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Subject: Problems with Wireless with latest version of Ubuntu
From: wpog 
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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:15:37 GMT
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Hi,

I just installed Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop on my Toshiba Satellite Laptop, and 
the install went without a hitch except for my wireless.

I go to the Network Settings, and it doesn't see my wireless whatsoever.

I went onto the forums for some help, and I tried to follow some of their 
instructions with people with similiar problems, and I'm really out of 
depth here.

lspci does see the nic, and the wireless:

02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-
8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

And I followed the instructions to check a bunch of other stuff like the 
loopback, etc, but I hit the wall with the sudo iwconfig. The "Access 
Point: Not-Associated" is where I have left it off because it does not 
match what's supposed to be there.

~$ sudo iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wifi0     no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:13 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:4184  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

I only really know Windows, so yes, I'm a n00bie. Any help would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
wpog
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