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How do I uninstall and reinstall my wireless adapter in Ubuntu?

Asked by David Hockley

Hi, I'm having trouble with my net connection.
Normally I use a wireless connection, but I cant seem to connect.
It keeps coming up with the WEP key request, so, naturally, I fill in what it is.
It tries to connect, and then springs it up again as if the key was wrong.
I have spoken to the guy that owns the router, but he assures me nothing has changed.
Any suggestions or advice on how to uninstall and reinstall my wireless adapter would be useful.
I used to run Windows, where I could get into the device manager, but I cant seem to find anything like a device manager in Ubuntu...

Thanks for any help in advance!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Sounds like the driver is installed. I suggest you use a wired connection and run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install wicd; sudo apt-get --purge remove network-manager*; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Then reboot, wicd is a great network manager app and may get things sorted. If you want to remove the driver you can run:

sudo lshw -C network

and remove the package which gives the driver module but I'd shoot for wicd. wicd cannot connect to 3G networks but if you dont use these then wicd is great

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David Hockley (raven-heart83) said : 		#2

Thanks, wicd is a cool package indeed, but it comes up with "Bad password".
I'll see if I can get the owner to change the key and give me the new one, see if that helps.

If I uninstalled my wireless driver as you mentioned in your answer, how would I get it back?
Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You'd need a wired connection or the live cd. Sounds like it wont help as the password looks to be bad.

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David Hockley (raven-heart83) said : 		#4

Aye... Thought as much.
Thanks again for all your help.

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