Problem with Intenet connection in UBUNTU

Question

Hi all, I just installed Ubuntu in my inspiron 8200, but I could not get to my wireless connection. Do you know what should I do to set up wireless internet connection? Is there a driver to install for linux?? I have window xp in an other partition and it works verry good .   Please help!

rupor · Answer

You can install ndiswrapper package and install your windows Wi-Fi drivers. Should be quite easy. Check http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/ to see if your hardware is supported.

Xbehave · Answer

ndis may be the best choice, but if you know what wirelss card you have try http://linux-wless.passys.nl/, its quite good for finding what works, what sorto works and what doesn't work

Daveski · Answer

@tiloda wrote: Hi all, I just installed Ubuntu in my inspiron 8200, but I could not get to my wireless connection. Which version of Ubuntu? 7.04 Feisty has the best support for wireless so far.

tiloda · Answer

My ubuntu is 6.06  , I did download ndiswrapper  (ndiswrapper_1[1].43.tar) but I dont know how to install it,  and I download Windows wi-fi driver (R46482)(true_mobil_1180) but since it's file .exe , ubuntu cannot run it when i double clic on it. Please help step by step , I like to go with linux . Thx

tiloda · Answer

Thank you candtalan!

candtalan · Answer

I confirm that version 7.04 is very much better and easier to use with wireless for a beginner. It would be worth trying to get this version even if you continue to try with version 6.06. good luck

Burnspot · Answer

I can second that 7.04 is far and away better with the wireless. On my two machines (XPS Desktop and XPS Laptop), 6.06 gave me fits with wireless, but 7.04 presented zero trouble.

Mr_bleu · Answer

Did anyone mention: System>administration>network>wireless device>properties ? You'll have to insert the name of your wireless network and in put the wep key. Once that's done it should show your wifi lit up.

Burnspot · Answer

I found that 7.04 found my network automatically; all I had to do was set my key and TKIP settings (using WPA-PSK). 6.06 wouldn't offer you more that WEP by default IIRC.

Daveski · Answer

ndiswrapper is great, but adds a level of complexity as it installs a driver that talks to the Windows driver for your card. If you can find a native Linux driver things will be much simpler. What is your card? Do you know the chipset the card uses?

tiloda · Answer

Hi, I did install ubuntu 7.04 from original cd. but still can't get internet. Could you please tel me what I have to set up to get intenet from wireless . thank you.

hotshotDJ · Answer

Without knowing what card you are using and what the nature of the problem is, (such as the card is detected but can't connect to network, card is not detected, etc) it will be difficult to troubleshoot this. If the trouble is getting the card detected, you will probably need to mess around with NDISWRAPPER -- this is for cards where the manufacturer has declined to provide Linux drivers. It is a pain the the neck, but it usually works pretty well. But lets start with this: Exactly what wireless card is installed in your system?

Daveski · Answer

Sounds like a Broadcom Mini PCI. There is a thread in the Ubuntu forum about getting this to work without ndiswrapper:   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405990&highlight=true+mobile

tiloda · Answer

Thank you all, the problem is solved. I follow this instructions http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405990&highlight=true+mobile then i install WIFI Radar My network has been detected , I select it , clic connect and set the key.   it works great. Now after this succes I'm traying to install beryl 3d desktop. if you have a link or any help, please reply.   thank you again

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