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I can't browse the internet using awn154 wireless pc card

Asked by nator

I installed the windows xp driver mrv8000c and hardward present
:Yes
nator@nator-laptop:~$ more /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid itoanke2
wireless-key 22775f13c8eq197028f52bc569

auto wlan0

iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0

linksys WRT54G access point is connected to roadrunner cable modern, and what I am needing help with is how to get ip address from the dhcp.

Thanks

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nator (itoanke) said : 		#1

nator@nator-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11FH ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
          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

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#2

Try to assign a static IP address. DHCP support is having some troubles.

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nator (itoanke) said : 		#3

Oh! static ip address I also tried but got this

nator@nator-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11FH ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
          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

nator@nator-laptop:~$ more /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

iface wlan0 inet static
wireless-essid itoanke2
wireless-key 22775f13c8eq197028f52bc569
address 192.168.1.105
netmask 255.255.255.0

auto wlan0

iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0

I see also where the Power Management:off and how do I turn this on for wireless pc card

thanks

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#4

Take a look at this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs
It has a lot of information about WiFi.

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#5

You can also install network-manager-gnome or wifi-radar packages.

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