Re: Ubuntu wireless networking problem since 8.10

unknown wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:35:06 +0000, preacher wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:51:04 -0800, seeds wrote:

yea man 8.10 does not play nice with wireless.

On Nov 23, 3:10 am, Jagadeesh <mnjagade...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I too have experienced it after upgrading to 8.10. Experiencing
everything is bit slow.

Thanks

Found a solution, I think. Apparently, the driver is not reliable. I
don't know if this is an upgrade or if I'm reverting back to an older
version. I need to reboot to confirm that it works consistently, but
assuming it does, this is a big relief.

Here's where I got the fix:


http://unsharptech.com/2008/10/31/atheros-wireless-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-
ibex/

Oh, you're lucky. I had one of those laptops with the Broadcom 4318
wireless
adapters which is not supported by Ubuntu.

I think it is see below --->

This required the use of ndiswrapper
to run the hardware using a Windows driver

Yeck, just the thought of using windows makes my stomach sick :)

It works well, but only after 3-4 connection attempts with my Linksys
WRT53G wireless router.

I have Broadcom wireless cards in both my desktop and notebook computers.

I haven't used ndiswrapper since Fedora 6.

lspci --->

00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g]
802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

What kernel are you running?

Arch linux with kernel26 2.6.26.5 works. Broadcom drivers are in 2.6.24 and
later ( If I recall correctly ) .

1. use the firmware tool b43-fwcutter, to install the firmware.

2. modprobe the b43 module.

3. ifconfig wlan0 up

4. iwlist wlan0 scan -- list access points available

5. iwconfig wlan0 essid <your wireless pt here>

6. if you are not using WEP or WAP then:
dhcpcd wlan0 or
ifconfig wlan0 <ip addr>
route add default gw <gateway ip here>

If the access point is using WAP or WEP then you will need to add the key to
step 5.

Hint: check out netcfg2 if you use WEP or WAP

YMMV :)



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