unable to connect to internet with ubuntu 8.04

Is the wireless (driver for ex-windows users) module installed? I mean can you "see" the wireless adapter when you click on the network-manager?
If positive... did you try starting the system with the wireless key already on?

go the networks tab and check your settings again

and there might a be a problem with you Wi-Fi card driver(this problem comes in various model of DELL with ubuntu 8.04)

for checking it go to the hardware checking tab in the upper menu or there might be a notificaton on the upper right corner corner about your driver

so pls go on the these link and check about your problem:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&dgc=IR&cid=11973&lid=471885
http://www.ubuntu.com/dell

but the whole problem for the Wi-Fi card driver of dell laptop is totally solved in UBUNTU 8.10 so pls upgrade you self to this version and keep enjoying ubuntu.

Hope this will help you...

-PC(INDIA)

THX. for writing back, unable to download version 8.10 since I can't access the internet. Also went to the site you noted and it's no longer around?! AND last of all don't have a tab in upper right or left to check for hardware?!

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Subject: Re: [Question #66593]: unable to connect to internet with ubuntu 8.04
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Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 6:08 PM

Your question #66593 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/66593

    Status: Needs information => Answered

Peeyush Chandel proposed the following answer:
go the networks tab and check your settings again

and there might a be a problem with you Wi-Fi card driver(this problem
comes in various model of DELL with ubuntu 8.04)

for checking it go to the hardware checking tab in the upper menu or
there might be a notificaton on the upper right corner corner about your
driver

so pls go on the these link and check about your problem:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&dgc=IR&cid=11973&lid=471885
http://www.ubuntu.com/dell

but the whole problem for the Wi-Fi card driver of dell laptop is
totally solved in UBUNTU 8.10 so pls upgrade you self to this version
and keep enjoying ubuntu.

Hope this will help you...

-PC(INDIA)

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Thx. for writing back....not exactly sure what you're referring to BUT
I don't SEE a wireless adapter?! And what wireless key you're talking about?
Sorry to be so dense about this all. I do appreciate your help.

Your question #66593 on Ubuntu changed:
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Federico Vera requested for more information:
Is the wireless (driver for ex-windows users) module installed? I mean can you
"see" the wireless adapter when you click on the network-manager?
If positive... did you try starting the system with the wireless key already
on?

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What I mean is if when you click on the networkmanager (in the upper right corner) you can see the wireless list of networks (or at least an empty space that say "wireless network").
If you can't see it there is probable that the module (driver) is not loaded (linux support a lot of wireless cards but not all of them). If that is the case, you could try using ndiswrapper (that will allow you to load the windows driver in linux). To install it you can use synaptic (System->Admin->Synaptic package manager) and install a package named "ndisgtk" if you don't have any type of internet connexion on that computer, you could download the packages from (http://packages.ubuntu.com/) from other pc and copy them. If you do it this way you'll need to download the following packages (sypatic will download them for you):
ndisgtk
ndiswrapper-common
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
After installation is complete put on the drivers cd (if you don't have it you can download them from http://www.dell.com) open Ndiswrapper (System->Admin->Wireless Drivers) and click on install new driver if everything works well you should be able to "see" the available wireless networks by clicking in the network manager icon.
Hope it helps!

I did see the wireless networks (upper right) at one time but they're not there anymore?
Not sure what happened to them!?

I'll call Ubuntu support tomorrow....not sure why this is such a difficult task?

THX. so much for your help.

Hi dude

         Try This
Step 1

Natively the card is detected and installed by the system, but the WiFi doesn't work, we'll go on removing the current driver :

First, we'll check that the drivers is installed :

$>find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"

You should get :

$>find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/acx
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/acx/acx_pci.ko

Then, save them to /root or whatever you want.

$>sudo find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*" -exec mv {} /root \;

And finally, make and update of the modules dépendencies :

$>depmod -a

End of the first step, go on with the new drivers installation.

Step 2

You have to download two things :

First one is to get the drivers, you can grab them here :

ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/wireless/dwl-g650+_rev_Bx/dwl-g650+_rev_bx_drv_v204.zip
( you can also use wget url of course )

Unpack them :

$>unzip dwl-g650+_rev_bx_drv_v204.zip

ok, then the second thing : we'll get ndiswrapper, it allows to install Windows Wifi Drivers under linux ! ;)

$>sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

now, we just have to give ndiswrapper the right .inf file..

$>ndiswrapper -i /path/of/drivers/GPLUS.inf

and reboot !

I hope this will work for you :)

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

WiFiHowTo <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo> one link
solution for all possible wifi problems

Hi S.Vikash Koushik,

Please do not send the same "solution" procedure to everyone who has a wireless driver issue. We have to assume that every user has a different configuration, including a different wireless chipset in their pc. It is likely that the wireless chipset in gb's PC should NOT be using the acx_pci driver, GPLUS.inf. There are lots of different types of wireless chipsets and corresponding drivers.

So the first thing we need to do, is gather information about the wireless chip that gb is using. Without that info, it is pointless to already send out a "solution procedure"

Regards,

Mark