[wellylug] Wireless Network help

[Geraint M. Jones]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz [mailto:wellylug-
> bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 2:40 p.m.
> To: Wellington Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Wireless Network help
> 
> Geraint M. Jones wrote:
> 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz [mailto:wellylug-
> >>bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Steve
> >>Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 1:01 p.m.
> >>To: Wellington Linux Users Group
> >>Subject: Re: [wellylug] Wireless Network help
> >>
> >>Geraint M. Jones wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz [mailto:wellylug-
> >>>>bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Steve
> >>>>Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 11:34 a.m.
> >>>>To: Wellington Linux Users Group
> >>>>Subject: Re: [wellylug] Wireless Network help
> >>>>
> >>>>Jo Booth wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On 27/03/2006, at 10:50 , Steve wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>upon restarting the laptop after it was installed the wireless
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>network
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>card no longer works.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>Geraint M. Jones wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Try this command in a command shell
> >>>>>>>iwconfig
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>XANIVPXHB33:~# iwconfig
> >>>>>>lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>Hrm,  sounds like no wifi module loaded or no driver
auto-detected
> >>>>>for the card?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Is there any output in system log or dmesg that points to a
failing
> >>>>>driver?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Or is it just your wifi card is off? Check your laptop
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >documentation
> >
> >
> >>>>>- and make sure the wifi is on - and maybe try a reboot? (Don't
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>laugh
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>- I had one of them last week)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>What hardware spec is your laptop? what wifi card/chipset?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Sorry, hopefully someone can help further.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-Jo
> >>>>>[busy at work]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
>
>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >-
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>-
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Ok The laptop does not have a button to turn the laptop wifi card
on
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>at
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>all. When I first installed Xandros the wireless network card was
> >>>>working fine. It was what I used to download Service pack 2 off
the
> >>>>internet. Once it was all installed I was asked to restart the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>computer.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>It was from then that the wireless card stopped working
> >>>>
> >>>>Sorry about my terminolgy as I am new to linux
> >>>>
> >>>>The type of network card is
> >>>>
> >>>>pro/wireless 2200bg
> >>>>kerneldrivers ipw2200
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>--
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> >>>>
> >>>wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
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> >>>>
> >>>Hi again
> >>>
> >>>Launch->Applications->System->Administrator Tools->Cosole
> >>>type: modprobe ipw2200
> >>>
> >>>then: iwconfig
> >>>
> >>>and paste your results
> >>>
> >>>G
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>It just comes up with
> >>
> >>XANIVPXHB33:~# modprobe ipw2200
> >>
> >>XANIVPXHB33:~#
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> >I was after the output from iwconfig ;-)
> >
> >G
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Hey thanks for trying to help, I am finally running it using the
> wireless card now, after doing a bit of investigation I found out that
I
> needed to update the kernel through xandros networks.
> 
> I really do appreciate your efforts
> 
> Oh and I might as well ask you, I want to install Gaim though I am not
> to sure what one I would need to download for Xandros, I see they have
> different versions for things like fedora etc and numbers like i368
and
> i586. I wouldnt have a clue on what those mean or what I need to
download
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve
> 
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Use Gaim. Go to Xandros Networks and type it into the search. Its under
expert. (you may need to enable unsupported sites in the XN settings).

G