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nice1returns
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WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

#20695520 - 10/13/14 01:13 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

I've bought 2 different things now both saying they work on Linux.

I've got a Cisco Linksys Wireless Router,
I plug it in, it works fine but theres no way of scanning for Wireless networks?

Also I have a USB WIreless N wifi adapter that came with the PC. The CD-ROM has an install folder saying Linux but nothing in it seems to work.

Theres makefiles .sh files and files with no extension.

I've been reading foir weeks on Ubuintu forums on this wild goose chase. I feel retarded can someone please help me, I just want to scan for wireless networks lol

I used to do this on my laptop and all I did was click the WIFI button in the corner - on the base PC it seems impossible no matter what I do, read or buy. I know its something stupid and retarded but my brain can't figure it out and now I want to hit my head against a wall. Please help lol :facepalm3:

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20696091 - 10/13/14 09:02 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

Sudo apt-get install wicd should do the trick PS you have to do
#iwconfig in terminal to determine the name of your usb card and change the settings in preferences in wicd for example. My internal card on my laptop is wlan0 and my usb card is wlan4 so go to preferences in wicd and it will tell you what connection you are currently using your and back that out and type in what ever iwconfig lists your wireless card as. It wil probably be wlan0.

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Edited by r00tuuu123 (10/13/14 09:31 AM)

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20700422 - 10/14/14 06:26 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

Can I use a wifi router to scan for and connect to wireless networks?

Ive got a WRT54GL that says its compatable with linux and rthe system picks it up but I don't know how to use it from there.

It allows a manual entry for wireless network but I want scan so I can use the free one here.

I'm sure thisa should be simple but it just isn't there. On my old laptop I justy clicked and all the wireless networks in range would appear. Ive got 2 base PCS here one with a usb wifi and one with that wrt router and niether of thewm seem to be able to scan for networks ?

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20702085 - 10/14/14 02:27 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

I PMed you a solution and you haven't replied.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20704636 - 10/14/14 11:53 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

nice1returns said:

Can I use a wifi router to scan for and connect to wireless networks?

Ive got a WRT54GL that says its compatable with linux and rthe system picks it up but I don't know how to use it from there.

It allows a manual entry for wireless network but I want scan so I can use the free one here.

I'm sure thisa should be simple but it just isn't there. On my old laptop I justy clicked and all the wireless networks in range would appear. Ive got 2 base PCS here one with a usb wifi and one with that wrt router and niether of thewm seem to be able to scan for networks ?

I dunno I use wireless cards myself you could always :google:

:google:

it.

:shrug:

BTW what USB card do you have?

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20712473 - 10/16/14 06:34 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

nice1returns said:

Can I use a wifi router to scan for and connect to wireless networks?

Would you use a radio to look for other radios in the area? No. You'd use your ears...

You didn't say what distro you're using. Is it Ubuntu 14.04? Some quick googling turns up that there was an autostart bug that prevents nm-applet from launching at startup. Connect your computer to the router with a network cable and run this command from the console:
Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

When that's done, disconnect the network cable, plug in your wireless adapter, and restart your computer. You can use the command sudo shutdown -r now if you want to feel like a badass. Cross your fingers and hope that you've fixed the problem.

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If that doesn't work, then do the following:

Unplug the network adapter. Open a console window and a gedit window. At the console, run this command: Code:

sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

Then, plug in the network adapter and look for new lines to appear at the console. Once they show up, use the keyboard command CTRL+C to stop the process. Now copy the new lines that showed up and paste them into gedit. Then, also copy the outputs of the following commands:

Code:

uname -a

Code:

lsusb

Code:

lsmod

Also, we should see the files on the driver CD. With the CD in and mounted, run this (I'm guessing at the location... Might not work):

Code:

for dir in "$(for d in /media/cdrom0/*; do echo "$d" | grep -i linux; done)"; do ls -l "$dir"; done

Post all of that output here. Please be organized about it so it's easy for others to read. Separate quote tags for each output would be nice.

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Edited by Bacchus (10/16/14 06:37 PM)

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20715457 - 10/17/14 12:32 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

So much for plug and play :smile:

:smile:

Ok thank you man,
I'm gonna try all this, the driver isnt installed for the usb wifi i established that but I have it on CD in some form, mostly makefiles and .shs which TBH I dunno what to do with them.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20715465 - 10/17/14 12:34 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

I appreciate the PM mate I really do but I don't let anyone access my PC remotely anymore.

Its not a judgement on you after being hacked and tortured for a year I'm just a little sensative to such things.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20715473 - 10/17/14 12:37 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

LUBUNTU latest 64bit amd version with updates installed.

Its picking up the router fine but I can't seem to look for wireless networks with it but as you say its not the ears :p I would of thought it possible though?

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

This is the USB thang with the CD with linux makefiles.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20715871 - 10/17/14 02:37 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

nice1returns said:

I appreciate the PM mate I really do but I don't let anyone access my PC remotely anymore.

Its not a judgement on you after being hacked and tortured for a year I'm just a little sensative to such things.

I was saying if you got on IRC I could walk you through the fix yourself. You still didn't show. IRC is a realtime chat program.

This is so easy to fix your making it hard because we can't communicate the commands in realtime with you. Get on IRC like my PM said and I'll walk you through the process.

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Why would anyone want Mac or Windows? Windows never quits shoving updates down your throat and Mac is just so expensive for the same exact hardware that's in a PC.

Go Linux.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20716054 - 10/17/14 03:28 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

I'm going to head outside for awhile but I will idle on IRC. It's 5:30PM my time, I will get back on at around 10:00PM to 11:00 if you want some help.

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Why would anyone want Mac or Windows? Windows never quits shoving updates down your throat and Mac is just so expensive for the same exact hardware that's in a PC.

Go Linux.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20718410 - 10/17/14 11:40 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

nice1returns said:

LUBUNTU latest 64bit amd version with updates installed.

Its picking up the router fine but I can't seem to look for wireless networks with it but as you say its not the ears :p I would of thought it possible though?

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

This is the USB thang with the CD with linux makefiles.

It's not the OS it's the card and the antenna. :psycrankey:

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I told you how to do it. :gc:

:gc:

You may just not be close enough. That ralink card should pick every thing up in range. So your looking at about 150 yards

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20718853 - 10/18/14 02:58 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

The issue is theres no driver on the Ralink I thought?

I have a driver CD but under Linux theres no executable files.

Its not the antenna and I don't have a card, I have a USB Wireless N

Now I'm more confused. Sorry but I've had 5 different explainations from shroomers (help appreciated) but none of them have worked.

I need to get this driver off the CD and in the Linux surely? But when I open the folder all there is is a makefile and .sh

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20718857 - 10/18/14 02:59 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

Do youi have XMPP chat at all?

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#20719027 - 10/18/14 05:23 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

I have XMPP but it's very complicated and I don't feel like doing all that shit. IRC is very simple. just download IRC, once you open it use the server and channel from the PM. By the way I have the driver you need, just would like the chat to walk you through the install.

Also it would help if we had a meeting time but I'm unsure of your timezone. What times are good for you and what timezone are you in.

Edited by ShootinD5nukes (10/18/14 09:39 AM)

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20722008 - 10/18/14 08:37 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

have you tried the restricted drivers gui?

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#20722194 - 10/18/14 09:18 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

Did you get it working? The usb is a wireless card It should pick up any wifi that is close enough.

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20723169 - 10/19/14 06:47 AM (11 years, 10 months ago)

Hi nice1returns, Let's get a couple things straight. First of all, are you running Lubuntu off a live cd or is it installed? Second, run the command
Code:


sudo lspci

and post the results.
This will determine your hardware and help us diagnose your problem for you. Previously, you were suggested to used wicd by r00tuuu123. I have not used Ubuntu for a long time, and never used Lubuntu, but i'm pretty sure they all came with Network Manager. Network Manager is Very Automatic and wicd is an unnecessary complication (at this point) to the matter if NM is installed.
I am not a Linux expert. If you want the fastest results possible, join a Linux forum and post there. I am a member of linuxquestions, and i have found the members there to be very helpful and prompt.

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#20725727 - 10/19/14 06:20 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

well nice1returns has failed to get on IRC so I'm going to try to do this through the fourum.

Step one give me output of

uname -r

Then after plugging in the mediatech usb wifi dongle give me output of

lsmod | grep -e rt

I think your kernel has the wrong module built in and it's choosing to use it over the correct one. If not that then you might have a kernel version older than 3.0.

I also have a wifi usb dongle with an RT chipset so I have been through all of this

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Nothing I write on Shroomery's message boards or in private messages are true. I am fucking crazy and I make all this shit up because I can.

Why would anyone want Mac or Windows? Windows never quits shoving updates down your throat and Mac is just so expensive for the same exact hardware that's in a PC.

Go Linux.

Edited by ShootinD5nukes (10/19/14 06:27 PM)

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Re: WiFI on Linux Driving me Fucking Insane

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#20726780 - 10/19/14 09:51 PM (11 years, 10 months ago)

Yeah it should work for you on that router. There's a simple conf file if you can find it that you could use to config wireless - look at an example page to start. I had no problem at home but somewhere else was a bit different. It's good to know the addresses and things of the stuff your using.

I would also experience disconnection at both places I remember.

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