Re: Getting started with 802.11
On Wed, April 8, 2009 10:35, Nick Rout wrote: > I have had no real problems with ubuntu/mythbuntu 8.04 or 8.10 using > atheros chipsets, using the standard network manager and no extra packages. > Indeed, I am using Mepis 8.0, which is based on Debian Lenny, and the stock utilities 'just work'. The key points are: * Ensure the correct module is loaded to drive your wifi chipset (sometimes there may be 2 or 3 that will work, so you migh tneed to blacklist one). * Find a wifi utility that you like. I used to use Kwifimanager, but knetworkmanager seems ok to me, and I have heard wicd recommended many times. * Be aware that the driver might not 'come back' after a suspend, or the wifi kill switch status may not be indicated to you by any means. For the Aspire One I added a little script that stops and starts wifi0 upon resume (I haven't found a utility to show the status of the kill switch). The fact that you have demonstrated the wifi working on another OS is reassuring. You shouldn't really have to fiddle with it in Linux these days to get it going. In fact, Mepis worked remarkably well for me on my old ThinkPad with PCMCIA wifi, and my new Aspire One. HTH, A
RE: Getting started with 802.11
If the details help, I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on an HP Pavilion ZE4300; the wireless interface is an 'SMC EZ Connect' USB stick. From: zed...@gmail.com [mailto:zed...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Lowe Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 11:23 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Getting started with 802.11 We probably need more information... which distro? what hardware? If you are using ndswrapper then presumably you think you have an issue with drivers. That can be a b%^*ch. Google the specifics of your hardware. Ubuntu's network manager has issues with wireless. Try installing wicd - it solved all sorts of problems for me. - D On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Gauland, Michael wrote: If we haven't actually entered the modern age, we're at least standing on its doorstep, huddled against the cold and rain, peering jealously at the wonders within. What I mean is, we've finally been able to move beyond dial-up to something approaching reasonable network speeds, thanks to the folks at No. 8 Wireless. The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking wirelessly under Ubuntu. I've installed 'ndiswrapper', and the USB stick seems to be working. 'wifi-radar' reports finding the router, but I haven't been able to get a connection up. [In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I got it connected under Windows XP, but what good does that really do me? It does show the hardware works, though] Google, bless whatever passes for its helpful little soul, provides all sorts of hits for various combinations of likely-sounding search terms. Rather than trawling through the twenty-three-million websites Google believes (with perhaps an overabundance of optimism) are Just What I'm Looking For, I thought I'd start ask the kind folks here. So, any recommendations for an up-to-date, concise, 'wi-fi' how-to? Thanks, Mike ** This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you receive it in error: (i) you must not use, disclose, copy or retain it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then delete the emails. Views expressed in this email may not be those of the Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited **
RE: Getting started with 802.11
On a similar note I have a usb wireless card that I use for an old computer using knoppix and it has a problem detecting this at startup. No wireless card is detected and I cannot start it at all. Is there a trick to getting usb wireless cards detected? Once it is detected it should be no issue configuring and bringing it up. But does anyone have any ideas what I should do to detect it. -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 1:36 pm To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Getting started with 802.11 On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Roy Britten wrote: > 2009/4/8 Gauland, Michael : >> The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking >> wirelessly under Ubuntu. I've installed 'ndiswrapper', and the USB >> stick seems to be working. 'wifi-radar' reports finding the router, >> but I haven't been able to get a connection up. > > And what are you running? > > If any of the 8.10 *buntus, ignore all the out-of-date advice on the > Interwebs regarding installing additional packages. It often (based on > very limited personal experience and some Googling) Just Works if you > leave it as a standard setup and enable the backports repository. (And > update and upgrade forthwith.) Installing ndiswrapper may or may not > adversely affect your results. > > Roy. > Recommendation: use an atheros card if at all possible. They just work on linux. Unfortunately your laptop may have given you no choice of chipset, but often they are mini-pci and you can swap out a broadcom etc for an atheros based one. I have had no real problems with ubuntu/mythbuntu 8.04 or 8.10 using atheros chipsets, using the standard network manager and no extra packages. ** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council. If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the sender and delete. Christchurch City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz **
Re: Getting started with 802.11
2009/4/8 Nick Rout : > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Roy Britten wrote: >> 2009/4/8 Gauland, Michael : >>> The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking >>> wirelessly under Ubuntu. I’ve installed ‘ndiswrapper’, and the USB stick >>> seems to be working. ‘wifi-radar’ reports finding the router, but I haven’t >>> been able to get a connection up. >> >> And what are you running? >> >> If any of the 8.10 *buntus, ignore all the out-of-date advice on the >> Interwebs regarding installing additional packages. It often (based on >> very limited personal experience and some Googling) Just Works if you >> leave it as a standard setup and enable the backports repository. (And >> update and upgrade forthwith.) Installing ndiswrapper may or may not >> adversely affect your results. >> >> Roy. >> > > Recommendation: use an atheros card if at all possible. They just work on > linux. > > Unfortunately your laptop may have given you no choice of chipset, but > often they are mini-pci and you can swap out a broadcom etc for an > atheros based one. > > I have had no real problems with ubuntu/mythbuntu 8.04 or 8.10 using > atheros chipsets, using the standard network manager and no extra > packages. Intel wifi cards have Intel-written drivers in the Linux Kernel sources. They work perfectly too. I have an eleven megabit one you could buy if you want it. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
Re: Getting started with 802.11
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Roy Britten wrote: > 2009/4/8 Gauland, Michael : >> The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking >> wirelessly under Ubuntu. I’ve installed ‘ndiswrapper’, and the USB stick >> seems to be working. ‘wifi-radar’ reports finding the router, but I haven’t >> been able to get a connection up. > > And what are you running? > > If any of the 8.10 *buntus, ignore all the out-of-date advice on the > Interwebs regarding installing additional packages. It often (based on > very limited personal experience and some Googling) Just Works if you > leave it as a standard setup and enable the backports repository. (And > update and upgrade forthwith.) Installing ndiswrapper may or may not > adversely affect your results. > > Roy. > Recommendation: use an atheros card if at all possible. They just work on linux. Unfortunately your laptop may have given you no choice of chipset, but often they are mini-pci and you can swap out a broadcom etc for an atheros based one. I have had no real problems with ubuntu/mythbuntu 8.04 or 8.10 using atheros chipsets, using the standard network manager and no extra packages.
Re: Getting started with 802.11
2009/4/8 Gauland, Michael : > The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking > wirelessly under Ubuntu. I’ve installed ‘ndiswrapper’, and the USB stick > seems to be working. ‘wifi-radar’ reports finding the router, but I haven’t > been able to get a connection up. And what are you running? If any of the 8.10 *buntus, ignore all the out-of-date advice on the Interwebs regarding installing additional packages. It often (based on very limited personal experience and some Googling) Just Works if you leave it as a standard setup and enable the backports repository. (And update and upgrade forthwith.) Installing ndiswrapper may or may not adversely affect your results. Roy.
Re: Getting started with 802.11
We probably need more information... which distro? what hardware? If you are using ndswrapper then presumably you think you have an issue with drivers. That can be a b%^*ch. Google the specifics of your hardware. Ubuntu's network manager has issues with wireless. Try installing wicd - it solved all sorts of problems for me. - D On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Gauland, Michael < michael.gaul...@airways.co.nz> wrote: > If we haven’t actually entered the modern age, we’re at least standing on > its doorstep, huddled against the cold and rain, peering jealously at the > wonders within. > > > > What I mean is, we’ve finally been able to move beyond dial-up to something > approaching reasonable network speeds, thanks to the folks at No. 8 > Wireless. The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking > wirelessly under Ubuntu. I’ve installed ‘ndiswrapper’, and the USB stick > seems to be working. ‘wifi-radar’ reports finding the router, but I haven’t > been able to get a connection up. > > > > [In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I got it connected > under Windows XP, but what good does that really do me? It does show the > hardware works, though] > > > > Google, bless whatever passes for its helpful little soul, provides all > sorts of hits for various combinations of likely-sounding search terms. > Rather than trawling through the twenty-three-million websites Google > believes (with perhaps an overabundance of optimism) are Just What I’m > Looking For, I thought I’d start ask the kind folks here. So, any > recommendations for an up-to-date, concise, ‘wi-fi’ how-to? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > ** > > This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If > > you receive it in error: (i) you must not use, disclose, copy or retain > > it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then > > delete the emails. Views expressed in this email may not be those of the > > Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited > > ** > > >
Getting started with 802.11
If we haven't actually entered the modern age, we're at least standing on its doorstep, huddled against the cold and rain, peering jealously at the wonders within. What I mean is, we've finally been able to move beyond dial-up to something approaching reasonable network speeds, thanks to the folks at No. 8 Wireless. The next into the modern age is to get my laptop networking wirelessly under Ubuntu. I've installed 'ndiswrapper', and the USB stick seems to be working. 'wifi-radar' reports finding the router, but I haven't been able to get a connection up. [In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I got it connected under Windows XP, but what good does that really do me? It does show the hardware works, though] Google, bless whatever passes for its helpful little soul, provides all sorts of hits for various combinations of likely-sounding search terms. Rather than trawling through the twenty-three-million websites Google believes (with perhaps an overabundance of optimism) are Just What I'm Looking For, I thought I'd start ask the kind folks here. So, any recommendations for an up-to-date, concise, 'wi-fi' how-to? Thanks, Mike ** This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you receive it in error: (i) you must not use, disclose, copy or retain it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then delete the emails. Views expressed in this email may not be those of the Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited **
Re: my video card is possessed
Euan Clark wrote, On 07/04/09 17:27: Quick confirmation of heat issues before spending money - point a deskfan or hairdryer (on cold) into affected areas in your open case and Why cold? Hot would help make the problem reoccur... helps test the positive case as well :) I've generally left the slot beside the video card empty, and even leave the slot cover off to allow the air to move straight from front to back. -- Craig Falconer
Re: generalized Net slowdown - or is it just me?
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 23:47:34 Wesley Parish wrote: > I suspect, based on that minimum sample, that the problem is with the > Telecom copper network. 3400kbps here at the moment - ADSL with Orcon Rob
Re: generalized Net slowdown - or is it just me?
Quoting John Rye : > On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:43:57 +1200 > Wesley Parish wrote: > > > Hi, all > > > > This afternoon I was at the St Albans Community Centre downloading > some freely > > available music and other stuff, and I noticed the download speed was > at > > about 56 KB per second, when it usually is faster, usually about 80 > KBps and > > sometimes well into the 100-plus KBps. I shrugged it off as the > effects of > > being on a shared braodband connection. > > > > I come home to my dialup connection, and discover that downloading my > email > > from TelstraClear's Paradise.net.nz is at an all-time slow. At the > rate it > > is downloading my email, the Universe will suffer a heat death long > before it > > reaches a quarter of the way. > > > > It appears that the St Albans broadband and my dialup may share the > same > > affliction. > > > > Am I the only one? Or is this a universal experience? > > I'm on TelstraClear dsl and currently downloading a 4gb iso via ftp from > a > server in France. > > Throughput is varying between 20kb/s and 86/kb/s on a theoretical half > meg > bandwidth, and it's been this way since about mid-afternoon > > John > So it's not just me. The St Albans connection is with xnet, and my dialup connection - in Sumner - is with TelstraClear's Paradise.net.nz. I suspect, based on that minimum sample, that the problem is with the Telecom copper network. Wesley Parish "Sharpened hands are happy hands. "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press
Re: generalized Net slowdown - or is it just me?
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:43:57 +1200 Wesley Parish wrote: > Hi, all > > This afternoon I was at the St Albans Community Centre downloading some > freely > available music and other stuff, and I noticed the download speed was at > about 56 KB per second, when it usually is faster, usually about 80 KBps and > sometimes well into the 100-plus KBps. I shrugged it off as the effects of > being on a shared braodband connection. > > I come home to my dialup connection, and discover that downloading my email > from TelstraClear's Paradise.net.nz is at an all-time slow. At the rate it > is downloading my email, the Universe will suffer a heat death long before it > reaches a quarter of the way. > > It appears that the St Albans broadband and my dialup may share the same > affliction. > > Am I the only one? Or is this a universal experience? I'm on TelstraClear dsl and currently downloading a 4gb iso via ftp from a server in France. Throughput is varying between 20kb/s and 86/kb/s on a theoretical half meg bandwidth, and it's been this way since about mid-afternoon John
generalized Net slowdown - or is it just me?
Hi, all This afternoon I was at the St Albans Community Centre downloading some freely available music and other stuff, and I noticed the download speed was at about 56 KB per second, when it usually is faster, usually about 80 KBps and sometimes well into the 100-plus KBps. I shrugged it off as the effects of being on a shared braodband connection. I come home to my dialup connection, and discover that downloading my email from TelstraClear's Paradise.net.nz is at an all-time slow. At the rate it is downloading my email, the Universe will suffer a heat death long before it reaches a quarter of the way. It appears that the St Albans broadband and my dialup may share the same affliction. Am I the only one? Or is this a universal experience? Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish - - Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
