Gday Scott et al
We have a problem
output from lspci -v | less gives
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless
LAN Controller (rev 22)
detail here
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros
AR8121/AR8113/AR8114
PCI-E Ethernet Controller
OK,
I've just put 10.04 netbook edition on my eeePC 701SD. Surprise surprise, the
wireless doesn't work! I can see my wireless network, but when I try to connect
the icon indicates that it's trying, just never succeeds. I'm running WEP
shared
key (Iknow, I know... it's the lowest common
If memory servers me correctly I installed the linux-firmware-nonfree to get
the driver support for the kernel.
Cary
James Beake jamesbe...@moonmarsh.com wrote .. I've had a similar experience
with two netbooks (dell mini 9 and hp 1000). Honestly I can't say I did
anything to
I really should check my spelling before I post:-(
Cary
Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote ..
If memory servers me correctly I installed the linux-firmware-nonfree to get
the driver support for the kernel.
Cary
James Beake jamesbe...@moonmarsh.com wrote ..
Could you find out the model of wireless card which is really
important for diagnosing. Run the lspci you may have to do that as
root ( sudo lspci ) and that will pretty much just list all PCI
devices. If you see your wireless card on that list it is a really
good thing because it means the
Can we just back track a little...
When the Eee PC is powered up is the blue LED active? if not then the
wireless card has been disabled with the FN + F2 key combination. Also
as previously mentioned, double check the BIOS to ensure that the
wireless is enabled (default is not enabled)
As for
G'day Scott
Yep the blue light comes on, that's how I can see all the other networks.
Hardware seems to work OK, just won't authenticate.
If it's an Atheros chip, how come the kernel recognises it as Realtek? I wonder
if there was a chenge of chipset at some stage. This little monster has
The Realtek is the onboard LAN ;-)
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On 20 May 2010 11:21, Scott Evans sc...@vk7hse.hobby-site.org wrote:
The Realtek is the onboard LAN ;-)
I have a 701SD, and AFAIK it runs the ath5k kernel module (used to be
madwifi back in the 8.04 days)
vk7hse is correct - the realtek is the onboard LAN. I usually disable
this in the bios
