Thanks, I'll follow your suggestion this evening at home and let you know.
While I was waiting for your kind answer, I was thinking again about the fact that my wireless connection was working very well during the installation of Linux Mint and until the first reboot: probably Linux was still using the Windows driver already installed in my computer, wasn't it?
With a research through internet, I discovered that it is possible to install the Windows wireless driver into Linux and use it instead of the Linux native one; please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD ... diswrapper .
Do you think that this could be a solution for my problem?
Thanks again for your help and your patience.
Giovanni
carpenzano wrote:Thanks, I'll follow your suggestion this evening at home and let you know.
While I was waiting for your kind answer, I was thinking again about the fact that my wireless connection was working very well during the installation of Linux Mint and until the first reboot: probably Linux was still using the Windows driver already installed in my computer, wasn't it?
With a research through internet, I discovered that it is possible to install the Windows wireless driver into Linux and use it instead of the Linux native one; please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD ... diswrapper .
Do you think that this could be a solution for my problem?
Thanks again for your help and your patience.
Giovanni
Please don't use ndiswrapper as this should work with the current intel driver. You could boot into the install disk and run the wireless script again after connecting so we can see what is different
go from 15 to 20 step bye step (allow a couple of seconds in between and run sudo iwconfig to check it)
I've tried a lot of times but the tx-power doesn't change (=15)
Why should I set the reg code to "BO", notwithstanding I am in Italy?
BTW I have tried many times with the reg code set to both "BO" and "IT", but the tx-power doesn't increase.
JeremyB wrote:
Please don't use ndiswrapper as this should work with the current intel driver. You could boot into the install disk and run the wireless script again after connecting so we can see what is different
I have booted into the install disk and my wifi connection KarVal works very well .
This is the link to the relevant info file http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/8171362/.
Of course, after a reboot from the HD my wifi connection (KarVal) doesn't work again
another thing I noticed is why are you using a 32 bit version of Mint? your system is well able to cope with a 64 bit version.
the sig_key is different from the live version to the installed version.
I had only one case with another OP where the 32 bit version did not want to connect, we installed the 64 bit and it worked (probably something to do with encryption and driver support)
let's try this first:
remove all the saved wifi settings (right click network applet, edit connections and remove them)
then click on the applet and select connect to hidden wi-fi network, enter the network name and the security wpa/wpa2 personal. Connect.
another thing I noticed is why are you using a 32 bit version of Mint? your system is well able to cope with a 64 bit version.
the sig_key is different from the live version to the installed version.
I had only one case with another OP where the 32 bit version did not want to connect, we installed the 64 bit and it worked (probably something to do with encryption and driver support)
let's try this first:
remove all the saved wifi settings (right click network applet, edit connections and remove them)
then click on the applet and select connect to hidden wi-fi network, enter the network name and the security wpa/wpa2 personal. Connect.
Thanks, I'll try with the hidden wi-fi network tomorrow, when I'll be at home again. If it did not work, I'll try the 64 bit version and let you know.
Best regards
Giovanni
another thing I noticed is why are you using a 32 bit version of Mint? your system is well able to cope with a 64 bit version.
the sig_key is different from the live version to the installed version.
I had only one case with another OP where the 32 bit version did not want to connect, we installed the 64 bit and it worked (probably something to do with encryption and driver support)
let's try this first:
remove all the saved wifi settings (right click network applet, edit connections and remove them)
then click on the applet and select connect to hidden wi-fi network, enter the network name and the security wpa/wpa2 personal. Connect.
You might be on to something there, I have only installed 64 bit on my laptops including the one that my nephew is using with the 3945 chipset
PatH57 wrote:probably but still why live 32 works and not installed one? let's wait and see.
That's the thing I can't really understand; during the first installation, coming from Windows XP, I thought that Linux was using the Windows drivers, but this cannot be the case when, after having already installed Mint, I made a boot from the installation DVD. Bah.....