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Wireless in Ubuntu 10 not connecting

Asked by Chintan Patel

No Wireless connection in 10.10?
I really do not understand anything about this operating system, but every "solved" problem does not make any sense whatsoever.
None of the gazillion fixes for wireless problems is working.

However, I can LOG OFF the internet, via pop up message, but I cannot connect to the internet?
I have tried wifi-radar, does not run. I have tried every possible Wireless combination of "wireless network." and "password"
NOTHING.
I have a built-in wireless card in my Dell PC, but the little "wifi" icon never lights up.
Normally, in windows vista, I push the WIFI key and a pop up tells me the divice in "ON"
That button does not work in Ubuntu.

I have looked at numerous videos on youtube, and they all take it that you already understand this environment.

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David Jones (dj) said : 		#1

   1. ensure you have installed package ‘bcmwl-modaliases’ : sudo apt-get install bcmwl-modaliases
   2. restart your computer: sudo shutdown -r now

That should work.

   David
   in TN

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Chintan Patel (patelch.rn) said : 		#2

Thanks David, I installed the package, but still no luck. I can connect to my unsecure comcast router, but still unable to connect to my secure wireless router from microsoft......

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

What encryption do you use (not all adapters can use WPA in Linux)

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Chintan Patel (patelch.rn) said : 		#4

*-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Wireless WiFi Link 5100
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:21:5d:03:ba:9e
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn ip=10.1.10.80 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
       resources: irq:30 memory:d0500000-d0501fff

I am going to log into windows and try and change the encryption to see if that works. Until then, here is the interface info

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Chintan Patel (patelch.rn) said : 		#5

I changed the encryption to 64K and my problem is solved. thanks a lot for all your help everyone!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

ok try this:

gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

empty the file and copy these 2 lines:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

Save the new file, close all browsers then re-run the browser.

Does the web work?