January 11, 2008 at 22:27WiFi setup in Ubuntu
I've been using Ubuntu for more than half a year. It seems that everything in it suits me, but sometimes life is overshadowed by trifles like incomplete support of iron, most often wifi. In this habratopike, I want to share the experience of setting up Wi-Fi on my hardware in order to try to save beginners from hours of googling and experienced Linux users from their questions. I do this at the request of the smartov habrayuzer . If you can help make the most comprehensive reference on the topic, I will be glad to add your experience to the article.
WiFi-card with the appropriate software for Win - Intel PROSet / Wireless .
Using the MSI L745 as an example, everything worked without my intervention. Click on the NetworkManager icon - we get a list of all the networks in the area.
Ubuntu 7.10, 7.04
Raised wifi on the example of the notebook ASUS Pro 52RL. There is no information on it anywhere, even on the asus website. Google gives it only 4 links in Russian. It is sold only in the media market. Oh well, closer to the point.
Ubuntu 7.10
There is a Atheros AR5006EG wireless card on it . Ubunta finds and by default enables a proprietary driver that does not work. It must be disabled. To do this, add the line to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-common file (if this is not the case, then to the blacklist file):
Reboot:
In addition, we need a driver for Windows. For the indicated card it can be taken here . Yes, another program that will make it work, and then you can immediately install the driver.
A new wlan0 interface should appear in the iwconfig list. Then everything is the same as with Intel PRO.
This beast was defeated by the chumric habraiser on the HP Pavilion TX1350ER laptop (nothing like a toy :). According to him, the process is described in detail in the Ubuntu documentation .
Kubuntu 7.10
The Zeboton habrayuzer had an acquaintance with this adapter on his desktop. He, like me, solved the problem with ndiswrapper. His article describes the problem. The solution is on the Ubuntu forum.
PS: Please do not kick, please leave the best sentences and examples on another hardware in the comments.
Intel PRO / Wireless
WiFi-card with the appropriate software for Win - Intel PROSet / Wireless .
Using the MSI L745 as an example, everything worked without my intervention. Click on the NetworkManager icon - we get a list of all the networks in the area.
Ubuntu 7.10, 7.04
Atheros AR5006EG and similar (Ndiswrapper)
Raised wifi on the example of the notebook ASUS Pro 52RL. There is no information on it anywhere, even on the asus website. Google gives it only 4 links in Russian. It is sold only in the media market. Oh well, closer to the point.
Ubuntu 7.10
There is a Atheros AR5006EG wireless card on it . Ubunta finds and by default enables a proprietary driver that does not work. It must be disabled. To do this, add the line to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-common file (if this is not the case, then to the blacklist file):
blacklist ath_pci
Reboot:
$ sudo init 6
In addition, we need a driver for Windows. For the indicated card it can be taken here . Yes, another program that will make it work, and then you can immediately install the driver.
$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common
$ sudo ndiswrapper -i net5416.inf
$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
$ sudo init 6
A new wlan0 interface should appear in the iwconfig list. Then everything is the same as with Intel PRO.
Broadcom BCM4328 and similar
This beast was defeated by the chumric habraiser on the HP Pavilion TX1350ER laptop (nothing like a toy :). According to him, the process is described in detail in the Ubuntu documentation .
Kubuntu 7.10
D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520
The Zeboton habrayuzer had an acquaintance with this adapter on his desktop. He, like me, solved the problem with ndiswrapper. His article describes the problem. The solution is on the Ubuntu forum.
PS: Please do not kick, please leave the best sentences and examples on another hardware in the comments.