WiFi and WAN problems with 88w8335 and sis900

What networking problems did you have and who told you that they would be solved by Xubuntu?

Perhaps it is better if you start by having a look at this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkDevices

I was told this by a freind also running xubuntu with a nearly idetical wireless set up and he said that when he updated from 6.04 to 7.04 it worked straght away. and well as you can tell mine did not! I have been on that page and nearly every other guide and post of this forum and tried everything still will no luck!!!

The card is not listed as supported but that should not effect the wired cos that is a differnet make card!!

Still stuck

Hi, I'm having similar problem. I can see the wireless network which i connected to but I just cannot browse. I checked the DNS ip but all seem to be okay, what can i do to solve this problem?

Lets start with the Ethernet controller first.
Can you check with an lspci -v command that it is recognised by the kernel?
Please past here the section of the output related to your ethernet controller.

@michael, please open a new question.

right i have run that and the Ethernet card is shown at the bottom of the list that is the wired card but the wireless does not show!!! where from here?

Jamie,

I've asked you to please past here the section of the output related to your ethernet controller.
I need to see what information the kernel has about it (IRQ, I/O ports, bus numbers, etc.).

ok well its slightly hard to do that but i will go do it now as i am running 2 pc's one to write on this and one to run liunux

While I'll be looking at your data, please check if you have the network manager applet installed. By default in Xubuntu there should be an icon in the top right corner with two computers screens in it.

Ok well i ahve jsut been on the linux and run the code in the terminal window then saved the copy of it as a .txt file saved it on my usb key and put it in this machince and it dont work there is no file on it so i am going to have to type it out below:
Also thank you for your help!!

00:04:- Ethernet controller: Silicon Intergrated System [sis] sis900 pci fast ethernet (rev 90)
             Subsystem: micro-Star international co.,ltd uknown device 0061
            flags: bus master, meduim devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
            i/o ports at d800 [size=256]
           memory at f3ffc000 (32 bit, non prefetchable) [size-4k]
          exansion rom at f3fc0000 [disabled] [size=128k]
           capatabilites: <access denied>

P.S when i login it says "Could not look up intrent address for dell02. This will prevent xfce from operating correctly it may be possible to correct the problem by adding dell02 to the file /etc/hosts on your system" that has only come up in the last 2 log on times is this a problem?

I think the above might be a the reason i cant save files onto my usb key!! but i think a recovery could help that or maybe not!! I aint got a clue

Also my wireless is dispalyed at

06:00.0:- Ethernet controller: marvell technologies group ltd. 88w8335 [libertas] 802.11b/g wireless (rev 03)
             Subsystem: 3com corporation unkown device 6802
            flags: 66mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 17
           memory at1c000000 (32 bit, non prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64k]
          memory at1c010000 (32 bit, non prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64k]
           capatabilites: <access denied>

Ok, now lets try to install network manager.
Do you have by any chance a Feisty Live CD?

No i have the version with no live option just the install as you may say version, is this a problem??

And no there are no computer screens on the right of xubuntu when it is running

Sorry, I really meant the Ubuntu (not Xubuntu) Feisty Live CD. I'm asking as I would like you to install the network manager, a little utility which may help you in setting your network up (this is not nominally installed in Xubuntu).
Perhaps it is in the CD you mention, try inserting it and see if you can apt-get from it.
You need both the network-manager and the network-manager-gnome packets.
To install the applet, go to Settings->Autostarted Applications:
 - click "+ Add"
 - type in these values:
  - name = "network applet"
  - command = "nm-applet --sm-disable &"

Now click on the icon with your right mouse button and tell me what is reported in "Connection information".

If you are not able to install the network manager, we can try with a manual debugging. The first thing you have to tell me is what is reported by the ifconfig command.

OK installed the applet and it shows in the autostart applications list. I am unsure as to apt-get i tired typing it into the terminal but it gave me a load of options and I got confised sorry as i am useless.

Any way i ran ifconig and got (with out network manager and network manger-gnome packets installed)

it said

lo link encap:Local loopback
inet add:127.0.0.01 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: : :1/128 scope:host
up loopback running MTU:16436 metric: 1
Rx Packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Tx Packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collions:0 txqueuelen:0Rx bytes:1864 (1.8 Kib) Tx bytes:1864 (1.8 Kb)

thanks agin jamie

Try this command and tell me if there is any output:

ifconfig -v eth0 up

all i get when i enter this is
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission Denied
Warning: at least one error occured. (-1)

Strange. Lets see if you have the proper module loaded.

Type:

lsmod | grep sis900

If there is an output, give it to me, otherwise continue with this command:

sudo modprobe sis900

If this succed proceed with:

ifconfig -v eth0 up

otherwise give me the output of this command:

modprobe -l | grep net | grep driver

when i enter lsmod | grep sis900 i get this output

sis900 24704 0
mii 6528 1 sis900

OK, retry with: sudo ifconfig -v eth0 up

Well i typed that in and it does nothing but give me a second line to write on starting again with jamie@dell02:~$

ok, tell me again what is the ouptut of ifconfig and please paste here the content of these files:

/etc/network/interfaces
/etc/hosts

Finally tell me if your router is set as a DHCP server or if it allocates a static ip to your PC. In this latter case tell me:

the allocated IP address
the netmask
the gateway IP address
the network IP address
and the broadcast IP address

The IfConfig output has jsut changed since i have enter some of the things you told me to now it reads:

eth0 Link Encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:AB:FB:1D
          inet 6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:feab:fb1d/64 Scope:link
          Up Broadcast running multicast MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX Packets:2 Erros:0 Dropped:0 Overruns:0 frame:0
          TX Packets:5 Erros:0 Dropped:0 Overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqeuelen:1000
          RX bytes:310 (310.0b) TX bytes:398 (398.0b)
          Interrupt:21 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:local looback
          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:96 Erros:0 Dropped:0 Overruns:0 frame:0
          TX Packets:96 Erros:0 Dropped:0 Overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqeuelen:0
          RX bytes:7288 (7.1Kib) TX bytes:7288 (7.1KiB)

/etc/network/interfaces reads:

#THis file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces (5).

#The Loopback network interface
auto lo
iface to inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 212.74.111.222

and the file /etc/hosts reads:

#The following line are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

fe00::0 Ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
192.168.1.2 dell02
192.168.1.1 local host

And yes my router says in its settings that DHCP Server is enabled and the range is 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.255

but also it has these settings listed:

WAN Connection Type PPPOA
Status CONNECTED
Internet IP address 88.108.203.114
Subnet Mask 255.0.0.0
ISP Gateway Address 212.74.111.222
Primary DNS 212.139.132.20
Secondary DNS 212.139.132.21
WAN MAC Address 00-14-7C-B0-3F-57 3

LAN Settings
LAN IP address 192.168.1.1
LAN Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
DHCP Server Enabled
DHCP Range 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254
LAN MAC Address 00-14-7C-B0-3F-56

Wireless settings
Wireless Networking Enabled
Wireless Encryption 128-bit WEP
Channel 11
SSID Dell_WLAN
WLAN MAC Address 00-14-7C-B0-3F-58

I hope this helps

ok, add these lines at the beginning of your /etc/hosts file (use sudo gedit /etc/hosts):

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 dell02

and delete the last two lines.

Also, delete the last 4 lines of your /etc/network/interfaces and add these two at the end:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

after this try to do the following ping (you can interrupt with ctrl-C):

ping 192.168.1.1
ping 192.168.1.2
ping 88.108.203.114
ping 212.74.111.222
ping 66.249.65.240
ping launchpad.net

and tell me if they are all successfull (or not.....)

I manged to do the first bit bit when i try to edit the interfaces file it says
sudo: gedit: command not found

So how do i change them??]

And thanks for being so helpfully!!!

Sorry, I forgot you are on Xubuntu :-)
Replace all instances of gedit by mousepad.
So for instance:

sudo mousepad /etc/hosts

edit it according to my instructions above, and then

sudo mousepad /etc/network/interfaces

also edit it. We are almost there ......

well i managed to edit the files and then i tried to ping the addess all of them came back as Network is unreachable apart from launchpad.net which came back as unkown host launchpad.net

and i hope we are nearly there for both are sanity

try stopping and restarting the adapter:

sudo ifconfig eth0 down && sudo ifconfig eth0 up

If it doesn't work show me the files you have modified.

It still said the network was unreachable.

The files now read:

etc/hosts

#The following line are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

fe00::0 Ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 dell02

and

etc/network/interfaces

#THis file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces (5).

#The Loopback network interface
auto lo
iface to inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

There hope that helps

Did you insert the last two lines in /etc/hosts there, or you put them at the beginning and they were moved?
The only thing I can think now is a conflict with ip6, so just comment out the line beginning with ::1 and those with ff and re-try.

well i inserted them at the bottom of the file!!!I commented out the ff with ip6 in there comments and still no joy and i closed the port and opened in again like you said to above and still when i ping it says Network is unreachable!!

Does this mean i wont be able to use Xubuntu on the internet??

By the way, I guess in the following lines of /etc/network/interfaces:

#The Loopback network interface
 auto lo
 iface to inet loopback

the "to" after "iface" is a spelling mistake. In the file is lo, right?

Lets try by restarting the network daemon:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

and tell me what are the messages on the screen.

I jsut rebooted my machince and got a message saying?

Could not look up internet address for dell02.
this will prevent xfce from operting correctly.
It may be possible to correct the problem by adding dell02 to the file /etc/hosts on your system.

and yeah it is a type-o it does say lo

Look Jamie,

your interface is recognised by the kernel, the right modules are loaded, the configuration files are ok, there must be a reason why this doesn't work.
We will hunt this down and stomp on it until it stops bleeding!

Don't worry, we will get to the end of it :-).

Look, your files must look like these:

/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 dell02

/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

I changed the files and we have some 64 bytes data on the ping 192.168.1.1 in the terminal

WE HAVE WIRED networking still no wireless but better than nothing

Halleluia!
Now at least you can cut and paste from the computer ;-)

yeah i can
i just restarted the machince and it still works so all good now jsut need to work on the wireless is there anything i should do like upgdates now it has the internet? or is there any where i might find the driver for it?

And you can get the network manager......

Type this command:

sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-gnome

And then go to Settings->Autostarted Applications:
  - click "+ Add"
  - type in these values:
   - name = "network applet"
   - command = "nm-applet --sm-disable &"

After which you should have the computer icon on the top right corner.

Go there, left click with your mouse, choose manual configuration and give your password.
Check if the wireless card is listed. If it is select it, click on properties and tell me what it says.

I installed it and it says it installed but there is no icon in the top right hand corner all i have is the clock and a battery logo

Can i add in by going add+ and adding somthing to the menu??

Did you follow these instructions:

Go to Settings->Autostarted Applications:
  - click "+ Add"
  - type in these values:
   - name = "network applet"
   - command = "nm-applet --sm-disable &"

I don't have Xubuntu, so I don't know if they are correct.

I understand that its hard for you but you are doing a great job!!!

And the code is in there but nothing is showing in the right hand corner

In the meantime I've been looking for information about your card.
The Marvell chipset is indeed not supported by open source drivers, however, there is a workaround solution using proprietary drivers and ndiswrapper.
First of all you need to install the ndiswrapper:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

After this you insert the CD which was together with the wireless card in your CD rom drive (I assume cdrom0). After the automounting, open a terminal and give these commands:

cd /media/cdrom0
ls -l

Check that these 3 drivers are there (lsbcmnds.inf, lsipnds.inf, wmp11nds.inf) otherwise search the right directory with the cd command.

Once you find them give this command:

sudo ndiswrapper -i lsbcmnds.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -i lsipnds.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -i wmp11nds.inf

Check that these were loaded with this command:

sudo ndiswrapper -l

The output should be something like this:

Installed drivers:
lsbcmnds driver installed
lsipnds driver installed, hardware present
wmp11nds driver installed

Lets do these steps first. After this there is still some configuration to be done.

There is also a nice gui which you can use with ndiswrapper. You can download it with:

sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

And my apologies for the name of the drivers I gave you before. They are not correct. I need to check for the correct ones.

The name for the driver should be mrv8335.inf
Let me know what .inf you will see on the CD. If you don't have the CD you can download them from here:

http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/result.jsp?selected=6&sort=effdt&sku=3CRGPC10075&order=desc

Be aware that this is a windows executable.

I have not got the disk well i am looking but cant find it!! what can i do with teh exe file on the linux? can i run it in someway to get the files i need or should i keep hunting for the disk???

Thanks again

Jamie

Right i found the disk adn in it the only file i can find which seems to be the driver is mrv8335x.inf
how do i load that up or do what ever i need to do with it?

Ok me again found the right file but when i try thr command sudo ndiswrapper -i mrv8335.inf

it says

installing mrv8335
couldn't open mrv8335.inf: no such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 174.

What does that mean

Right again i keep looking through and i found at the bottom of the system menu wireless netowrk drivers an option i opened it and the list is clear so i click install new driver!! I find the file and click install but as i do it comes up with the message:

Driver driver is already installed

the second driver is in bold and i only have a ok button!!

Where do i go from here?

First of all,
insert the CD you found in your CD rom drive (I assume cdrom0). After the automounting, open a terminal and give these commands:

cd /media/cdrom0
ls -l

tell me the result.
Let me also see if you have other drivers already loaded which may conflict wiith this one.
Paste here the output of the command:

lsmod

jamie@dell02:~$ cd /media/cdrom0
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$ ls -l
total 116
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1078 2005-05-10 02:42 3Com.ico
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 46 2005-05-16 09:36 autorun.inf
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 06:02 Driver
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 06:02 QIG
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 13:09 Release
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 110592 2005-06-13 10:55 Setup.exe
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$

is what i get what do i type in after that? the file is in driver>win8xme

I ran the code from before to install the driver and i go this:

jamie@dell02:~$ cd /media/cdrom0
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$ ls -l
total 116
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1078 2005-05-10 02:42 3Com.ico
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 46 2005-05-16 09:36 autorun.inf
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 06:02 Driver
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 06:02 QIG
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 13:09 Release
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 110592 2005-06-13 10:55 Setup.exe
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$ sudo ndiswrapper -i mrv8335.inf
Password:
driver mrv8335 is already installed
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$

type:

cd Driver && ls -l

and paste the output here.

jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0$ cd Driver && ls -l
total 4
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 06:02 Win2kXP
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2005-06-16 06:02 Win9xMe
jamie@dell02:/media/cdrom0/Driver$

OK, so you managed to install the driver. Make sure there are no other .inf files where mrv8335.inf was.

In the folder there is not but it the win2kXP folder there is a.inf would that be a problem?

Now paste here the output of these commands:

sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -m
iwconfig

Sudo ndiswrapper -l reads:

jamie@dell02:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
mrv8335 : invalid driver!
mrv8335x : invalid driver!

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper seems to do nothing it just dropped down like shown below:

jamie@dell02:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
jamie@dell02:~$

sudo ndiswrapper -m

jamie@dell02:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

and the iwconfig reads:

jamie@dell02:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Thanks

OK, give me the output of an lsmod command.

jamie@dell02:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nfsd 218992 13
exportfs 6912 1 nfsd
nfs 240876 0
lockd 64904 3 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc 161340 10 nfsd,nfs,lockd
ndiswrapper 194608 0
usbhid 26592 0
hid 27392 1 usbhid
nls_iso8859_1 5120 0
vfat 14208 0
fat 53916 1 vfat
usb_storage 72256 0
libusual 17936 1 usb_storage
nls_cp437 6784 0
isofs 36284 0
udf 85252 0
ppdev 10116 0
ipv6 268704 8
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9228 0
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_stats 7360 0
freq_table 5792 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 8200 0
sony_acpi 6284 0
tc1100_wmi 8068 0
dev_acpi 12292 0
pcc_acpi 13184 0
asus_acpi 17308 0
video 16388 0
ac 6020 0
sbs 15652 0
i2c_ec 5888 1 sbs
dock 10268 0
backlight 7040 1 asus_acpi
container 5248 0
battery 10756 0
button 8720 0
sbp2 23812 0
parport_pc 36388 0
lp 12452 0
parport 36936 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 10816 0
snd_intel8x0 34204 1
snd_ac97_codec 98336 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3200 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44544 0
snd_mixer_oss 17408 1 snd_pcm_oss
pcmcia 39212 0
snd_pcm 79876 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4740 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi 9600 0
snd_rawmidi 25472 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
pcspkr 4224 0
i2c_sis96x 6532 0
i2c_core 22784 2 i2c_ec,i2c_sis96x
sis_agp 9604 1
psmouse 38920 0
serio_raw 7940 0
snd_seq 52592 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23684 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9100 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 54020 12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8672 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10888 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
agpgart 35400 1 sis_agp
af_packet 23816 2
yenta_socket 27532 3
rsrc_nonstatic 14080 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 40852 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
shpchp 34324 0
pci_hotplug 32576 1 shpchp
tsdev 8768 0
evdev 11008 4
ext3 133128 1
jbd 59816 1 ext3
mbcache 9604 1 ext3
sg 36252 0
sr_mod 17060 0
cdrom 37664 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 23428 3
sis5513 14856 0 [permanent]
generic 5124 0 [permanent]
ata_generic 9092 0
ehci_hcd 34188 0
sis900 24704 0
mii 6528 1 sis900
ohci1394 36528 0
ieee1394 299448 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ohci_hcd 22532 0
usbcore 134280 7 ndiswrapper,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
pata_sis 14220 2
libata 125720 2 ata_generic,pata_sis
scsi_mod 142348 6 usb_storage,sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 14856 0
processor 31048 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42656 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9216 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon
softcursor 3200 1 bitblit
vesafb 9220 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8192 1 capability
jamie@dell02:~$

Now try with:

sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335
sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335x
sudo ndiswrapper -l

jamie@dell02:~$ sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
Password:
jamie@dell02:~$ sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
jamie@dell02:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335
jamie@dell02:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335x
jamie@dell02:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
jamie@dell02:~$

thats the output i got it had no message so i dont no if thats the result you were expecting!!

Thanks

Thats very good. Now, did you download the file with the drivers from the Internet? Remember, the Windows file?
If not, do it now, otherwise just go the directory where the file is.

I have the CD that came with the card and I have a downloaded version of it which windows file do i need and what am i doing with it

Go to the directory where the file is and type this command:

unzip -a 3CRGPC10075_08_18_2005.exe && cd Driver/Win2kXP; ls -l

right i did that and this is the output
jamie@dell02:~$ home/jamie
bash: home/jamie: No such file or directory
jamie@dell02:~$ /home/jamie
bash: /home/jamie: is a directory
jamie@dell02:~$ ls -l
total 7144
-rw-r--r-- 1 jamie jamie 6994432 2007-05-06 21:06 3CRGPC10075_08_18_2005.exe
drwx------ 2 jamie jamie 4096 2007-05-06 18:14 amsn_received
drwx------ 2 jamie jamie 4096 2007-05-06 21:07 Desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jamie jamie 26 2007-05-05 13:28 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content
-rw-r--r-- 1 jamie jamie 48228 2007-05-06 20:21 linux-penguin.jpg
-rwx------ 1 jamie jamie 239862 2007-03-26 16:57 MICRO1_1152_864.png
drwxr-xr-x 3 jamie jamie 4096 2007-05-05 13:06 WIFI
jamie@dell02:~$ unzip -a 3CRGPC10075_08_18_2005.exe && cd Driver/Win2kXP; ls -l
Archive: 3CRGPC10075_08_18_2005.exe
  inflating: Driver/Win2kXP/MRV8335NT.sys [binary]
  inflating: Driver/Win2kXP/mrv8335x.inf [text]
  inflating: Driver/Win2kXP/MRV8335XP.sys [binary]
  inflating: Driver/Win9xMe/mrv8335.inf [text]
  inflating: Driver/Win9xMe/MRV8335.sys [binary]
  inflating: QIG/DQA1007-5AAA02_20050818(Quick Installation Guide).pdf [binary]
  inflating: Release/0x0409.ini [text]
  inflating: Release/3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 54Mbps 11g PC Card.msi [binary]
  inflating: Release/instmsia.exe [binary]
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-rw-r--r-- 1 jamie jamie 265856 2005-06-16 20:06 MRV8335NT.sys
-rw-r--r-- 1 jamie jamie 21983 2005-06-01 14:33 mrv8335x.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 jamie jamie 265856 2005-06-16 20:06 MRV8335XP.sys
jamie@dell02:~/Driver/Win2kXP$ ls-l
bash: ls-l: command not found

well it added to the windows wireless driver option on the system menu and it also now says wireless roaming enabled in the network manager. But it still says not drive present in the windows wireless driver menu.

Nearly done i think

doing a great job

Thanks

ok, don't use the wireless driver option on the system menu!

Now type these two commands:

cd ~/Driver/Win2kXP
ls -l

OK right it now says

jamie@dell02:~/Driver/Win2kXP$

What now

Now type these two commands:

sudo ndiswrapper -i mrv8335x.inf
ndiswrapper -l

this is what it says:

jamie@dell02:~/Driver/Win2kXP$ sudo ndiswrapper -i mrv8335x.inf
Password:
driver mrv8335x is already installed
jamie@dell02:~/Driver/Win2kXP$ ndiswrapper -l
mrv8335 : driver installed
mrv8335x : driver installed
jamie@dell02:~/Driver/Win2kXP$

And who installed these drivers!? Don't tell me that Xubuntu did this all by itself .....

Type this:

sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335.inf
ndiswrapper -l

I think it is from earlier on while we were using several different things and in one of them you told me to install the driver back like ages ago is this a problem?

Sorry, the first command is only:

sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335

jamie@dell02:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e mrv8335
jamie@dell02:~$ ndiswrapper -l
mrv8335x : driver installed

Thats what i got

what now

I hope this is the right driver, but lets continue.....
Give these two commands:

sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

jamie@dell02:~$ sudo depmod -a
jamie@dell02:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

thats what i got is that ok ??

next step

now tell me the output of:
ifconfig
iwconfig

ijamie@dell02:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:AB:FB:1D
          inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:feab:fb1d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:2173 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1810 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2191514 (2.0 MiB) TX bytes:350011 (341.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:21 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:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5814 (5.6 KiB) TX bytes:5814 (5.6 KiB)

jamie@dell02:~$

and the iwconfig is

jamie@dell02:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Dell_WLAN"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:14:7C:B0:3F:58
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 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

jamie@dell02:~$

Now add these two lines to your /etc/network/interfaces file:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

and tell me again the output of the ifconfig command.

When I see add, add to the end!

jamie@dell02:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:AB:FB:1D
          inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:feab:fb1d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:2550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2153 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2457845 (2.3 MiB) TX bytes:403147 (393.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:21 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:77 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:77 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5909 (5.7 KiB) TX bytes:5909 (5.7 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:CB:C1:C7:7F
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2595 (2.5 KiB) TX bytes:328 (328.0 b)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:1c010000-1c020000

jamie@dell02:~$

Now, bring down the ethernet interface and up the wireless interface:

sudo ifdown eth0
sudo ifup wlan0

If you don't have internet, type these two commands and report back here:

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup eth0

If you do have internet type this command:

sudo ndiswrapper -m

and be happy.
Next time you boot you should have internet up and running automatically.
Since you have both cable and WiFi, each time you want to use one or the other remember that you have to switch with the ifdown and ifup command.

Sorry to be a pain but i did the ifdown and then the ifup and the internet would not run throught the wireless this maybe becuase i have a 128-bit WEP password on the wireless? Or it might not just be working so before i can solve my problem can you tell me what to do here?

Yes, if you have WEP you have to configure for it.
Do it with the command:

iwconfig eth1 key "s:key"

where key must be substituted with your ascii key.
If you have an hex key (for 128-bit WEP is 26 hex digits) type it in instead of s:key.

Sorry, eth1 should be wlan0 of of course.

iwconfig wlan0 key "*************************"
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.

i got that message i just replaced my code with stars

The key you set had only 25 digits, you need 26

sorry thats only a type-o cos i deleted all the characters and counted while i pressed the star key. I have tried it with WLAN0 up and down?

I dont understand the problem sorry

Paste here again the output of iwconfig.

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate=6 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 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

Try this:

iwconfig eth0 ap any

and check that the output of iwconfig shows a correct access point.
If so give the key.

Again, eth0 is wlan0 .... I think this is telling me it is time to go to bed.....

jamie@dell02:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate=6 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 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

it says not-associated with any access point why is that

Did you try:

iwconfig wlan0 ap any

Can also try:

iwconfig wlan0 ap auto

or

iwconfig eth0 ap 00:14:7C:B0:3F:58

Finally, try to give the key without the quotes, like:

iwconfig wlan0 key **************************

And finally, try with a:

iwconfig wlan0 commit

jamie@dell02:~$ iwconfig wlan0 key 128180D2CBDDFC514124CE46F7
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.

jamie@dell02:~$ iwconfig wlan0 commit
Error for wireless request "Commit changes" (8B00) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.

It say the same thing no matter what you enter and i dont now y? Am i write in think the WLan0 should be up for this?

Iwconfig and ifconfig say as bellow:

jamie@dell02:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate=6 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 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

jamie@dell02:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:AB:FB:1D
          inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:feab:fb1d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:7299 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6288964 (5.9 MiB) TX bytes:1226690 (1.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:21 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:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:17344 (16.9 KiB) TX bytes:17344 (16.9 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:CB:C1:C7:7F
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2671 (2.6 KiB) TX bytes:328 (328.0 b)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:1c010000-1c020000

wlan0:ava Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:CB:C1:C7:7F
          inet addr:169.254.9.128 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Interrupt:17 Memory:1c010000-1c020000

jamie@dell02:~$

U are a star mate

Thanks you!!!
Perfect cna i say you ahve been so helpful

Really thank youl

Thanks Cesare Tirabassi, that solved my question.