On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Adam Yee <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Forgive me for a lack of a tech vocabulary. I have: a laptop, dual > booting with XP and Intrepid, and connecting to a router wirelessly. > > My wireless connection is unable to connect to my modem/router (ATT > 2WIRE) thingy. Just last night it could, booting it up during lunch > it could not. Last night before shutdown, I did not install the 7 > updates (2 security and 5 recommended). Wondering if this has > anything to do with it. I have other networks around my apt. of which > some are unprotected. I am unable to connect to those as well. My > network monitor on the panel shows no signal strength on device wlan0. > > I can connect with Windows. > > My router's wireless LED is not lit up when in Ubuntu (8.10), but is > when running XP. The wireless device on my laptop is on. I've done a > look through with the configurations and properties and what not, but > I just can't seem to figure out how to fix this. > > I'm a new user to Linux and Ubuntu and I'm still learning terminal > commands and workarounds. I'm sure I've left out a lot of info, but > if you ask I can get it to you. Any pointers would be greatly > appreciated. Thank you! > > Also, would anyone recommend installing the latest driver @ > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download? > > Just though I'd point out to anyone who's listening: there was obviously something wrong with the updates. Has anyone noticed all the posts on this list since yesterday, with the exact same problem? Can't be coincendence... Hopefully someone can do something about this, or at least suggest a fix? Sorry to post without a solution. -- Christopher Stamper Email: [email protected] Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r Skype: cdstamper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
