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> 1. Re: Wireless networking (Piers Harding)
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> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:04:41 +0000
> From: Piers Harding <piers(a)ompka.net>
> Subject: Re: [wlug] Wireless networking
> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
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> Hi - is that a PCMCIA card? For the internal mini-PCMCIA card that
> came with my laptop (AMILO - Fujitsu-Siemens 64bit also running on
> Ubuntu Edgy) I had to build the acer_acpi module to activate the
> internal aerial - might be a red herring, but you never know =>
> http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html
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> Cheers.
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Thanks.
No it is a PCI card for a desktop
Seems I was a little dyslexic, It is a NP542 card (not 452) The spec
sheet is here
http://www.netcomm.com.au/Spec_Sheets/NP542_SpecSheet.pdf
*David*
Hi
I am trying to get my wifes computer set up on a wireless network,
Ubuntu Edgy.
I have a Dynalink / Netcom NP452 network card 88w8835 (libertas) chipset.
I have set up the drivers with ndiswrapper.
All seems OK except access point not associated, as below
noi@noi-desktop:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11FH ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
RTS thr:2346 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key: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
Yes no signal shows up from the router (Dynalink RTA1025W) -- Linux
based apparently :-)
but doing a scan picks up two networks.
Mine is the first one.
noi@noi-desktop:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
Password:
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:E3:58:B2:54
ESSID:"Sompoi"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-91 dBm Noise
level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:off
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; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:78:F9:E5:96
ESSID:"TP-LINK"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-91 dBm Noise
level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:on
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; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
I have updated the router firmware, I am not sure what to do next.
Rather new to networking, particularly wireless.
Any suggestions appreciated
Regards David Bowen
I will be out of the office starting 28/12/2006 and will not return until
15/01/2007.
Hi, thanks for your email. I'm on leave until Jan 15. I look forward to
catching up with you on my return.
Thanks and Merry Xmas, Warren.
Haaa,
I got lucky also, Had a load to pick up on the 23rd in
Detroit, MI that had to deliver Boxing Day at Laredo TX So
I got to drive 720 miles on Christmas day. Got sent back to
Detroit so looks like I get the same deal for the New Year.
Ho Ho Ho
Seasons Greeting all
John...
----- Original Message Follows -----
> So who else has drawn the short straw and is working
> through this year?
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> Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas weekend - however
> you chose to spend it - and Best wishes for the rapidly
> approaching 2K7!
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> James.
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> --
> James Pluck
> PalmOS Ergo Sum
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So who else has drawn the short straw and is working through this year?
The cafe in the building is closed, the coffee is a barely acceptable
substitute for the real thing and the workload is normal only there's
fewer people to do it :)
However, it is not all gloom and doom :) At least I still have my
annual leave time for a holiday in the new year - that'll be cool!
I'm thinking somewhere warm and sunny with a pool or nice ocean to
swim in - around the time everyone else is shivering at their desks
*grin*
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas weekend - however you chose to
spend it - and Best wishes for the rapidly approaching 2K7!
James.
--
James Pluck
PalmOS Ergo Sum
Hi
First is to identify the modem chipset. You can do this visually or use
scanmodem from http://www.linmodems.org/
You unzip the file and make it executable by running the command chmom
+x scanModem Note the capital "M"
then run it ./scanModem
It will output to the home directory a file identifying the chipset and
where to find drivers, if available.
Also check out the Ubuntu wiki
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto
It was very good for setting up an Intel 536 modem "which is still
available"
Good luck
David Bowen
Hi all,
A friend of mine is trying to set up dialup internet on his computer
under Ubuntu (as a gift for his wife so she can keep in touch with a
good friend who's moved back to England - It's a surprise for
Christmas). He and I have done our best to get things going but no
joy.
The modem is reporting as a HCF 56K voice/data/fax but we don't know
the make as the computer was bought second hand with no supporting
documentation :(
Is there anyone out there who is adept at getting modems to work under
Ubuntu who could help us get this working? We discovered that the
Windows XP (original version - prior even to SP1) that is on the HDD
(we installed Ubuntu to dual boot) is a pirated copy so it won't allow
us to update the security patches and get things working under windows
in the meantime.
Any help would be appreciated.
James.
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James Pluck
PalmOS Ergo Sum
My view of these things is, no doubt, tainted, but when I got a used
machine with an HCF modem already in it and set it up for a friend, I
bought the Linuxant driver as the best way to get the thing going
quickly. Upgrading kernels since hasn't presented any problem--the
licence is perpetual, it seems, including upgraded drivers.
Also, I had some problem, the nature of which I can't now recall, and
asked Linuxant for assistance. I got it immediately by email and the
problem turned out not to be a driver problem. (Maybe it was a wvdial
problem.) However, the tech person, Jonathan, helped me sort it out over
a couple more emails, even though I acknowledged to him that I knew he
had no obligation to do so.
Leslie
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The forum also has a high-res image of the new cover, which has been changed
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to download the DVDs yourself, check it out:
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