can not connect to wireless

Hi,

Please do the following:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

nm-tool
iwconfig
ping -c 4 google.com
ifconfig
netstat -r
sudo lshw -C network
lspci

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Please also provide us with the exact model and make of laptop you are using.

Regards,

Mark

Hello,
      This is a desk top system, HP system. How do I find additional information that you need on my machine? Sorry it took me so long to respond. I reinstalled Ubuntu trying to fix the wireless issues.
revho@ubuntu:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: 8139too
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:40:CA:3F:4D:2D

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Settings

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.1.3
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.1.1

    DNS: 192.168.1.1

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: NULL(info.linux.driver)
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes

  Wireless Settings
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points
revho@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
revho@ubuntu:~$ ping -c 4 google.com
PING google.com (72.14.205.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from qb-in-f100.google.com (72.14.205.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=114 ms
64 bytes from qb-in-f100.google.com (72.14.205.100): icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=62.1 ms
64 bytes from qb-in-f100.google.com (72.14.205.100): icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=54.2 ms
64 bytes from qb-in-f100.google.com (72.14.205.100): icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=51.8 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3008ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 51.834/70.651/114.356/25.522 ms
revho@ubuntu:~$

revho@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:ca:3f:4d:2d
          inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::240:caff:fe3f:4d2d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:120005 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:74591 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:179950444 (179.9 MB) TX bytes:4812297 (4.8 MB)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3692 (3.6 KB) TX bytes:3692 (3.6 KB)
revho@ubuntu:~$ netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
revho@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for revho:
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 9
       bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:40:ca:3f:4d:2d
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.3 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 9e:e1:13:98:8e:40
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:11:50:16:a9:1d
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
revho@ubuntu:~$

revho@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 05)
00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3)
revho@ubuntu:~$

Right now I am hooked up tot he internet via Eth. cable. Hopefully this information will help you figure out my problem.
Thanks
Revho

Thank you for your help. I am since resolved this problem.