 Unable To Scan For Wireless Networks, Linux newbie issues with his wireless card |
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 Mar 21 2008, 03:38 PM
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iwlist scan reveals: lo, eth0, and eth1 all do not support scanning and reports 'no such device' on eth1 When I do a iwconfig though it shows lo and eth0 as no wireless extensions. eth1 on the other hand it shows my wireless card: IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:any/off Nickname:"COMPUTERNAME" Mode: Ad-Hoc Cell:Invalid RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off Or at least I think that would be showing my wireless card... Problem is I attempt to: ifconfig eth1 up and get SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such file or directory If I iwlist eth1 scan it just tells me the device doesn't support scanning again. Any push in the right direction is much appreciated. |
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Mar 22 2008, 07:56 AM
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Try this link. It is what worked for me. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=6...;highlight=gilf
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Mar 25 2008, 10:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 14-May 07 From: Southern Illinois Member No.: 130,831 |
Unfortunately this old box of mine can't run Ubuntu.
Right now it's running OpenSuse 10.3. I've tried using the live CD and installing Ubuntu to no avail. Thanks for the reply though! :D |
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Mar 25 2008, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE(seedsofchaos @ Mar 25 2008, 11:51 AM)  Unfortunately this old box of mine can't run Ubuntu. Right now it's running OpenSuse 10.3. I've tried using the live CD and installing Ubuntu to no avail. Thanks for the reply though! :D Try Xubuntu. Uses the Xfce desktop environment instead of GNOME; XFCE uses the GTK toolkit but not the GNOME libraries. Canonical's dev team makes it look like Ubuntu but it takes up a lot less RAM. It can be downloaded here. This post has been edited by Foster Grant: Mar 25 2008, 02:23 PM |
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Mar 25 2008, 03:05 PM
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What kind of wireless card do you have?
I'm thinking that your Linux distro might not have the right driver installed for the card. I've seen it before where it will tell you what kind of card you have but it doesn't work properly because there isn't a suitable driver. You might want to check with your card manufacturer to see if they provide an updated Linux driver. -------------------- |
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