Aere, Thanks! Your info. let me solve the problem. caveats: 1) I didn't know that lower right icon was for Wireless. 2) No list of available WiFi connections. 3) Serious name problem with AT&T U-verse SSID, key, password. The right data was in the wrong slot. Does the same solution work for Belkin N300 wireless adapter? If so, how do I find & install the driver?
Dick McCullough > Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:03:40 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop? > > Richard: > > The fact that it notifies you that wireless networks are available > indicates the hardware is now working. > > I have never used any automated configuration, or the button on the > wireless dongle to configure. I don't know how to make it work that way. > > But I have always (once it gets to where it says wireless networks are > available), been able to manually configure the wireless. > > to do that, you first click on the wireless icon at the right of the > task-bar (it's a left-click). > > It then shows you a bunch of wireless routers within range of the > receiver it has detected. The wireless router you use (its SSID name, > which you can get if you look at the configuration you set up for your > wireless router). Click (left) on that one. > > If it is already configured, it will just connect to it. But where it > is not yet configured, a window appears, where you enter your wireless > (WPA/WPA2) pass-phrase for connecting to the network. If your wireless > network uses WEP, that's where you enter your WEP code as well. By the > length and content of the pass-phrase, it can distinguish between > WPA/WPA2 and WEP. > > If nobody is looking over your shoulder to discover the pass-phrase, > click the check-box for it to show you what you're typing, so you get it > right (you then have to click on the text-box where you type the > pass-phrase). > > Type in your pass-phrase, and click the button to process the data and > connect (I forgot what it's called - possibly "Connect"). You might be > able to just press the enter-key to do the same thing. > > It will 'churn' for awhile, and it should then connect, assuming you > typed the pass-phrase correctly. It should thereafter connect > automatically when you reboot, and are within range of that wireless > router. > > You can edit existing wireless network configurations using > Menu...Preferences...Network Connections, if necessary. I had to do > that when I changed long ago from WEP to WPA. > > I have a number of machines where I have to install b43-fwcutter and > firmware-b43-installer, and once I reboot after having done so, It works > fine for me. > > The way I get around the problem of needing to install the two packages > without Internet access, is I plug-in a wireless dongle not needing > those packages, and use that for Internet access installing the > packages. But you could always move the machine to within-reach of an > Ethernet cable from the wireless router. > > I hope that helps. > > - Aere > > > On 08/09/2015 09:20 AM, Richard H. McCullough wrote: > > I installed b43-fwcutter yesterday. > > I installed firmware-b43-installer just now. > > > > Output of lsusb is attached. > > Output of usb-devices is attached. > > > > When I uplug Ethernet cable, I get internet disconnected message. > > When I look at Interfaces, I see > > Bytes Received 0 > > Bytes Sent 0 > > Network Name (SSID) blank -- should be 2WIRE155 > > Bit Rate 0 Mb/s > > Transmission Power Unknown > > Mode Managed > > Status 0 > > Link Quality 0 > > Signal / Noise 0/46166446 > > > > When I reboot > > 1) I get upper right corner message saying > > WiFi networks available, use network menu > > 2) I push autoconnect button on Netgear WNA3100M > > 3) I have my Lenovo laptop logged on 192.168.1.254 > > Netgear WNA3100M shows as device e4:f4:c6:4c:5e:ce, IP > > 192.168.1.68, status OFF > > I enable WiFI Protected Setup, then Push WPS Button Remotely, and get > > "Errors" or "Successful Configuration" > > but in either case Netgear WNA3100M is not connected > > 4) back on my Dell desktop > > Network Settings show no DNS Servers and no Search Domains > > because of weird display problem with Ubuntu 14.04, I not sure > > if settings are really blank, or if my settings of > > DNS 192.168.1.254 > > search attlocal.net > > are still there > > Maybe manual setup would work (it did on Windows 8.1) > > but I don't know how to do manual setup on Ubuntu 14.04 > > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere >
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