Ubuntu

Wireless Card Problems

Asked by DaveSutton

Hey all,

I have just installed the new version of Ubuntu on to a mates laptop, it did have Vista on but that was pants, so I said why not go with this OS. Would like to say this is ace and will prob convert my desktop to Ubuntu some time soon.
Right on to the asking for help.

Every thing works fine with the exception of the wireless connection, the whole system soon freezes when the wireless is in use, I assume I may need to upgrade the driver or something? The system works fine off a wired connection so thats why I know it should be the wireless card that is causing the prob. Also can't tell you what wireless card it is as I don't know where to look for this info.

Thanks for any info that can be given in relation to the wireless card

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#1

hello,
please post lspci result here:
Applications-->Accessories-->Terminal and type
lspci

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DaveSutton (david-j-sutton) said : 		#2

Hi thanks,

I assume this is what you are wanting from me?

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
09:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
09:04.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#3

Many wireless card drivers cannot be legally installed with ubuntu. Go to Administration > Hardware Drivers. If your wireless card is shown, there should be available firmware which can be directly downloaded.

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