Questions about using Wireless connections in Ubuntu. This tag is not limited to Wifi only.
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Broadcom Wireless BCM4313 on 12.04 LTS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
Can’t connect to any wireless connection after updating
Using wireless successfully on 2 DELL VOSTRO 3500 ...
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How do I get a Broadcom BCM43225 wireless card working?
I updated my 12.04 today and it broke my wireless connection on Acer Aspire 5942G.
isa@ubuntu: iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
isa@ubuntu: lspci|grep ...
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Wifi connected but no data transfer: “ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available”
I have a Desktop which runs on Windows XP and a laptop which runs in Ubuntu 12.04.
Recently I have set up a wireless router in order to be able to access internet on my laptop through wifi. The ...
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Wifi and Ethernet connectivity problems after upgrading to 12.04
I upgraded recently to ubuntu 12.04 from 11.10, and since then I haven't been able to connect to Internet, neither using wifi, nor using ethernet.
I've been reading many posts, but not finding a ...
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How do i configure universal USB modems (e.g. iBall 3.5G Connect)
There is no user guide with this USB modem for linux installation and it is not detected automatically in Ubuntu 11.10. Help.
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How to stop constantly blinking Wifi LED?
I have a Dell E6510 and after installing Ubuntu and connecting to a wireless network, my Wifi LED keeps blinking all the time, probably in response to traffic.
This is really annoying because it ...
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Create a wifi hotspot using my desktop
My desktop has a fast wired connection and I would like to set up a sort of "wifi hotspot" that allows mobile devices to connect to my pc and share this fast connection. How would I go about doing ...
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Disable wireless on startup
I use Ubuntu 10.04 and I see, that every time when I start it enables Wireless Connectivity.
I know, that there is a topic about it on Ubuntu forums, but I think I will get old before I get an answer ...
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How can I prevent iwconfig power management from being turned on?
I am affected by this bug: 869502.
A workaround which seems to stop the kernel panics for me is to disable wlan0 power management:
sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off
However it seems to automatically ...
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Slow wireless with an Intel 4965
I just installed 12.04LTS and the wifi became extremely slow.
When I booted back to windows the wifi became normal again.
This happened the first time when I upgraded 10.10 to 11.04, so I stopped ...
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Get rid of 0.5s latency when playing audio over Bluetooth with A2DP
As described in the title I experience a half a second delay when playing audio over Bluetooth with A2DP.
This makes watching movies not possible as the sound is not synchronised with the video.
I'm ...
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Wireless connection is lost periodically and without apparent reason and is quickly reestablished on a BCM4312
My wireless connection has lost stability after I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04. It used to remain connected for as long as there was signal, but now I get periodic disconnects which ...
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Upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 loses keyboard and mouse
I just upgraded my Ubuntu to 12.04, and somehow its lost keyboard and mouse support, Logitech EX110 Cordless, preventing me from logging in, both the main and recovery mode won't respond to any keys ...
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AR9285 Wifi on Lenovo z570 not enabled
Help please. Installed ubuntu 11.10 32bit on lenovo ideapad z570. When choosing Network Manager > Enable Wireless nothing happens. WiFi not enabling
Tried the response of Wireless problems with ...
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System freeze caused by ath9k driver
I have had this issue with 10.04, 10.10, but I was able to solve it by custom compiling the driver from recent sources. And I had to re-compile, very painfully, whenever there was a kernel update.
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How to disable/enable automatically connecting to WiFi?
Whenever I restart my WiFi router, Ubuntu tries to connect to my neighbours' WiFi networks. There's over 30 wireless networks in the area. Ubuntu prompts me for the password to all of those. This is ...
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Wifi for Centrino Wireless-N 1000 Intel Corporation (HP pavillion dm4 - 2070us) is not working
I have a hp pavillion dm4-2070us in which has an Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000. The problem is that my computer doesnt show the wireless networks after i upgraded my system to ubuntu ...
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AR9285 Wireless (Yet another) on Acer Aspire One 532h-2676
There are literally hundreds of questions with people asking about this wireless device on askubuntu.org. I've spent about 12 hours trying to get it working, to no avail. It's time to solicit some ...
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WI-FI doesn't work (Hard Blocked)
Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 12.04 for the first time (I've always been a Windows user) as I was at the office and I had the Ethernet connected.
At home I only use WI-FI. When I started Ubuntu it ...
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Lenovo b570 Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 wireless doesn't work
prumar@bluelaptop:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
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Wireless is disabled by hardware switch on Dell Inspiron 1750
I have a problem where Ubuntu (12.04) says there is a wireless network card, but it is disabled by a hardware switch. How do I turn it on?
I checked the BIOS, and the wireless card is enabled there.
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Cannot install driver for a Wimax modem
I'm trying to run a program via wine. This is a wimax modem (Qubee bd) Green Packet uh-235. But when I click the qubeewcm.exe I receive the following error message:
runtime error(at-1:0):
cannot ...
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How to keep ndiswrapper configuration after reboot?
I've been using ndiswrapper on my old wireless card without any problem, until I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10. ndiswrapper is not included by default anymore so I installed it from the Software Center, ...
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How do I setup my ubuntu on a WiFi network?
I need to set up Ubuntu for WiFi network. How do I do that? I cannot see the name of my network listed.
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Could anyone help me get my NETGEAR WNA3100 (Broadcom BCM43231) wireless adapter to work?
I have just moved back to Ubuntu from Windows 7 and a few months ago, I bought a NETGEAR WNA3100 wireless adapter because my old adapter had broken. I plugged in my adapter and it doesn't seem to ...
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How do I install ra3290.bin wireless driver into /lib/firmware
I have a HP ENVY dv7 that has the rt3290 wireless card. A dude answered a question on installing the rt3290 wireless driver suggested upgrading the kernel to above 3.6.3, he then also said to make ...
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Broadcom BCM4331: “device not ready firmware missing” error
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I can't connect to my wireless network. My network doesn't even appear. I have a message it says:
device not ready firmware missing.
This is what I get when I ...
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How do I get wireless working on an ASUS Notebook U56E?
On version 11.04 Ubuntu I have access to my Wifi, but after I upgrade to 11.10, I can never get wifi at all. If I'm wired then it works, but if I'm not then it doesnt work.
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Installation of drivers for Canon MG5300 series fails…
I have a new MG5320 printer, and several ubuntu computers on my local network.
I am trying to install drivers to get them to work.
The ppa:michael-gruz/canon does not (yet) have drivers for the ...
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How to connect wirelessly in a cafe with 11.04
Wireless works fine at home.
However, at a cafe I am not able to browse Internet or ping 72.14.204.105.
I am able to connect wirelessly at cafe and ping router: 192.168.1.1.
Route includes:
default ...
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Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG stopped working
my wlan works right after i installed ubuntu 11.04, after several hours it just stop detecting my wlan. my wlan is an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan} Network Connection (rev 02). i downloaded ...
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Ubuntu on Thinkpad Edge 11/13/14/15
I think a community wiki on problems (and solutions) when installing Ubuntu (10.10) on a Thinkpad Edge 11 would be nice (because I just got one ;)). I'll contribute with my own problems and solutions, ...
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Script to setup Ubuntu as a wireless access point on a bridge mode
I use the following script to make my netbook a full-fledged wireless access point. It creates a bridge with eth0 and wlan0 and starts hostapd.
#!/bin/bash
service network-manager stop
ifconfig ...
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Enable Wi-Fi in Recovery Terminal
How do I enable WiFi from the Ubuntu 11.10 netroot recovery terminal?
After just 12 hours with Ubuntu, I managed to destroy my ATI fglrx drivers and now I can't repair them without Internet access.
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Wireless on an Atheros AR9285 is slow and disconnects
I installed Ubuntu on my notebook yesterday. All right except wi-fi connection.
I found wi-fi network (based on D-link dir-300) and connected. But it works too slow and disconnect every 1-3 minutes. ...
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Why is my Internet connection randomly dropping?
Ever since I have installed 12.04 (clean install not an upgrade), I have been having a drop in the Internet connection. The drop in the connection can be anything from 15 seconds to about 3 mins, and ...
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How to move wifi passwords to a new installation
I have an Acer Aspire ZG5 netbook which is currently running Jolicloud, but I've decided it isn't for me and plan to switch to Lubuntu or Xubuntu.
However, I do lot of travelling and have many saved ...
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Connecting to wireless networks from command line
I need to write a shell script which connects to one of the two available wi-fi connections. One is a un secure connection and the other is secure connection.
My question has 2 parts-
How to connect ...
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How do I install this patched b43 driver?
Recently I purchased a Macbook Pro that has a BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi card that does not work with the default kernel.
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
MacBookPro8,2
lspci |grep 4331
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Install restricted drivers in command line
I'm aware there's already been a question and answer regarding Nvidia drivers, but my case is a little different. My wireless adapter's driver is proprietary, and for a minimal install, I need a ...
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Scheduling StartUp and ShutDown
I use Torrents often, so I need to know how to make my computer start up and shut down automatically, Wi-Fi is switched on at six in the morning in my hotel and switched off at two AM. (I am able to ...
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Setting up ubuntu as a wireless accesspoint
I have an android phone which doesn't connect to ad-hoc networks. I use ad-hoc network to share internet among my pcs. I want to setup my ubuntu laptop as a wireless access point. But I don't want my ...
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dell inspiron 1545 wireless driver not working in ubuntu 12.10 amd 64
i have used mythbuntu,ubuntu 12.10 32 bit OS,they have all worked properly with the wifi driver which is apparently the broadcom 4312,then i deleted the linux partitions,rebooted with ubuntu 12.10 ...
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How can I load the standard wireless driver after I deinstall ndiswrapper?
since I have some problems with my download speed under ubuntu (see my other question) I installed ndiswrapper to load windows driver for my wifi card. Unfortunatly it didn't worked very well so I ...
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Network Manager or WICD?
A couple of years ago when I first began using Ubuntu I had issues with Network Manager and so I switched to wicd which works perfectly. (I forget the exact issues, but wicd solved the problems)
I am ...
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How to share my WiFi Internet via WiFi?
I am connecting to a WiFi network through my laptop in Ubuntu. Now I need to share my Internet connection with my wife's netbook because her netbook is not able to connect to that WiFi network ...
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How do I Install MythTV on a Lenovo S12 with wireless?
How do I install Ubuntu 11.10 and MythTV client on my Lenovo S12 (Intel Atom) laptop and use it using WiFi?
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BCM4311 Wireless Not Working with Drivers Installed
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my old Compaq/Hp Preario V3000 to replace Windows XP.
Every thing works fine except I'm getting no wireless network options in the network drop down menu. I'm using a cable ...
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No Wireless with Dell Inspiron 1501
I have a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop and I just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04. However, now my wireless card doesn't work whereas it worked just fine in 10.10 and 10.04. Any ideas? It works fine when I ...
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Need a few reboots to connect to wireless
I am running xubuntu 12.10 on my msi wind U100 netbook. I have a problem with the wireless connection. Whether the wireless connects automatically to a known wifi hotspot (both at home and ...
