how do I connect to my wireless internet

Part One
 ( wireless problem solving specialist here )

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure (in order to gather troubleshooting info):

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)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
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

Part Two

# Please try this Atheros driver installation procedure:

# First under System/Administration/HardwareDrivers, disable both the Atheros HAL and the Atheros wireless thing and then reboot.

# Then from a terminal type (press enter key after each line)

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install build-essential subversion

cd ~

mkdir madwifi

cd madwifi

svn co https://217.24.1.142/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

make

sudo make install

sudo gedit /etc/modules

# Now add the Atheros kernel module ath_pci to the list of modules to be automatically loaded at boot by adding

ath_pci

# to the end of the /etc/modules file. (Gedit editor automatically opens)

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

# Now add the following line at the end of the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file:

ndiswrapper

Now you can reboot and reactivate your wireless driver and reboot again and it should work.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Hi, i ask you some info usually asked from Mark Rijckenberg (the wireless specialist here)

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure (in order to gather troubleshooting info):

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)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
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

Thank you

Will,
I am using another computer to seek help, so I can't copy and paste lines.
I also can't connect with a LAN cable because I don't have one. Should I go ahead and try Part 2 driver installation? Do I need to be onthe internet to find the drivers or did they load with 8.10? Should I reinsert the CD?

go ahead and try part two but first disable your wireless drivers first and reboot your computer. it will be under System/Administration/HardwareDrivers. your wireless drivers will show disable all wireless drivers first then do part two once you are done with part two reboot your computer and enable your wireless drivers and reboot your computer again. i had the same problem your having and i did this in the exact order and i was able to connect.

I got the message "no proprietary drivers in use on this system"
Shall I go ahead with part 2?

sure go ahead with part two.

wait.............. before you do part two.... go back into System/Administration/HardwareDrivers ingore that message. i got the same there is a wireless driver under that message,there will be your wireless driver and on the very bottem will say "this driver is activated and currently in use" next to that will show "deactivate" click on it and click close and reboot your system.

Hey will I followed your instructions on the madwifi part and it work perfectly... Even though I didn't ask thank so much for your help. You are a blessing.

you are most welcome ptronic21

@marco and will:

I didnt know that each one is called a specialist here after being at the helm here from 2 years down the lane :-)

(because I think i dont fit here... If all are geeks... :))

Regards

Just install windows and all will be fixed.
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Question #65128 on yelp in ubuntu changed:
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Bhavani Shankar proposed the following answer:
@marco and will:

I didnt know that each one is called a specialist here after being at
the helm here from 2 years down the lane :-)

(because I think i dont fit here... If all are geeks... :))

Regards

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Hi Schoales,

I highly recommend buying an ethernet cable (LAN cable). It only costs around 5 dollars.

Once you have bought the LAN cable, connect your network card to the wireless router using the new ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

After that, 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)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
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 provide us with the exact model and make of PC you are using and post it on this thread

Regards,

Mark

annette@annette-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfo
[sudo] password for annette:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for annette:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for annette:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd16{a}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 254 not upgraded.
Need to get 757kB of archives. After unpacking 2,093kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe libhd16 16.0-1 [710kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe hwinfo 16.0-1 [46.5kB]
Fetched 757kB in 5s (151kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
(Reading database ... 114040 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-1) ...

Setting up hwinfo (16.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

annette@annette-laptop:~$ hwinfo --netcard
18: PCI 100.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139
  Unique ID: rBUF.SMQak7ZBX+8
  Parent ID: 6NW+.pbi2aV6ikBD
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "ASUSTeK L8400B or L3C/S notebook"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8139 "RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x1045 "L8400B or L3C/S notebook"
  Revision: 0x10
  Driver: "8139too"
  Driver Modules: "8139too"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0xd800-0xd8ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xfe8fcc00-0xfe8fccff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 20 (20443 events)
  HW Address: 00:13:d4:df:92:22
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008139sv00001043sd00001045bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: 8139too is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139too"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: 8139cp is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139cp"
  Driver Info #2:
    Driver Status: epl is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe epl"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)

23: PCI 103.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4318
  Unique ID: y9sn.PRz99XZQLt8
  Parent ID: 6NW+.pbi2aV6ikBD
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:03.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:03.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "ASUSTeK A6U notebook embedded card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4318 "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x120f "A6U notebook embedded card"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfe8fe000-0xfe8fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 22 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:13:d4:ce:c0:5a
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004318sv00001043sd0000120Fbc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
annette@annette-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

annette@annette-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:13:d4:df:92:22
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.2.11 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:20 ioport:d800(size=256) memory:fe8fcc00-fe8fccff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:01:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:22 memory:fe8fe000-fe8fffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:13:d4:ce:c0:5a
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
annette@annette-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
01:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev b3)
01:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0552] (rev 08)
01:01.2 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 17)
01:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 08)
01:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
annette@annette-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:a311 Syntek 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04d9:1503 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0461:4d15 Primax Electronics, Ltd Dell Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
annette@annette-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux annette-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
annette@annette-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] ff780
[ 0.129215] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.144863] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.842761] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.868186] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.868561] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.868853] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.869113] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.870970] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.873544] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.195261] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:03.0
[ 20.704931] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 23.857432] sdhci-pci 0000:01:01.2: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 17)
[ 23.949743] yenta_cardbus 0000:01:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1043:1117]
[ 24.267173] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 31.462336] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 31.462421] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 32.651250] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 32.651333] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 332.339038] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 332.339046] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 332.375522] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 332.375530] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
annette@annette-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.020973] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.466815] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
[ 0.467023] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 0.482799] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.487870] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 2.418423] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
annette@annette-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=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          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

Hi Annette,

Please create a separate question using this link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

Regards,

Mark

joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfosudo aptitude install hwinfo
[sudo] password for joshroberts:
artSorry, try again.
[sudo] password for joshroberts:
artoSorry, try again.
[sudo] password for joshroberts:
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfo
[sudo] password for joshroberts:
artSorry, try again.
[sudo] password for joshroberts:
Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd16{a}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 84 not upgraded.
Need to get 749kB of archives. After unpacking 2,114kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe libhd16 16.0-2 [703kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe hwinfo 16.0-2 [46.9kB]
Fetched 749kB in 3s (197kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
(Reading database ... 122144 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2) ...

Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ hwinfo --netcard
24: PCI 602.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4318
  Unique ID: y9sn.1jgFTWqeHhC
  Parent ID: qscc.hTSZxA6Z5F6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:06:02.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:02.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4318 "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x1355 "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc0204000-0xc0205fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 21 (53907 events)
  HW Address: 00:14:a5:7b:18:14
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004318sv0000103Csd00001355bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)

29: PCI 606.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139
  Unique ID: rBUF.qgZcz+lF1Y4
  Parent ID: qscc.hTSZxA6Z5F6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:06:06.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:06.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8139 "RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x30a4
  Revision: 0x10
  Driver: "8139too"
  Driver Modules: "8139too"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0xa000-0xafff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc020a400-0xc020a4ff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 22 (32555 events)
  HW Address: 00:16:d4:34:d2:43
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008139sv0000103Csd000030A4bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: 8139too is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139too"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: 8139cp is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139cp"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:25:9C:23:E5:F7
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=-40 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Rock Chalk"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000eda3b703f7
                    Extra: Last beacon: 310ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000A526F636B204368616C6B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD7E0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010138140001DD211B29FFFC67E816B4BFB102100074C696E6B73797310230006526F7574657210240007575254353447321042000C43535630314A3746313233321054000800060050F204000110110011576972656C6573732D4720526F75746572100800020084
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F4000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:50:F2:CE:57:70
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"MSHOME"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000019b87d9cebf
                    Extra: Last beacon: 720ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00064D53484F4D45
                    IE: Unknown: 010482040B16
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
          Cell 03 - Address: 86:0B:20:C4:2E:B8
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=0 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"rock chalk"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
                    Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 5237130ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000A726F636B206368616C6B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882840B160C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 06020000
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1B:2F:42:C5:18
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=31/70 Signal level=-79 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"VirtualSolutions"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000f6ae71fefc
                    Extra: Last beacon: 70ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00105669727475616C536F6C7574696F6E73
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010008FF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00037F0301000000001B2F42C518021B2F42C51864002C010808

joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:06:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:21 memory:c0204000-c0205fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:06:06.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:16:d4:34:d2:43
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=65.27.32.73 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:22 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:c020a400-c020a4ff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:14:a5:7b:18:14
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=10.42.43.1 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a37]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller [1002:4378] (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) [1002:5955]
06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
06:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8031]
06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:8032]
06:04.3 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller [104c:8033]
06:04.4 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller [104c:8034]
06:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 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:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f7c50] f7c50
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.210753] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.231551] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.350385] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.424569] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.494426] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.535515] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.540153] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-32 processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.540915] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.980355] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:06:02.0
[ 17.742324] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 18.622826] sdhci-pci 0000:06:04.4: SDHCI controller found [104c:8034] (rev 0)
[ 18.851418] yenta_cardbus 0000:06:04.0: CardBus bridge found [103c:30a4]
[ 19.173318] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.011419] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.218465] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.275357] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.275415] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.281728] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 20.470654] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
joshroberts@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"rock chalk"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 86:0B:20:C4:2E:B8
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

joshroberts@ubuntu:~$

HP Pavillion dv5000