http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: wireless problems in ubuntu 8.04 hardy (solved) en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:54:42 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-47313 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:17:24 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 47313@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>because i don't really need a new topic lol :) and i called this one solved all ready hehe </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-47310 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:02:18 +0000 raphoenix 47310@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@Jack,</p> <p>Glad to help you ANY time.</p> <p>Why don't you delete last post and re-post your last question on a new Topic so Moderator can call your first issue (SOLVED) ??</p> <p>Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-47305 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:34:45 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 47305@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>does any one know how to make it so i don't have to put those 2 commands in whenever i take it out of sleep mode? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-47149 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:54:50 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 47149@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@rick your way does help woot :)<br /> but now i only need to use it when i close my laptop lid and it goes into sleep mode and when i open it back up i just have to do those 2 commands and i'm good :)</p> <p>and i also did this too:</p> <p>sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces<br /> then added<br /> pre-up /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:1f:e2:ab:6c:70<br /> after whatever else is in the file. 00:1f:e2:ab:6c:70 is my MAC address which you can find by typing<br /> ifconfig<br /> in terminal- HWaddr is your MAC address</p> <p>thx for the help rick and i hope this info can help someone else too :)</p> <p>all is good here in my wireless world now lol </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46202 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:14:49 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46202@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i'm sure that works but i'm running 64-bit so it doesn't help me out. and i think it's working but i'll have to do more testing because i was just driving around town and trying to connect to wireless networks lol when i really get it figured out i'll let you guys know </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46154 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:50:09 +0000 gaurang 46154@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>try this help .... <a href="http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795984" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795984</a> ... </p> <p>it should work ... bcoz .. it helped me to setup madwifi for my atheros and it works super smooth ... </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46139 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:18:43 +0000 raphoenix 46139@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack,</p> <p>Well, I guess the question is:</p> <p>Did you get the Atheros 802.11 wireless card working yet so you get on-line at different "Hot Spots" or on different network systems ??<br /> That is a MUST if Ubuntu 8.04 is going to be successful against other O/Ses.<br /> Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46136 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:46:15 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46136@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>well i'm not really even sure what a mac address is lol. it's just a hardware address right? but i don't really know too much on that subject but i guess that i could do a bit of research and maybe make a write up </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46123 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:12:38 +0000 raphoenix 46123@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack,</p> <p>It you are successful using the MAC solution in my above post, you might want to write up a short How-To because most folks don't know what a MAC number is. Good info to share with all members, especially for those using laptops, which can access "Hot Spots" like Star-Bucks coffee shops, etc.</p> <p>This is kinda/sorta (new?) Geekness in US (LOL) (LOL).</p> <p>Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46040 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:15:35 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46040@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok i think that i may have it figured out now but now sure as i haven't been able to test it yet though lol i hope it works though i got my fingers crossed </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46033 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:09:04 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46033@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok i see i did get connected to a secure net work my friend has but i can't ever get connected to the public ones or i don't get fully connected but i will try out your solution and see if it works and post back probably tomorrow </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46017 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:20:32 +0000 raphoenix 46017@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack,</p> <p>Sounds like you a have a 50/50 chance after reading all the post.</p> <p>Here is one I thought was interesting.<br /> =======================<br /> "When i find some network and my wicd won’t connect,<br /> then i go to the console and type:</p> <p>sudo ifconfig wlan0 down<br /> sudo ifconfig wlan0 hw ether xxxxxxxx</p> <p>The xxx must be replaced by your mac-adress"<br /> =======================<br /> Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-45926 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:35:22 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45926@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>thx to the mod who moved to linux forum i wish there was a way to leave the forum selection blank and then make you choose which one you want to put it in and not have the default vista because i seem to always forget lol </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-45835 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:22:49 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45835@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>dang i put this in vista again lol could a mod please move it to the linux forum </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-45834 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:21:26 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45834@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok so i have my wireless card working in my laptop in ubuntu 8.04 and i can scan to see if networks are around and i can see them and do basicly everything that it should do but actually connect to a network. i have tried a few different networks but neither of them actually got connected though. one said that it was so much percentage connected but i could not access anything on the web.</p> <p>here is the model of my laptop: HP Pavillion dv6914nr Entertainment Notebook PC</p> <p>here is the card i have in the laptop: Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN card</p> <p>i used the amd section of this article to get it working this far: <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/atheros-ar5007-wireless-with-madwifi-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/atheros-ar5007-wireless-with-madwifi-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html</a></p> <p>all help is very much apreciated :) i would really like to get this working because what is a laptop without wireless lol :) thx in advance </p>