wireless parameters. Go to Computer->System Configuration->Networking and check if your wifi card is listed under "Connections". If it's not, click add and choose the wifi card from the list (e.g. eth0) and type in your ESSID (access point name) and WEP key if you have one. Also choose automatic configuration (DHCP), then click activate. Done.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

modprobe ipw2200

It'll take more than that. If indeed it is a Centrino wireless card he'll have to go to the ipw2200 webpage and download the firmware for his card, at least.

1) download drivers and firmware packages from the project site

2) unpack firmware package, and copy contents to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/

(3+4 may not be required if you have already set these items up)
3) compile the following options into your kernel (I used modules where possible):
a)
Code:
Device Drivers ->
Generic Driver Options ->
<M> Hotplug firmware loading support

b)
Code:
Device Drivers ->
Networking support ->
Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) ->
[*] Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions

c)
Code:
Cryptographic options ->
<M> ARC4 cipher algorithm
<M> Michael MIC keyed digest algorithm
<M> CRC32c CRC algorithm


4) Reboot into your new kernel

5) unpack and make; make install the ipw2200 driver package

6) modprobe ipw2200

7) modprobe ieee80211_crypt_wep (this module is required for WEP encryption, but doesn't currently get loaded automatically)

8) iwconfig should now show the card as eth1 (assuming you have an eth0 configured). The driver does not support interface naming, so it won't appear as wlan0. Configure your wireless settings with
a) iwconfig eth1 essid <YOUR ESSID>
b) iwconfig eth1 key open <YOUR WEP KEY>

9) make sure that eth1 is correctly configured for your network in /etc/conf.d/net

10) /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start (if this reports net.eth1 not found, ln -s /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.eth1)

11) Use wireless networking...

 

[silverpig]

Of course all but the kernel config was done for me with an

emerge ipw2200

🙂

 

[user1234]

ubuntu already includes all the intel pro wireless drivers, including firmware, and OP said the card is recognized by Linux.