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My Wireless doesn't work

Asked by Chuck

i have an acer travelmate 292LMi laptop. my problem is that i cant access to internet with wireless. here are the outputs:

iwconfig:

eth1 radio off ESSID:"SpeedTouch" Nickname:"paulkom"
          Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=off Sensitivity=8/0
          Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:7061-7373-776F-7264-0000-0000-00 Security mode:open
          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

ifconfig:

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:1B:49:6A
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xc000 Memory:d0000000-d0000fff

ifdown eth1:

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:1b:49:6a
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:1b:49:6a
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPRELEASE on eth1 to 192.168.1.254 port 67

ifup eth1:

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:1b:49:6a
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:1b:49:6a
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

iwlist eth1 scan:

eth1 No scan results

dhclient eth1:

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:1b:49:6a
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:1b:49:6a
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

i think you dont need anything else.

i have a SpeedTouch router and use ubuntu 6.10.
i cannot understand what the problem might be. thanks in advance

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Best Jonathan Clarke (jooooooon) said : 		#1

Hi there,

I can't tell you why your wireless connection now works if it didn't before, but I can offer answers for your other questions :

1) The /etc/network/interfaces file. If I understand your question correctly, you want to read and/or modify this file. You can do this in many ways : open the file from a text editor (in the menu Applications > Accessories > Text Editor), or type "gedit /etc/network/interfaces" in a termina, for example.
The format of the interfaces file is described in detail in the man page, type "man interfaces" in a terminal for more info.

2) The padlock icon on some Wireless networks shows that they are protected by some security mechanism such as WEP or WPA.

3) You can indeed activate both your wired and wireless network cards at the same time. Which one is used in preference is determined by your choice in the network manager.

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Chuck (chux-industryinet) said : 		#2

Thanks Jonathan Clarke, that solved my question.

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Chuck (chux-industryinet) said : 		#3

Well, some of the above is not from or about my effort to get wireless working. I did solve the problem by buying an Orinoco wifi card. How I got it to work is now forgotten. I think the computer just gave up the fight and started working --- once I had a wifi card that agreed with Ubuntu.

Yes, I am not a terminal person. I have no training or skills in the use of the terminal. I wish I did, but wishing doesn't count. I try. I still am impressed with Linux, especially Ubuntu. I try to read the forums and anything else to solve my problems. My new battle is getting my palm pilot desktop (or Linux equivalent) to work . Until I find some tutorial on the use of terminal commands, I can only copy what I find others doing. I enjoy a little terminal, but darn sure prefer easier ways to get results.

If I can make a suggestion, always remember to include the very first steps and details of the proposed solution. Do not assume I know the basics. I don't know. It is hard to do be that complete, but it is worth the effort.

 Another problem I'm finding, is determing if I am selecting the right answers during the software installation. I wish the install had the brains to find the answers rather than expect me to know as I end up guessing a lot. I do learn from this type of trail and error install, but would rather just get the program running.

Ubuntu is the start of something that will have major effects on computer usage. I respect and thank all who contribute.