Hi Raenan, I also forgot to mention: HTML emails are not accepted by the list, so despite you CCing linux-wireless, it was only received by me. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:27 PM, raenan guadez <raenanguadez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Julian, > > Yes I am new to linux. Thank you for letting me know the structure for the > emails. I appreciate the help and do understand its volunteer. > > Firstly, I have to ask the standard questions: > 1. Which distribution are you using and what version? > I am using Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS Good, I'm somewhat familiar with that distro. > 2. What kernel version are you using? > 3.2.0 - 36 generic pae > > 3. Are you using compat-wireless and if so, what version? > not sure, how do i find out? If you don't know then you're probably not. It's not an issue. > 4. What type of card are you trying to use? Running "lspci" or "lsusb" > should help identify it. > Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 ABG card Ok, the driver for those is fairly stable. > 5. Have you installed the firmware for it? (If applicable) > I do not believe the firmware is installed because when I go under Network > it says the firmware is missing for the wireless device. Then you _need_ to install the firmware. This is in the firmware-iwlwifi package. > 6. Is it detected by the kernel? i.e. if you run "dmesg", are there > lines referencing the card? > Yes it detects the card Good. I note that you are using Network Manager. Once the firmware is installed, Network Manager will detect the card and configure it for you. If you're still desperate to connect to a wireless network from the command line, then the simplest way is to use wpa_supplicant to manage the wireless card. Note that you will have to _completely_ disable Network Manager for it to work. Your distribution should provide a manual with it (try running "man wpa_supplicant") which will describe how to configure it. Note that in Network Manager, if you change a connection to be "available to all users" Network Manager will connect to it on startup before you log in. Also, network connections aren't restricted to a particular user or just the GUI or anything like that - once it's connected, everyone on the computer can use it. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
