Netgear WPN311 Wireless G problems (was: Wireless G WPA2 PCI Card Suggestion Please)
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 11:37:03 -0400, Grok Mogger wrote:
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> Hey everyone, thanks a lot for the advice! I ended up getting a Netgear
> WPN311 Wireless G PCI card. Now I'm just trying to get the darn thing
> working. Right now, I'm actually using the desktop install of Ubuntu 6.10,
> Edgy Eft. I've followed the advice here:
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/enable-wpa-wireless-access-point-in-ubuntu.html
>
> to the letter. No dice. I don't see the small graphic of blue bars that
> the author has pictured. What I find really strange is that my card just
> doesn't seem to be finding any wireless networks at all. I click the icon
> that looks like two little black monitors, and I have a "Wired Network"
> option, but then under the "Wireless Networks" there is just nothing. Like
> my card isn't picking up anything. (I know there are a few wireless
> networks in my area that it should see)
>
> In Device Manager the card is identified as a "AR5212 802.11abg NIC" and it
> has two entries underneath it, a "WLAN Interface" and an "Unknown Device".
>
> I figure whatever I've messed up, I've done such a fantastic job of it that
> I'll just have to figure out for myself, but does anything jump out at
> anyone right away?
Step 1 is: Run "iwconfig" as root and post the output here.
Further steps depend on the outcome of step 1.
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Regards,
Florian
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