Wireless device appears to be configured properly but I cannot ping my router!

[jerry]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> jerry wrote:
>
>   
>> Pete Holsberg wrote:
>>     
>>> I installed the proper drivers using ndiswrapper and then used Network
>>> Tools (Ubuntu 7.04) to set the device up.
>>>
>>> It sees my WAP and the configuration via Network Tools appears to be
>>> correct.
>>>
>>> However, I cannot ping anything ("cannot reach") and iwconfig reports:
>>>
>>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:off/any
>>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>>>           Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Sensitivity=-200 dBm
>>>           RTS thr=2346 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>>>           Power Management:off
>>>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>>>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>>
>>> What have I missed?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>   
>>>       
>> It appears to me from your iwconfig that the wireless card      did not
>> locate your ESSID and Access Point.
>>
>> Did you verify that the ndiswrapper is setup properly?
>> sudo ndiswrapper -l
>>
>>     
> And:
>
> # lsmod ndis
>
> If it isn't there, you need to 
>
> # sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
>
>   
>> "Now because Ubuntu Feisty is using an applet called Network Manager and
>> considering that it does not work with any Ralink based chipsets, you
>> might as well kick it to the curb. You can safely uninstall it without
>> any hassles.
>>     
>
> That sounds like complete crap to me.  I can't imagine any way that NM cares
> what the specific modules are.  In fact, my acx chipset using ndiswrapper
> works fine under NM.  As far as NM is concerned, it's just an interface.
>   
>> After removing Network-Manager, you should use Synaptic again to install
>> a program called wifi-radar. Once this is installed, now you will want
>> to download this zip file
>> <http://www.computertroubleshoot.com/lg/wireless.zip>."
>>     
>
> wifi-radar may well work _better_ but it's more useful to really know the
> problem first, than to start uninstalling software based on really suspect
> sources.
>   
>> I do not know enough about the network tools to understand how to use
>> them to set up a wireless network.
>>     
>
> Then why are you telling people to uninstall Network Manager?
>   
Derek:

Since no one had tried to help with the problem and I did set up 
ndiswrapper and wireless with another chipset I thought I would try to help.
If you would have read my post with more attention you would have seen 
that I was quoting (I did place quotations) a website for setting up the 
ralink 2500. That "expert" is the one who said to uninstall NM.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/linux/2007/06/12/ralink-rt2500-help-for-ubuntu-feisty.

Are you saying that if I am not a linux professional and don't 
understand all the ins and outs of linux that I should not contribute to 
a thread. If I have accomplished something or found a useful website I 
should not post it?

Jerry