Questions about using Wireless connections in Ubuntu. This tag is not limited to Wifi only.
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Is there a program to see channels used by wifi networks (similar to Vistumbler) in Ubuntu?
I need to see the channels used by all wifi networks in range in order to improve my wifi connection by selecting the channel to be used by my modem (a procedure related to the 'freebox' modem).
In ...
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Dell Inspiron 1525, Upgraded to 12.04 and have lost Wireless Internet Connection [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
I've just upgraded my Dell Inspiron 1525 to 12.04. Wireless connection worked before, but now it doesn't. I can't seem ...
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Dell 3721 Wifi problem Ubuntu 13.04
I have a Dell 3721 which comes original with windows 8. I managed it to install ubuntu 12.10 on this laptop, even there was no out of the box drivers.
With 12.10 I was forces to install this .deb ...
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Broadcom wireless 43142 conflict Atheros 8161 in kernel 3.5 (unbuntu 12.10)
I am exactly in the situation of this question. However, my wireless card is a different model: I have a dell vostro 3460 with an Atheros AR8161 Ethernet card and a Broadcom 43142 wireless card. I ...
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Is there a way to move passwords from “Default” to “Login” in seahorse?
When I reinstalled Ubuntu, I logged in on my wifi and authenticated with a password that seahorse saved in "Default". But I want that in "Login" so that I won't have to enter my password twice ...
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Wireless Driver for HCL ME (Realtek rtl8191sevb)?
I recently bought HCL ME with Windows.
I formatted and installed Ubuntu netbook version. I am getting wifi is not connection it looks disabled in network place.
My network controller is Realtek ...
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Belkin wireless 802.11g USB network adapter not working [closed]
Hello everyone I really am new to this Ubuntu thing. I am now running the latest Ubuntu and windows on the same PC. Wireless connections work fine on windows but connects and disconnects on Ubuntu.
I ...
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Need Drivers for D-link DWA 525 PCI Wireless adapter
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 32-Bit Edition. I have racently purchased D-link DWA 525 PCI Wireless Adapter. But i can't find the drivers for the adapter. I have been searching in internet for a while. Tried ...
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No Wireless connectivity after installing Ubuntu 12.10 on Windows 8
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux.
I have installed the Ubuntu 12.10 version on Windows 8. After installation, there is no wireless connectivity. I have searched the forums and tried things that have worked ...
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Toshiba Satellite C850, Wlan, rtl8188ce not working
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 onto a brand new Toshiba Satellite C850 64 bit laptop. Wlan does not work, Tries to connect, gives up after some time. $Windows7 works 100%.
There appears to be a problem ...
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D'Link Wireless DWA-140 speeds are crippled on 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit dualbooting Windows 7.
My issue is with my D'Link DWA 140 RangeBooster N Adapter.
Apparently it uses the RaLink chip.
lsmod | grep ^rt
gives:
rt2800usb ...
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My Lenovo Ideapad u165 wireless doesn't work
It really makes me ANGRY ! my wireless hardware is broadcom 4313 . ubuntu install it automatically but I can't use it . It says your hardware switch is off although it is on . after I use " rfkill ...
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Wireless does not work on HP DV6000 with a BCM4311 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working?
Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
wireless does not work on HP DV6000 with Ubuntu 12.04
i have been ...
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Broadcom 4312 wireless issues [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I know theres a plethora of other questions and some are "Solved" out there for this same issue but I've run ...
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Where should a non-administrative user save a CA certificate?
I have a CA certificate that I use to connect to a WPA2 Enterprise wireless network.
Where within my home folder should I store the .crt file? I don't see anything in the Filesystem Hierarchy ...
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Lost wireless mouse connection when laptop is on battery
I just bought a HP wireless mouse, but I'm having some issues.
The cursor frequently becomes non-responsive to mouse movements. I noticed that it only happens on my laptop when it is running off the ...
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How to stop wifi disconnection when eth0 link becomes ready?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on my laptop and connected via wireless lan to my home network.
Now I want to play around with my old wifi equipment which I need to configure first.
But every time I ...
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Cant connect to wifi on 13.04
Just installed 13.04 but cant connect to home wifi using realtek 8188 wlan adapter it keeps asking for password.
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Can't get BCM4331 wireless working right
I have Ubuntu 12.10 on my Macbook Pro, which has BCM4331 for wifi. It's been working fairly well, except I've been having a problem that the connection will randomly stop working. Ubuntu still says ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Broadcom wireless not working after b43 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
I have a Dell laptop. I was running Ubuntu 11.10 32 bit. During that time wireless was working fine. Yesterday I updated ...
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ralink 5390 card in laptop does not work after installing driver
I recently bought a HP g62x laptop for myself. It sports a decent Core i3 processor, 4 gigs of RAM and a 500GB HDD. It also came with Wireless-N, a real bonus because I am using a Wireless-N router. ...
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Broadcom open source drivers available in Maverick?
I have a laptop with a broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n wireless adapter and its using the proprietary STA drivers (perfectly), however I thought broadcom released open source drivers and that they ...
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Wireless problems with Broadcom BCM4313
I have a wireless problem with this wifi adapter. At first when installing my Ubuntu 12.10 the STA driver was working fine. Then my wired connection wasn't working. After installing the alx driver and ...
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Attempting to install netgear N300 Wireless USB Adapter on Ubuntu without a present internet connection
Hello Linux/Ubuntu world out there. I don't have internet presently on the desktop I am trying to install the USB wireless adapter on. This seems to be the problem, which if the hardware would work ...
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Atheros Wireless card shows up as two different models? [closed]
Hi I've been fighting these wireless drivers for a few days and just recently i noticed that the model the Wireless controller appears in lspci is different sometimes. This is the data i have after ...
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Disabling Network-Manager-Gnome wireless scanning when connected
How do I prevent the default Ubuntu Network Manager (network-manager) from scanning when connected on my Wi-Fi network?
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Wireless Lan driver for Toshiba Satellite C850-A823 PSKCCV-02300XAR
I have Toshiba Satellite C850-A823 PSKCCV-02300XAR Laptop, i had installed Ubuntu 12.10 as dual boot (windows 7 already working), after the installation i had noticed that wireless driver not ...
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Why has wireless disappeared after my 12.10 upgrade?
I just upgraded to 12.10 on my Lenovo B570 laptop. NetworkManager isn't displaying a submenu for wireless connections at all, even though I downloaded the update through the wireless connection. This ...
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Wireless roaming aggressiveness
I was wondering if there was anyway to change the aggressiveness of wireless roaming between access points of the same SSID in ubuntu like there is in windows, I often times find that when I walk ...
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04, my Broadcom STA Wireless driver is not working [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I upgraded my HP DV5-1000US Laptop to Ubuntu 12.04. But I cannot get it connected to the Wireless. I went through the ...
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How do I get an Intel Ultimate 6300-N working?
First off I upgraded my Wifi card from a ralink to a Intel Ultimate-N 6300 and also had to install a Modded bios so the computer would accept the wifi card. I can get my wifi to connect in Windows but ...
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how to find out if my card supports infrastructure mode?
My android doesn't see AdHoc networks so I cannot share internet to my phone that way.
I heard of making a network in infrastructure mode, and I am wondering how to find out if my card supports it.
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My BCM 4311 Wireless is not working. How can I fix this?
Hi I've spent hours trying all the suggestions listed on Forums on this problem all over the Internet and I still can't get my wireless working. It's very discouraging because it might force me to go ...
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edimax EW-7811Un USB wireless - sees network but fails to connect to it
Yesterday I got my first Ubuntu (11.10 32 bit) installation (wish me luck), and I ran into a problem with my USB network card.
I use a wireless USB stick by edimax (it is called IEEE802.11b/g/n nano ...
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Help set up Atheros ar242x/ar542x wireless adapter
I googled the problem and found this link:
http://sage.bt/tips/get-atheros-ar242x-ar542x-wireless-card-to-work-on-ubuntu.html
Unfortunately when I input the command into the terminal I get this ...
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Problems with D-link Dir 600 and my AR9285 wireless card [closed]
Since yesterday, when I upgraded Ubuntu to 11.10, I've had a very slow wifi connection. My route is a D-Link Dir 600.
With Ubuntu Natty all worked fine. In fact on the same netbook, I have Linux ...
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Cannot change soft block setting to “no” for wireless
My wireless works, but I have to right click the network manager applet and enable wireless on every boot which is annoying.
This is the output of rfkill normally:
x@Triela:~$ rfkill list
0: ...
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ConnMan not detecting already existing wireless network
Old title : Wireless connected, but no internet until I re-add network
Every time I boot my Laptop, it doesn't connect to Internet.
Although upon boot it does say "Connected to ", but when I try to ...
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How do I make Ubuntu system invisible to other systems on wireless network?
How can I hide my computer's presence from other system(s) on the same wireless network? Windows allows you to switch off network discovery (though I'm not sure if it affects the visibility on other ...
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How to change Function (Fn) Key behavior on wireless Logitech keyboard
I do have a wireless Logitech K750 keyboard (silver Mac version) connected to a Lenovo ThinkPad (via the unifying USB receiver, together with a wireless Logitech mouse M705) and currently running ...
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connecting to wifi internet using TP-Link (TL-WN723N) usb adapter with Ubuntu 12.10
I use TP-Link (TL-WN723N, ver:2.2) usb adapter to connect to a wifi internet using Windows 7. Its WEP encryption type network and using a security key i can connect to internet. But in Ubuntu 12.10 i ...
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How to install network drivers in Dell Inspiron 5420?
I am using Dell Inspiron 5420 (14R 3rd gen). Wireless and wired works fine in Windows 7, but I do not get any in Ubuntu 12.04. lspci gives the following data:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom ...
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Dell Vostro 2420 upgrade to 12.04.1 no wifi
I have installed 12.04 on a dell vostro 2420 (previously 11.10) and wifi is gone now but wired network remains. I've reviewed the other questions and tried some stuff but no luck yet. The following is ...
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No wifi connection with Atheros wifi card ar2143, gui only works in wired connection
So I've been having multiple issues installing both 12.04 and natty narwhal 11.04.
I installed from a usb drive both times exactly as ubuntu.com said to onto a custom build desktop with a Atheros ...
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How do I get a Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN card working?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 recently on my Toshiba c850 p5010;
However I can't connect to wireless LAN probably drivers are missing because the system doesn't detect any wireless network.
My LAN ...
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Wireless is disabled by hardware switch ,lenovo b460
santos@santos:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
...
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How do I enable the wireless card automatically without using fn + F5?
I have a problem with my keyboard and I can not enable my wireless because the fn + F5 does not work. I can enable the wireless card on Ubuntu without this key (fn + F5)?
OS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Lucid ...
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TP-LINK TL-WN821N automatically disconnects
I have a problem with my usb wireless stick (TP-LINK TL-WN821N) when I'm surfing on the net or something like that, so in every ~30 minutes I get disconnected from the internet, unfortunatly whent it ...
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My wireless card is stuck on channel -1 when I'm trying to use aireplay-ng
I have an Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35). I've put my card into monitor mode, started airodump-ng, etc. Even if I set my channel to 6 (happens to be the one of my access point) ...
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wireless network won't connect automatically
wireless network worked fine first time i set it up but when i rebooted it wouldnt start automatically. note that i used "sudo pppoeconf" to connect to my service provider
