Questions tagged [wireless]
Questions about using Wireless connections in Ubuntu. This tag is not limited to Wifi only.
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HP Pavilion 15-e043CL AMD - Wifi not working
Just got a HP pavilion 15-e043CL from Costco for my kids. The laptop is supposedly preloaded/running Windows 8. I did not even try to load Windows.
I right away loaded Ubuntu 13.04 from a live CD (...
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Wireless problems ubuntu 12.04 edubuntu
I tried to go from normal ubuntu 12.04 to edubuntu 12.04 because I had some problems with my wireless connection. The problem still occurs in edubuntu, the wifi symbol says that I got signal but when ...
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Wifi Connection up and down Kubuntu 13.04
Currently I am using an ethernet cable.
The problem is that my wifi connection is up and down, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I get a list of networks to choose from and instead of ...
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broadcom 4313gn wifi adapter can't connect wifi 12.04
I have a HP sleekbook envy with a broadcom 4313gn wifi adapter, and i can't get the wireless adapter to work. I can see wireless connections that are available, but when i try to connect and put in ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 on Alienware M17x R5 [duplicate]
I've got an M17X-R5 with the Intel 4800 cpu, Nvidia 3d graphics and it came with 5g wifi and a killer ethernet card. This is to replace my ageing M17x R1 which until recently worked perfectly with all ...
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Problem with Ralink Wifi card
My laptop is hp probook 4520s and I have a wireless interface ralink.
After running lshw -C network, the results are:
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: ...
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Why doesn't my ubuntu 13.04 connect to wifi?
My computer was just able to connect a minute ago but after I restarted it can find WiFi signals and knows the password but won't connect. It's within range of the WiFi signal, but simply refuses to ...
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Wireless on Acer Aspire One & Ubuntu 13.04
I'm really new to Ubuntu, used it only a little 5 or so years ago and remember having wifi obstacles then too. I bought a crappy Acer Aspire One Netbook recently that came with Ubuntu on it, ethernet ...
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No internet access via wifi, pppoe & pptp [duplicate]
Recently i installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS;
I have a problem with connecting to internet via pptp client connection. I will connect to the wireless connection of my college then pppoe connection and then ...
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Wireless Network not Showing Up in Network List
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with GNOME default theme. After installation, I configured wifi and it was working perfectly fine. But suddenly after couple of days its not connecting to my network. The ...
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error while installind TP-Link "RT-WN723n" Driver
hello I am trying to install the TP-Link "RT-WN723n" driver but I get this error:
make: *** /lib/modules/3.8.0-27-generic/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2
please ...
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No wireless in sony vaio laptop
I have a sony vaio laptop with ubuntu installed. How can I turn my wireless on? In windows I can use fn+f5 keys.
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Is there a way to distribute Wi-Fi load across multiple adapters? [duplicate]
I have 4 wireless USB adapters, all of which are poorly supported by Linux. The connection is unstable, the USB dongles overheat at regular intervals, and the Wi-Fi adapters themselves often become ...
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Multiple Wireless Adapters, which is under using?
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 on a Dell E6410.
Dell E6410 comes with a default Wifi adapter: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200.
I additionally plugged in a realtek rtl8192cu adaptor
I can clearly see which ...
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Can't download anything
When I try to install usb-modeswitch for making a mobile-broadband work, Ubuntu cannot download anything. Even when I tried to install Wine, it failed to connect to the internet even though I could ...
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Unable to connect to wireless on 13.04
Network manager can see my home network and says strength is ok or even good, but won't connect. Sometimes it asks for my password repeatedly but usually it just tries to connect for a bit and then ...
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Broadcom STA wireless driver not activating
I just installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS and the STA broadcom drivers give me an error saying "Sorry, installation of this driver failed" when I try to activate in additional drivers
I know that the STA ...
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Installed Ubuntu 12.04, Wireless connected but no internet
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:54:bd:2a:dd
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 ...
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Ubuntu 12.10: wifi connected but not working (working on other devices)
All is said in the title. I'm on Ubuntu 12.10. I went on holidays for one month, where I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10. I just came home today, I turned my computer on, the wifi connected (same ...
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Is it possbile to load module compiled under kernel 2.6.x to a system with kernel 3.8.x
I have Marvell USB wireless driver src which only supports up to kernel 2.6.8. Now my system is Ubuntu 13.04 with kernel 3.8 and I can not compile the src under the new kernel anymore. I found the asm/...
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Prevent laptop from going to suspend mode [duplicate]
I want to prevent my laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04) from going to suspend mode(as wifi gets disconnected) while watching video(youtube, totem_player) and especially when downloading files from my ...
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Need help with chronic slow wifi connections
I have had chronic slow wifi connections on several networks for a while now, I think since my update to 12.04 when it came out. I have tried many of the tips and tricks already available out there in ...
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How do I fix a wireless connection in lubuntu?
I recently installed Lubuntu in a dual-boot setup on my Lenovo Thinkpad X131E. Everything works fine, except that wifi is extremely slow. I am unable to get a good connection even from a few feet away....
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Can't connect to specific WiFi with 13.04
Recently I have upgraded my OS from 12.10 to 13.04, its working just fine.
I was not facing this problem till today but I am not able to connect to a particular WiFi from the morning. I have two WiFi ...
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wifi disabled by hardware switch , ubuntu 13.04, lenovo g580
my problem is that I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo G580 laptop. now Wifi and Bluetooth are not working, it is showing "wifi is disabled by hardware switch".
I tried using dedicated key fn+f5, ...
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Cannot get Wireless working by any means on 12.04 (Broadcom Issues)
I am a linux newbie interested in getting to know my computer a little bit better. The last time I even tried linux was Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron). I am not scared of the terminal but I am not ...
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Is there a "quick reset" for the network connection?
When I move around with my laptop I frequently need to "reset" my network connection. What I do is
click on the "gear wheel" (upper right corner);
select System Settings...;
select Network;
toggle ...
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Lenovo e530 no wireless Ubuntu 13.04
For some reason my wireless will not work on my Lenovo e530. I am dual booting ubuntu and windows 8 and my wireless works in windows. I saw online that I should run rfkill. I did that but only ...
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Wifi with two computers with ubuntu not working
At my home network everytime I try to connect to the internet my two computers with Ubuntu 12.04 at the same time to the router via WiFi the connection fails. Only one gets connection to the internet. ...
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Aspire Acer V3-571G-9686: Wireless Issues
I've had the computer for around 4 months, so it's still relatively new. The core of the issue is that every so often I'll be booted off my wireless. Sometimes the wireless continues to say connected ...
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New to Ubuntu and can't connect to wifi
I'm pretty much brand new to using Ubuntu and for the life of me I can't figure out how to connect to my wifi network.
I have no idea what kind of information I should post. Browsing other similar ...
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Wifi disabled by hardware switch, but hardware switch doesn't help
Running Ubuntu 13.04, I have a problem with my wifi. When booting after a proper shut down, there's never any wifi connection. The system states
Wifi is disabled by hardware switch
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Nobody can use the internet when I turn on my computer? [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS along with an old Windows installation. Every time I boot with Ubuntu. Nobody can use the internet if the wireless is on. Windows works fine though.
How can I ...
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How do I get the right wireless modules to load at startup for a BCM4322? [duplicate]
I have been troubleshooting my HP EliteBook with BCM4322 14e4:432b wireless card. I am using Linux kernel 3.9 and I have almost found the solution. Reading on the Linux Wireless site, I found that ...
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WiFi is connected but internet not working?
I have a lenovo x230 running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I've been using it just fine for a while, but all of a sudden the internet's stopped working. It's connected to the router just fine (I can see the ...
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12.04 can't find one particular wifi
I've got the weirdest problem I've ever had.
I have a small HP netboox with Linux 12.04 installed on it. For info: HP mini 5103.
I've used it for weeks: it's always worked perfectly. On multiple ...
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Broadcom wireless device not detected in ubuntu 12.10 but does in the live cd [duplicate]
I have a dell vostro 1400. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 in it from live usb. I have tested from the usb and everything worked fine. I decided to install it to my hdd and after that my wifi device in ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 64bit - Wi-Fi not detecting any networks
First off, I am new to Linux/Ubuntu, and I barely know anything about it. I know this was answered on the web many times, but I tried all I could find, and nothing worked. There is no way I could ...
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Hostapd wifi AP [closed]
I am trying to start wifi AP with hostapd, followed carefully all of this instructions. For now, from my phone, i see network, i connect to it, but it stucks at receiving ip address and then just ...
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How do I resolve DNS issues?
This may be a completely stupid question, but here goes. I've been having issues with my network. This is not an ISP problem, since the internet works perfectly on my mac partition and on the other ...
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Connect button greyed out for Wireless Network Authentication Required menu
I am trying to connect to a network using the options:
Wireless security: WPA & WPA2 Enterprise
Authentication: TLS
I have entered values for my identity, user certificate, ca certificate, ...
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Ubuntu unable to detect 'Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless'
I'm trying the 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 on my new laptop to see if I'd like to get rid of Windows 8. The problem is that it's not detecting my wireless. It works in Windows 8, but won't work in Ubuntu.. I ...
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Can't get wifi connection over 150Mbps!
I'm trying to connect to my new router at a speed of 300Mbps. My new wireless router accepts 300Mbps in 2.4Mhz and 450Mbps in 5Mhz. I'm testing right next to the router and I get 150Mbps top.
I'm ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 connects to some wireless networks but not others
I installed 12.04 on a Lenovo Ideapad with a broadcom driver. It connects to some wifi networks with no problems. Although some others it keeps trying to configure and then disconnects and tries again....
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Wireless BCM4318 not working [duplicate]
I was just about to update, or activate (as its listed in the software) my wireless driver and the hole system crashed, i rebooted and now I dont have the driver listed anymore in my aditional drivers,...
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Huawei EC156 modem no longer detected after disconnected
I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 Raring. Now I'm facing a problem with my Huawei EC156 modem.
At first it will work properly but it will disapear from network-manager if the modem is disconnected ...
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Internet problem in Ubuntu 13.04
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04, and there is a problem with my wired internet
connection.
The weird thing is that it's not a driver problem, i guess, because it connects to my router, but does not ...
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Wireless connects to network, but there is no internet
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Asus M50V laptop. It connected to my wireless network, but there is no internet. I can see that laptop got its IP number and is connected.
ping command is not working ...
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Wicd Not Working
I really don't like the default ubuntu network manager. I like it to have more details and stuff about the networks around me.
So i wanted to install Wicd Network Manager. But when i tried to install ...
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Wireless problem: Once turned off won't turn on, does not show wlan0 [closed]
I am a linux newbie. I attended a linux intro. workshop and I faced this problem during the workshop even organisers were not able to solve them so I am posting it here:
When I run ifconfig command ...
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