Hi all, I'm not a techie, have searched the forum for an answer, but the answers are doing my head in ... let's just say I don't follow the language.
Anyway, HP netbook, XP was giving me grief, so yesterday I installed Mint17. Looks great, and works (slowly) on wired ethernet, but I can't get it to recognise the D-Link router like it did on XP. I've managed to get the wireless onto networking settings, but I can't get the little slider to move to ON.
As requested I've got the terminal response:
robyn@robyn-HP-Mini-110-1000 ~ $ mintWifi
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:b3:5d:d5:74
inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::225:b3ff:fe5d:d574/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:17349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:19730818 (19.7 MB) TX bytes:1888454 (1.8 MB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:689 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:689 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:64121 (64.1 KB) TX bytes:64121 (64.1 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for robyn:
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.161
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.163
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.165
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.162
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.174
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.168
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.167
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.169
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.160
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.164
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.166
robyn@robyn-HP-Mini-110-1000 ~ $
The above jargon means nothing to me ... can someone please translate to English.
BTW, I seem to have some keyboard gremlins at work too.
Cheers
Robyn
Out of my depth here. Mint17
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Re: Out of my depth here. Mint17
Hi Robyn,
what version of mint are you using?.
- Mate, Cinnamon, Kde.
what version of mint are you using?.
- Mate, Cinnamon, Kde.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
Broadcom 4312 needs linux-firmware-nonfree
Hi Robyn;
one possibility is that you need the package
The Broadcom Guide by chili555 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2214110
would say for the 4312 .......that is the driver you need ..........if not already installed.................. ?? or other things already installed??
chili says: if a fresh install:
if you scroll down to 2. Preparing the System
one possibility is that you need the package
installed;linux-firmware-nonfree
The Broadcom Guide by chili555 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2214110
would say for the 4312 .......that is the driver you need ..........if not already installed.................. ?? or other things already installed??
chili says: if a fresh install:
then to install linux-firmware-nonfree the command isIf you have just installed Ubuntu, you will need to build an index of available packages before we can install your driver:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
the same advice is here http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/in ... ss-driverssudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
if you scroll down to 2. Preparing the System
Re: Out of my depth here. Mint17
Thanks for answers.
Just managed to get the router recognised by using D-Link SSID, now I have the message 'unavailable' and 'out of range', though it's right next to me here.
Hardware address:
00:25:56:A3:5A:A0
I will visit the ubuntu forum as suggested ... is this applicable to Mint as well?
Cheers
Just managed to get the router recognised by using D-Link SSID, now I have the message 'unavailable' and 'out of range', though it's right next to me here.
Hardware address:
00:25:56:A3:5A:A0
I will visit the ubuntu forum as suggested ... is this applicable to Mint as well?
Cheers
Re: Out of my depth here. Mint17
sure is.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
Re: Out of my depth here. Mint17
Ok, all the above has been done, rebooted, same problem.
The system still recognises the router:
192.168.1.1
Unavailable
Hardware address
00:25:56:A3:5A:A0
Out of range
All other devices all over the household are in use and connected wirelessly.
Anything else I should try?
The system still recognises the router:
192.168.1.1
Unavailable
Hardware address
00:25:56:A3:5A:A0
Out of range
All other devices all over the household are in use and connected wirelessly.
Anything else I should try?