Zane Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I've decided to install Ubuntu..version 8.04.1 My problem, I have to get my wireless working in order for it to be online...duh I'm reading a tutorial on how to setup my wireless to work, but the only problem is that most of the functions they call for are things like apt-get, apt-update, etc, etc, a bunch of online repository functions. This would be fine and dandy if I have an ethernet cable going to the router, but unfortunately the router isn't mine...I'm currently a Wifi leech so I have a desktop and laptop(which I"m installing ubuntu) with wireless. Now I can download all these extractables they ask me to, but I have no clue how to update apt ...and update the linux header kernels and such while offline.....Anyone have a clue? This is the tutorial I'm reading. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-516871.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 So I'm assuming I have ndiswrapper installed...I hope I can type sudo ndiswrapper and it doesn't tell me that it's not installed so that's good What isn't good is that I've installed a driver with it and apparently it's not working I installed a driver called bcmwl5.inf using the command ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf do I'm trying to delete it, but everytime I do I get the error Inappropriate ioctl for device I'm using the command ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 What's goin on?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Firstly, are you sure you need to go down the ndiswrapper path? Ubuntu should have native support for most laptops as far as I'm aware (I'm a Debian user though, not Ubuntu). Can I see the output of... $ lspci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Well I can't copy and paste but what comes up for my wireless card on that is Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Ok, it would appear you may indeed need to go down that road. My next question is what media did you install from? If you have a large dvd media it may very well have all the packages you require. I'll let you get back to me with that before I go into it any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Jesus chirst... what does this mean Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Correcting dependencies... failed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libperl5.8: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-12ubuntu0.4 is installed perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-12ubuntu0.4 is installed They both depend on the same package, but if I try to install perl-base with apt-get it tells me the newest one is installed already.. If I use dpkg -i to install it, it runs it's course and I'm just back to square one.! Also it tells me that libperl and perl are installed with the newest version as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 It looks like there is a Ubuntu flavor of Perl. Weird. Is there anyway to tell it to ignore dependencies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Well I fixed the perl issue....just a matter of getting all the dependencies Now I'm really confused though At one point I was able to type ifconfig or iwconfig and it would actually show my wlan0 card It would even appear in the nm-applet as Wireless Connection. Now I have done a fresh install, installed all the dependencies, installed ndiswrapper (yes, I have to use it) and my wireless card fails to appear in nm-applet, ifconfig, or iwconfig. If I run ndiswrapper -l It tells me that the driver is installed and the device (14E4-4311) is present...with alternate driver: ssb. This is my card Broadcom BCM94311MCG WLAN MINI PCI Any idea why the card isn't showing up? It was before and I didn't do ANYTHING different from what this tutorial told me. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-640890.html Besides the fact that I had to download everything manually, put it on a flash drive and use dpkg -i to install it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ok, so I've done yet another clean re-install of Ubuntu....Hardy Heron Only this time, I did it at school with an ethernet cable hooked up to the internet. And low and behold....I come closer and closer to getting it to work. As of now. My wireless light is actually ON. This is the first time it's came on since I installed Ubuntu for the first time ever. So I have done something right. Now my problem is this I can't see any networks to connect to. The laptop is directly beside me, I'm using a desktop as I speak with wireless...so don't tell me there isn't a network to connect to. I'm on it....in windows Any ideas why sudo iwlist wlan0 scan would constantly tell me no scan results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Have you tried configuring /etc/network/interfaces anyway and just see if it connects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 yeah I've added iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless-essid NAME wireless-key 1111111111 wireless-channel 11 and still I get nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ok, I've found something important now I logged myself into the wireless router I'm getting signal from, turned off the WEP-64bit encryption and then when I run sudo iwlist wlan0 scan it actually shows results.....Now I have no clue how to connect to them. I don't a Network Manager that I know of....ideas? Of course once I figure this out, I still have to figure out how to connect using a WEP key since this router isn't mine....I have to put the key back. Hopefully I'll figure it out when I figure out how to connect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Should be something like.... auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp # use if static # address 192.168.10.2 # netmask 255.0.0.0 # network 192.168.10.255 # gateway 192.168.10.1 wireless-mode managed wireless-essid NAMEOFCONNECTION wireless-key YOURKEY dns-nameservers 192.168.10.100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 You know, I didn't even add that at all..and I have no clue what I did I re-enabled the WEP key.... I scanned again....it still worked. and then miraculously my network monitor began to show the available networks I clicked the one I wanted and poof...it asks me for the WEP key. No clue what I did...I just waited....and it fixed itself. I'm flabbergasted. EDIT.. btw my /etc/network/interfaces looks like this now auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto wlan0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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