Questions about using Wireless connections in Ubuntu. This tag is not limited to Wifi only.
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How to Install a Broadcom Wireless Driver
I'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible. I'm a user with no advance knowledge in Linux, so I would ...
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How can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working? [duplicate]
Wireless was worked perfectly in ubuntu 10.10. Now I upgraded it to ubuntu 11.04. After this upgrade wireless is not working in my laptop, even "wireless connection" is not showing in network ...
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Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
As stated, I've just upgraded to 12.04 and my Dell Inspiron 1545 isn't recognising its wireless card and I was ...
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How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560?
I have a Dell Vostro 3460 with one of the new Broadcom 43142 hybrid Wireless/Bluetooth chips. Neither the proprietary driver (wl) nor the b43 driver supports this.
lspci -nn gives me
01:00.0 Network ...
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How to setup a wi-fi hotspot (access point mode)?
How to setup a wi-fi hotspot (access point mode)?
Point to be noted: Wireless hotspot aren't same as ad hoc networks.
Significant difference is there. In short, adhoc networks aren't
supported ...
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Wireless card Realtek RTL8723AE-BT is not recognized
I bought a new laptop with a RTL8723AE-BT wireless card, but it seems there is nothing that makes it work.
Realtek usually makes drivers available for its card, but this specific one doesn't have a ...
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My WiFi adapter is not working at all. Where to start troubleshooting?
On this site I see hundreds if not a thousand questions being asked about issues with a Wireless LAN adapter not being detected/recognized by Ubuntu. Some mainstream adapters appear to be utterly ...
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How do I setup an Icecast server for broadcasting audio in my network?
Broadcasting the output of the soundcard as an internet radio stream is a reliable way to stream audio in a network. This can nicely be used to e.g. transmit audio in a wireless LAN to another ...
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How do I get my Broadcom BCM4313 working correctly?
I've installed ubuntu on a Asus 1015 netbook. Everything worked out of the box except for the Wireless adapter, which i had to install with the Additional Drivers application.
It apparently installed ...
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Why is wireless down/strange after switching to battery or closing/opening the lid?
I noticed that, when I unplugged my laptop, or closed/opened the lid, my wireless connection dropped, every time.
I tracked it down to pm-powersave, and made it stop, see below.
This could also ...
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How do I get an Acer Npilfy 802.11 wireless card working?
My Laptop is Acer 5742G with "Npilfy 802.11 wireless".
I have both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10
Earlier when I had Ubuntu 12.04, the wireless was working fine, but after installing 12.10 wireless is ...
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How to set up Ubuntu as wireless accesspoint?
How can I set up my WiFi to be used as wireless access point on Ubuntu Server?
I have a local Ubuntu Server, it has a wireless card in it (802.11a/b/g/n) and I really want to set it up as an 802.11n ...
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How to share a wired internet connection via Wifi?
Can someone please help me with a complete step by step guide to share my internet connection (which is through a USB modem by ZTE) with my iphone 3G?
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How do I install BCM4312 wireless drivers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
completely new to Ubuntu. How do I add Wireless driver for my laptop? I am running a Dell XPS M1330. Right now its ...
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How to connect and disconnect to a network manually in terminal?
Since the network manager is troubling me so much I want to replace it (possibly wicd orNM from ppa:volanin).
I do not know how to connect and disconnect to the network through the terminal without ...
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How do I prevent WiFi cycling between connected and disconnected?
My friend has a Acer Aspire 5733Z-4851 it keeps disconnecting and connecting to his wifi but his hard wire will run just fine. Any suggestions?
All the codes:
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel ...
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Network manager asks for wireless password continually
Every time I restore my computer from sleep or turn it on a window pops up asking for my wireless password. Once I enter it it connects successfully, but this happens every time. I'm using Ubuntu ...
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Can't connect to any wireless connection after updating
I have a dual boot (windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04) setup and, for (apparently) no reason, I can't connect to any wireless connection on my ubuntu box at all. (on Windows it works.)
I think it stopped ...
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Dell Upgrade to 13.04 & 13.10 No wifi, graphic card driver and bluetooth Problem?
(Dell inspiron m5040 Upgrade to 12.04 LTS from 11.10 wifi wont work and has two bluetooth icons?) Old title of post!
No Wifi/Bluetooth Problem. "Both Fixed", see below comments for bluetooth fix and ...
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12.10 x64 - RTL8188CE - Intermittent/Slow Internet Connection
I have to reset my internet connection often to get it to work. When it does work, it's definitely slower than when I'm on my Windows installation. My computer uses an RTL8188CE wireless card from ...
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How do I get a Ralink RT3060 wireless card working?
I am new to linux. I was using fedora and now switching to Ubuntu for a try.
On Fedora my wireless network card was working OK from the OS install (I didnt had to do anything for it to work)
On ...
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Why is my internet so slow with an Atheros wireless card?
Since I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, my internet connection is as slow as hell. I have tested my other 10.10 machine and it is just as quick as the first one was.
What has happened? Why is ...
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How to share a wired Internet connection with an Android phone?
I have been trying to share my wired Internet connection with my Android phone. However I could not succeed in doing this. Has anyone of you ever succeeded?
Operating systems that I use are as ...
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How do I install a driver for an Atheros AR9285?
How to install the driver for Atheros AR9285 in Ubuntu 11.10.
Still no package for 11.10 according to this
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Atheros/AR9285
Here is the output of ...
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RealTek RTL8188CE WiFi adapter doesn't connect reliably [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
12.10 x64 - RTL8188CE - Intermittent/Slow Internet Connection
I recently bought a new system76 laptop which came pre-installed with Ubuntu 11.10. I've been having ...
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How do I get a Broadcom BCM4313 wireless card working?
I upgraded Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04, until which wireless was working just fine. After the upgrade and reboot, wireless is not even being detected (When I click the network manager icon in the top ...
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Wireless does not work anymore after software update with Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Latitude E6230 [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my DELL Latitude E6230, on first boot wifi worked properly but when I updated the software it stopped working. I can't figure out the problem...
The wireless network ...
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How do I fix slow wireless on Intel wireless cards? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix slow Wi-Fi on Thinkpads or other machines with Intel wireless cards?
After hours of searching the Internet for a solution for extremely slow WiFi connection ...
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How to fix slow wireless on machines with Intel wireless cards?
I have looked through all the previous questions but turning power management off for the Wi-Fi card didn't work. This problem seems to be with the Lenovo Thinkpads. I switched to Ubuntu 11.10 from ...
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Drivers for Realtek wireless module for Toshiba C850-A965?
I just bought a new Toshiba system, and before installing Ubuntu, I tried it out on a live CD. Unfortunately, Ubuntu doesn't recognize any wireless adapter.
$ sudo lshw -c network
*-network ...
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How do you get the Broadcom BCM4306 wireless card working?
I've done a fresh install of Natty 11.04.
I have a Broadcom BCM4306 wireless network card and it failed to come up. It said no drivers installed.
After a bit of reading, I installed the b43-fwcutter ...
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Dell Inspiron 5720 Wifi (Broadcom BCM43142, Ubuntu 12.10) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560?
I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 on Dell Inspiron 5720. Cant get wifi to work.
sudo lshw -C network:
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How to get a stable WLAN-connection with a Lenovo x121e?
I have permament problem when using WLAN with my Lenovo ThinkPad x121e. The wireless network adapter in use is this one:
lspci:
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ...
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Very slow connection on an Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
So my wi-fi card is a Intel 5100 AGN and so far doesnt works. if anyone managed to make it work give me any hint. Ubuntu user :)
tried disabling ipv6 - no result
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How do I connect to a WPA wifi network using the command line?
So basically, I'd like to use iwconfig to connect to my wifi network when I'm not inside X. But I just don't see a way to do it in the man page. Any idea?
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Wireless doesn't connect after suspend on an Asus K52F [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
No wireless after resuming from suspend?
I'm on an ASUS K52F running Ubuntu 11.10 with the AR9285 wireless card. Wifi works acceptably before suspending, after it ...
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Broadcom 4365 wireless driver with 3.4 / 3.5 kernel [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I used this package to install the driver on 3.2 Kernel and it was working perfectly.
Unfortunately the system ...
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Connecting Asus USB-N13 Wireless Adapter
I'm trying to connect my desktop (running 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04) to an Airport Extreme Base Station by using an ASUS USB-N13 wireless adapter.
I plugged it in, turned on the desktop, and the adapter ...
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Why does my wifi randomly disconnect?
Happens sporadically, in 5-20 minute intervals; as soon as I reconnect to my school's network (sometimes requires re-authentication), it works fine until the next failure.
When plugged into ...
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How to fix “ndiswrapper not found”?
I've been using ndiswrapper to make work some wireless cards using its Windows drivers, because they are not yet supported by free Linux drivers. Until Ubuntu 12.04.
Now, I can install Windows ...
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Share Wireless connection with Wired Ethernet Port
That's pretty much it. If I connect to the Internet on wlan0, how can I share this connection with a device plugged into my wired Ethernet port eth0?
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How do I get a Ralink RT3290 wireless card working?
I just installed ubuntu 12.10 on asus x401u, and after installation there is no list of wireless connection. I didn't have that problem with installation on HP. What I can do to enable wi-fi?
07:00.0 ...
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Broadcom STA driver doesn't work well with BCM4313
Following on from my other question about our new Samsung Q330, I've noticed that the wireless is incredibly flakey. It can connect but after a little use, especially if it does a lot of downloading ...
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Installing Realtek 8188 wireless driver fails
When I try and install the RTL8188CUS drivers downloaded from Realtek (using their install.sh shell script) I installed the drivers in 11.04 using individual commands to make, etc., and that worked ...
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How can I install and download drivers without internet?
I have recently installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but as in previous versions; I need a driver for wireless. When booting from USB, I could download and install the Broadcom Wireless STA driver: now I can't ...
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How do I get a Broadcom BCM4312 wireless card to work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I am currently using Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop , the model of my wireless chip is broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY .
I ...
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WiFi does not work, Broadcom STA Wireless driver does not work on a BCM4313 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I'm newbie in Linux and Ubuntu, but would like to improve my skills :)
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop ...
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Wireless with WEP extremely slow on an Acer Timeline 4810T with a Centrino Wireless-N 1000
I've upgraded an Acer Timeline 4810T to Ubuntu 11.10. Everything works fine except for the darn wireless interface (network manager).
I just tested the wireless interface over a non-encrypted signal ...
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No wireless after resuming from suspend?
When I resume my computer from suspend it doesn't want to connect to any wireless connection. It looks like it is connecting, but after a while it asks me to retype a password for wireless connection. ...
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Dell inspiron 1545 wired and wireless do not work
When I realized my wireless wasn't working with ubuntu, I plugged my laptop in to try and figure out the problem online - only to find it doesn't work that way, either. The problem isn't my internet/ ...
