Linux Ubuntu / Linksys Wireless PCMCIA card

[Raptor]

Hi! It's been a while. I know you all missed me and would like to do nothing better than hug me all day long.

Anyhow, I asked this question on the Ubuntu forums and they didn't answer me. Twats. Not to mention the Ubuntu website is constantly down.

 Anyone here willing to give it a go?

I'll copy the exact message, saves me a lot of writing.

By the way, don't expect me to be answering many (if any) posts made by others. I kind of grew tired of that 12000 messages ago. You'll understand.  Besides that, I'm rather busy with.. Stuff.. Oh, I noticed that GX1_man left. Hooray! Don't remember why I disliked him, but it feels right anyway.

Hello,

I'm trying to get my Compaq Armada 1750 to work with my Wireless WPC54G (Linksys) PCMCIA card

I've followed the instructions at WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide
and ended up at

“4.2.5. Driver looks ok, device disabled: Go to the ubuntu forums and ask, maybe someone else has the same laptop and knows the work around.”.


Subject:

Xubuntu XFCE 4.3.99.1
Compaq Armada 1750
Linksys Wireless-G WPC54G Version 3

Output:

laptop@laptop:~$: lshw
-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@02:00.0
logical name: eth0-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:14:bf:b0:1a:a4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.17-10-generic ip=192.168.1.10 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
resources: iomemory:12000000-12001fff irq:11
version: 02
serial: 00:14:bf:b0:1a:a4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.17-10-generic ip=192.168.1.10 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
resources: iomemory:12000000-12001fff irq:11


laptop@laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Comments:

WEP enabled, Linksys WRT54G EU router (V7.4). WPA2/AES works under Windows XP (And on the laptop under XP)

Any suggestions are much obliged! I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to Linux, actually, I had to look up a guide on how to mount a floppy drive so I could copy the output to my XP PC..
but I could continue learning if I got the wireless connection to work.

[Rob Pomeroy]

I noticed that GX1_man left. Hooray! Don't remember why I disliked him, but it feels right anyway.

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Is that your odd sense of humour?

For the record, GX1_Man is great.

[Raptor]

I meant GX2_man: GX2_Man

And I haven't got an odd sense of humour! It's perfectly compatible..

[Rob Pomeroy]

That's a relief.  

Re your wireless problem - firstly do you have a regular ethernet connection on this computer, and has you managed to get that working?  Are you using the very latest Xubuntu distribution?

[Raptor]

That's a relief.  

Re your wireless problem - firstly do you have a regular ethernet connection on this computer, and has you managed to get that working?  Are you using the very latest Xubuntu distribution?

No, I has not managed to get that working. The laptop is pretty old, it features one USB port and the only NIC I have for it is USB. I figured that if USB didn't work, I'd have just as much trouble getting my wireless to work. Is it important that I get it to work? I'll hook it up if it is.. That used to work fine under Windows XP as well.

And I am using the latest distribution which is 6.10 for Xubuntu.

[Rob Pomeroy]

No, I has not

Oh poo.  I'm ill and my proofreading has gone to pot.  

I would try and get the regular ethernet networking sorted first; that is easier to diagnose. If that doesn't work then it's unlikely you'll get the wireless networking to work.

Too many "work"s in that paragraph.

I don't remember offhand the command line tool for Ubuntu - something like system-configure-network - try it.  Aim to configure eth0 first and then try some ping tests.

[Raptor]

Alright, I'll try getting that resolved first then. I don't see in how its related, though. It's a completely different interface (USB versus PCMCIA).. But I'll get to it during the weekend and report back.

[Rob Pomeroy]

Just trust me.  

[Raptor]

Just trust me. 

Don't consider the delay in my response as a sign of lack of faith, Rob!

I finally had the time to reinstall Xubuntu (As I somehow couldn't log in anymore) and I hooked it up to the internet with an USB adaptor that was recognized during the installation and continued to function afterwards.

O.K. What's next, Rob?

[baldeagle]

i essentially have the same problem
did you ever get a resolution to change the state of the wireless card from disabled?

[Raptor]

Yeah, install Windows 2000 and leave Linux for what it is. Sorry, I didn't even get an answer on the Ubuntu forums, tried several suggestions I found on the Internet, no go.

[WillyW]

Yeah, install Windows 2000 and leave Linux for what it is. Sorry, I didn't even get an answer on the Ubuntu forums, tried several suggestions I found on the Internet, no go.

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baldeagle:   same suggestion for you.