wireless connection

hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
any help. Don

On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:00:05 -0700 (PDT), 66oldgit wrote:
> hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
> card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
> to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
> and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
> any help. Don

Look in the system log

/var/log/messages

You can also look for information on the card at

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices

There's no "app" that can help if the kernel doesn't recognize the
hardware.

Bob T.

On 2011-06-06, 66oldgit <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the

Perhaps you could tell us which "card" it is. I presume you are hinting
that it is a wireless card. Which one?


> card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
> to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
> and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
> any help. Don

On Jun 6, 7:57*pm, unruh <un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
> On 2011-06-06, 66oldgit <66old...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > hi, got a desktop *which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
>
> Perhaps you could tell us which "card" it is. I presume you are hinting
> that it is a wireless card. Which one?
>
> it says WLAN 802.11g Cardbus (chinese generic?) obviously it works well with XP , and i am thicker than ----- so it may be simpler to swap machines/rooms, until i learn. was told to set up client as infrastructure enter ssid's and passphrase so will have a go Thanx for your interest. Don
>
>
>
>
>
> > card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
> > to work? *in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
> > and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
> > any help. Don

(2011年06月07日 00:00), 66oldgit wrote:
> hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
> card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
> to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
> and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
> any help. Don

You should use 'ndiswrapper' to detect your wireless-card and install
the driver of MS-Windows.

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Bob Tennent <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:00:05 -0700 (PDT), 66oldgit wrote:
> > hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
> > card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
> > to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
> > and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
> > any help. Don
>
> Look in the system log
>
> /var/log/messages

also, with ubuntu systems, in /var/log/syslog

In particular, see if there are any messages that point at a problem
with the card, or even a particular package that needs installing. The
other day I was helping install an openSUSE system, and the log pointed
out that fwcutter was needed (the chipset in question there was a
broadcomm -- and given how popular the various broadcomm chipsets are,
there's a good chance that's what you've got).

> You can also look for information on the card at
>
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices
>
> There's no "app" that can help if the kernel doesn't recognize the
> hardware.

winm33 <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> (2011年06月07日 00:00), 66oldgit wrote:
>> hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
>> card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
>> to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
>> and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
>> any help. Don
>
> You should use 'ndiswrapper' to detect your wireless-card and install
> the driver of MS-Windows.

I would strongly suggest seeing if there is a native Linux driver and
using it if possible. If that doesn't work, ndiswrapper is a good Plan
B.

On 2011-09-09, Joe Pfeiffer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Bob Tennent <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:00:05 -0700 (PDT), 66oldgit wrote:
>> > hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
>> > card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
>> > to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
>> > and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
>> > any help. Don

You need to figure out what kind of wireless card it is. Look in the manual of
your desktop for example. Then do
dmesg|less
in a terminal window and look through that if anything indicates a
wireless card. See if there are any problems reported.
When you discover which card it is, ask here again what the driver is
supposed to be for that card.


>>
>> Look in the system log
>>
>> /var/log/messages
>
> also, with ubuntu systems, in /var/log/syslog
>
> In particular, see if there are any messages that point at a problem
> with the card, or even a particular package that needs installing. The
> other day I was helping install an openSUSE system, and the log pointed
> out that fwcutter was needed (the chipset in question there was a
> broadcomm -- and given how popular the various broadcomm chipsets are,
> there's a good chance that's what you've got).
>
>> You can also look for information on the card at
>>
>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices
>>
>> There's no "app" that can help if the kernel doesn't recognize the
>> hardware.

There are already apps in the distribution which look for the wireless
cards and try to install the driver for it.

On Mon, 2011-06-06, Bob Tennent wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:00:05 -0700 (PDT), 66oldgit wrote:
> > hi, got a desktop which runs on XP or ubuntu. .11.04 cant find the
> > card. is there app to make it 'see' the card so hopefully i can get it
> > to work? in another room i can plug in by cable to my thomson router
> > and its auto. cant find this option forthe wireless card. thanx for
> > any help. Don
>
> Look in the system log
>
> /var/log/messages
>
> You can also look for information on the card at
>
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices

And importantly, run 'lspci' and see what the card itself claims is
its name. This usually works even if the kernel doesn't have a driver
for it.

/Jorgen

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