[PLUG] Xubuntu: Getting Wireless Networking Running Post-Installation

[Benjamin Kerensa]

On 02/15/2012 06:29 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Mike Connors wrote:
>
>> Rich - I found two articles that talk about this wireless radio being soft
>> blocked. You just need to install rfkill either through the package
>> manager or command line with "apt-get install rfkill" then run the "rfkill
>> list" command.
> Mike,
>
>     I'll work on this this evening. I can use the ethernet connection, I
> hope!, to get the rfkill; since wireless connection isn't working I cannot
> use either the package manager or the command line to access it from outside
> here.
>
>> If when you run the "frkill list" and no "wireless lan" interface is
>> listed than you've got an incompatible / non-functional driver problem.
>     Since the Intel Web site says that this radio chip has been in the kernel
> since 2.6.24 I would suspect it's a ubuntu glitch. Obviously, the older
> Toshiba has a different radio since there was no problem with xubuntu-11.10
> on it.
>
>     I have a ton of client work to get out today, and Frontier Comm. changed
> my IP address twice last evening (7 and 8 pm) and the cron script changes
> only one domain at namecheap.com. This is the 8th IP address since last
> Wednesday evening at 9:07pm when they took away my static IP address. Makes
> no sense to change it this frequently, but it's out of my control even
> though it really ticks me off. So, I won't get back to getting the Sony
> working wirelessly until after work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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I highly doubt it is related to a bug in Ubuntu since I have the same 
hardware in my laptop
and have zero issues. If you would like to join us on Freenode #ubuntu-us-or
we have a number of people from Canonical's various teams and 
experienced users
who could troubleshoot this for you.



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