Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything Sorry but you made me say this. WTF! :-) You were trying to see wireless networks without being sure that you have a network around??? /me nods heavily :-) Funny people! he he :) Please check with cli tools for any problem before reporting it :) -- Bhavani Shankar.R https://launchpad.net/~bhavi, a proud ubuntu community member. What matters in life is application of mind!, It makes great sense to have some common sense..! -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:29 AM, ramnaraya...@gmail.com ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: so is there anyway i can diagnose if my hardware has gone faulty ?? Just a little idiot-check because I know I have done this in the past - you sure the little switch to turn on and off the wireless card isn't turned off, right ? -Sanjay 1. type iwconfig. it must list down your Wireless interface if its working and all through. 2. You can also do lsmod and check whether iwl3945 is loaded or not. 3. Check your lspci output for your network controller. Just a curious question. If you are on Intrepid you should automatically be having network-manager as your default network manager to list and select wireless/wired networks. I am not sure why you prefer to this way round. HTH Aanjhan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
Just a little idiot-check because I know I have done this in the past - you sure the little switch to turn on and off the wireless card isn't turned off, right ? yep its turned on, also when its on there is a led icon that lights up -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:29 AM, ramnaraya...@gmail.com ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: so is there anyway i can diagnose if my hardware has gone faulty ?? 1. type iwconfig. it must list down your Wireless interface if its working and all through. iwconfig shows wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID: Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 2. You can also do lsmod and check whether iwl3945 is loaded or not output from lsmod iwl394598804 0 so i guess its loaded and runnin . 3. Check your lspci output for your network controller. Just a curious question. If you are on Intrepid you should automatically be having network-manager as your default network manager to list and select wireless/wired networks. I am not sure why you prefer to this way round. yes it does, but i like swscanner because if its turned on it remembers what all wifi access points it saw and it shows everything in a summary i like the watch iwlist command because it feels nice and seems reliable I guess my wifi is working and there is nothing really to worry about , except the lack of any wifi services around where i am thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything Sorry but you made me say this. WTF! :-) You were trying to see wireless networks without being sure that you have a network around??? /me nods heavily :-) Funny people! Regards, Aanjhan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything Sorry but you made me say this. WTF! :-) You were trying to see wireless networks without being sure that you have a network around??? /me nods heavily :-) Funny people! nope, i am still not sure if my wifi is not working properly or there are no networks around normally wifi networks come on through the day some time and i have now left swscanner on for about 4 hours to see if this is so. The diagnostics suggest there is nothing wrong with the wifi thats why i am para annoyed ;-) ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:29 AM, ramnaraya...@gmail.com ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: so is there anyway i can diagnose if my hardware has gone faulty ?? 1. type iwconfig. it must list down your Wireless interface if its working and all through. 2. You can also do lsmod and check whether iwl3945 is loaded or not. 3. Check your lspci output for your network controller. Just a curious question. If you are on Intrepid you should automatically be having network-manager as your default network manager to list and select wireless/wired networks. I am not sure why you prefer to this way round. HTH Aanjhan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
