Realtek 8198 (0bda:8198) wireless USB adapter not working in Ubuntu 8.10 - no wireless connection to wireless ADSL router

Hi Inigo,

let's see if I get everything correctly:

- you intend to use your phone as a wireless modem. In that case:
  -- which phone ?
  -- which phone OS (WinMob, Palm, Symbian) ?
  -- which provider ?
  -- can your phone be used as a wireless modem ?
  -- does Ubuntu recognize your phone modem ?
  -- have you configured your phone correctly to access UMTS / EDGE / GPRS ?
  -- can you access wireless directly from your phone ?

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

cat /etc/lsb-release
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC and your wireless ADSL router (if known) on this thread. If you are having issues accessing a 3G (mobile broadband) network, please specify the model and make of the 3G card and the name of the 3G network.

Keep in mind that one or more of the following 5 basic components need to be configured correctly so that wireless can work correctly in Linux:

Wireless configuration in the BIOS, hardware wireless switch setting, active wireless driver version, the firmware for the wireless chipset (stored as a file in Linux), and the configuration of the wireless parameters in wicd or NetworkManager (SSID broadcast settings, encryption settings, name of wireless interface stored in wicd, the chosen channel for wireless transmission, ...) .

Regards,

Mark

First in response to konq:
I am using my home phone line which has just been altered to run both broadband and VOIP.

I don't know what OS means - nor what the terms mean in brackets (as a novice I am not up on the lingo)

My ISP is iinet (I'm in Australia) which runs on a Tesltra line (so I keep my old telephone number for voip)

I have another computer using the wireless on this system - but it's using Microsoft - so no problems. No doubt if I went back to M. I would not have any problems with this computer - except that would defeat me being on Ubuntu!

I don't know what you mean about Ubuntu recognising the phone modem - the internet certainly works with it - I'm using it now but only with the ethernet cable in place.

Don't know what UMTS etc means.

Last question - answer as above.

Thanks.

Now for Mark's response: here are the results for the cut and paste -

yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"
yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for yeomans:
At this point I tried to paste' sudo lshw-C network' but it would not register in the terminal window.
 lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 004: ID 0bda:8198 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0d49:7450 Maxtor
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f2:b070 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$
 uname -a
Linux yeomans-laptop 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe230] 000fe230
[ 0.562669] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 1.296117] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.296390] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.4: found MSI capability
[ 1.650366] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.714514] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.773679] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.865097] No dock devices found.
[ 2.980509] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.220201] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.428439] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.532422] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.740412] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.036171] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.972178] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 5.979415] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 15.176233] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF7051 (04f2:b070)
[ 15.452243] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
[ 18.932369] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 22.748180] apm: BIOS not found.
yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.016497] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.411493] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 0.568046] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 13.796979] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input5
[ 13.800306] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

yeomans@yeomans-laptop:~$

 - PC is a Toshiba Notebook Satellite Pro L300. The modem/router is a Belkin 802.11g Gateway Wireless VOIP IAD.

 - 3G is for mobile phones right? I'm using a landline - the wireless only works around my home.

- As to last point - I don't understand any of it so can't give you an answer! Sorry, I'm a novice.

Thanks very much for your help so far.

Inigo

Hi,

Method 1
=======

First make sure your pc is connected to the wireless router using an ethernet cable.

Then open a Terminal and enter the following 2 commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install linux-backports-modules-intrepid

Then reboot and retest wireless.

Method 2
========

An alternative is downloading and installing the following drivers, if the previous method does not work:

http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2

using the following installation guide:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Directlydownloadingthetarball

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,

I tried option 1 and it set off lots of lines of codes and completed - but now I'm not sure what to do to find out if it worked. Should some icon pop up or do i need to look at something in Applications etc? Also I just noticed that Version 9 of Ubuntu is now available for download - so I started it but for some reason it got part way and the connection failed. I have not tried to continue until I find out from you whether that is a good idea while I'm trying to activate wireless.

Thanks

Guy

Thanks Mark. I think the problem was simply that I did not realise that to activate the wireless I had to first access the 'wired' icon (the 'double TV monitors'). Once I did that, clicked on my wireless login and entered the password the 'multi column' wireless icon activated - I had assumed that would have come up in the first place to enable me to enter the password etc. Now all is well and I am most grateful for the considerable time you expended to help.

Inigo