UNCLAIMED RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter not working on Toshiba C55-A5281 16 Inch Laptop in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Asked by Lori Larson

I can not connect to wireless I have Toshiba C55-A5281 16 Inch Laptop. I downloaded ubuntu 12.04. Some of my F keys are working but not all . I am NOT computer savvy at all. Hope someone can help

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What wifi chip does the system use:

sudo lshw -C network

Will tell you

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Lori Larson (loriflarson) said :
#2

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8162 Fast Ethernet
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:8c:fa:4b:df:05
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=alx driverversion=1.2.3 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.11 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:16 memory:c8500000-c853ffff ioport:3000(size=128)
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: ioport:2000(size=256) memory:c8400000-c8403fff

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

I think that Ubuntu 13.10 (64-bit edition) will support your laptop (Toshiba C55-A5281 16 Inch Laptop).

Please perform a clean install of Ubuntu 13.10 (64-bit edition) .

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/236497

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Lori Larson (loriflarson) said :
#4

Worked Thanks!

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Lori Larson (loriflarson) said :
#5

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.