2011/2/17 Laurent Bohnert <lab@plan-net.lu>:
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> Hello,
>
>
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> Gilles Maria-Sube a écrit :
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I've recently installed Kubuntu10.10 on a laptop Acer TM660 (rather
>> old hardware now), running in 32b
>> with a Centrino chip for wireless connection but I didn't find how to
>> configure interfaces; in the
>> menu to configure the network I was able to put parameters for new
>> wireless connection but
>> surprisingly there is no option to bind connection with a specific
>> interface; thus, after that,
>> there is no mean to set up interface as it is not yet configurated;
>> command ifconfig -a gives:
>>
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> do you have a wireless entry inside networkmanager icon near the clock ?
No i can't find any networkmanager, I suppose it is not present; many things
are absent (like data-base, mysql, etc...) I suppose it is to install
by internet...
>
> for my ubuntu 9.10: I just click on the icon with the left mouse button,
> list show me available network mixing ethernet, wifi, 3g, ...
That's the gnome version; I'm using KDE's one
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>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:2e:d9:bf
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
>> Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)
>> Interruption:10
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>> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:77:53:2b
>> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
>> Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)
>> Interruption:10 Adresse de base:0xa000 Mémoire:e0206000-e0206fff
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>> lo Link encap:Boucle locale
>> inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
>> adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
>> Packets reçus:116 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
>> Octets reçus:8784 (8.7 KB) Octets transmis:8784 (8.7 KB)
>>
>> and content of file /etc/network/interfaces is only:
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>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
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>> Problem is not solved if i do following instructions:
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>> iwconfig eth1 essid <my network name>
>> iwconfig eth1mode Managed
>> iwconfig eth1 rate auto
>> iwconfig eth1 key <myKey>
>>
>> Any suggestion(s)?? Thanks in advance
>>
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> what is the result of:
> sudo iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:39:AB:E0:4C
ESSID:"correia"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality:50 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 1296ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1F:3F:A4:19:41
ESSID:"MyWirelessAccess"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality:72 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Extra: Last beacon: 684ms ago
which is correct: MyWirelessAccess is my network
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> if error message like:
> eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
>
> sudo ifconfig eth1 up
nothing happens, and ping www.yahoo.com gives:
ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com
no network is available