Ubuntu 10.04 Not Working On Wireless Virgin Broadband

davesdeals

weegie.geek wrote: »

The lowest form of wit is saying sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

I've given you a suggestion. A possibility why your netbook can see the wireless network, but can't connect to it even though you're using the right password.

To my knowledge you haven't mentioned your router model, so you'll have to work this bit out for yourself, but you want to go into the router settings and see if you're using mac address filtering for connecting via wireless.

The router model is Netgear Wireless ADSL2 Modem Router DG834G v4.
No i'm not using mac addres filtering for connecting wireless.

davesdeals

JustPassingBy wrote: »

He, and others, have already done that. Wireless problems can be particularily difficult to diagnose and fix.

Please confirm exactly what machine you have and the precise version of Ubuntu installed on it. Also, does a wired connection work?

The machine is a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Model PP19S.
The Ubuntu Version is 8.04 LTS Mini Standard Edition (As per leaving the factory).
Yes it does work with a wired connection.

davesdeals

Chimpofdoom wrote: »

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/ubuntu-on-dell-10-wireless-wont-connect-739243/

Read, learn and inwardly digest...

Post 2 for the forum warriors out there :-)

Otherwise switch distro. Linux Mint could be good! It's based off Debian!

Read it, learnt it and digested it, now brought it up again as
none of that tells me anything i have not tried already.....

gaming_guy

.............

JustPassingBy

davesdeals wrote: »

The machine is a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Model PP19S.
The Ubuntu Version is 8.04 LTS Mini Standard Edition (As per leaving the factory).
Yes it does work with a wired connection.

Your reinstall of Ubuntu may not have included the drivers for the wireless cards so you'll need to download them with the package manager. If it is a Broadcom chipset the bcmwl-kernel-source package looks like the one to get.

S0litaire

Can I get this straight
there's been so many suggestions and assumptions it's best to start from step 1
Does the laptop see the wireless network as available?
When you try to connect does it fail?

If yes then can you go into the settings of the Wireless Router and go to the "Wireless Settings" and see what the settings are:
(These might be slightly different since i've the DG834GT version of the router (custom Firmware)

Name:
Region: make sure this is set to "Europe"
Channel: set this to "6"
Mode: Set to Auto (might be "Auto108Mbps" or something like that)

Make sure "Enable Wireless Access Point" & "Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID) " are ticked
Make sure " Wireless Isolation " is NOT ticked

Change the security to "none"
Apply the settings then wait a few seconds (You may have to take the power cable out wait 10 seconds and plug it back in) and try to connect.

If it works then it's a problem with the Security settings (there's a slight problem with the version of WPA some of the routers use.)
If it does not work then their might be a bigger problem.

Let me know the result.

davesdeals

S0litaire wrote: »

Can I get this straight
there's been so many suggestions and assumptions it's best to start from step 1
Does the laptop see the wireless network as available?
When you try to connect does it fail?

If yes then can you go into the settings of the Wireless Router and go to the "Wireless Settings" and see what the settings are:
(These might be slightly different since i've the DG834GT version of the router (custom Firmware)

Name:
Region: make sure this is set to "Europe"
Channel: set this to "6"
Mode: Set to Auto (might be "Auto108Mbps" or something like that)

Make sure "Enable Wireless Access Point" & "Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID) " are ticked
Make sure " Wireless Isolation " is NOT ticked

Change the security to "none"
Apply the settings then wait a few seconds (You may have to take the power cable out wait 10 seconds and plug it back in) and try to connect.

If it works then it's a problem with the Security settings (there's a slight problem with the version of WPA some of the routers use.)
If it does not work then their might be a bigger problem.

Let me know the result.

All the settings are as you described, now yesterday it connected for about 1/2 an hour the connection was very slow and that was with the security on, but after that it stopped connecting again.
I have now tried this morning with the security off and on still no connection..!!!

S0litaire

ok Go in to Terminal (Applications / Accessories)
type in "lspci" and press enter.
Look for "Network Controller" and let me know what it says
it should look something like:

10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

davesdeals

S0litaire wrote: »

ok Go in to Terminal (Applications / Accessories)
type in "lspci" and press enter.
Look for "Network Controller" and let me know what it says
it should look something like:

10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

Ok heres the results

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

S0litaire

you've got a Broadcom BCM4322 Wireless card

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n  Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

OK now we need to make sure you've got the correct drivers.

Go into "system", "Administration" then "Synaptic Package Manager"
in the "Quick Search" box type in "Broadcom"

You should get 6 items:
*bcmwl-kernel-source
*broadcom-sta-common
*broadcom-sta-source
b43-fwcutter
bcm5700-source
bcmwl-modaliases

Make sure the 3 with the (*) are installed, and the other 3 are not installed.
If they are installed, right click on the bottom 3 and select "Marked for Complete removal"

Apply the upgrade & when it's finished reboot and see if their is any difference in the wireless.