WiFi problems...

[Roy Smith]

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Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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> --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Roy Smith <rasmith1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Roy Smith <rasmith1959 at gmail.com>
> Subject: WiFi problems...
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 9:32 PM
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>> Hi!  I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm having
>> problems with my WiFi adapter.
>> It's a Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB adapter.  The problem is that it
>> works for just a few minutes, then
>> quits.  At that point I either have
>> to reboot, or unplug the adapter and
>> plug it back in again to get it
>> to work for a few more minutes.  Gets
>> frustrating when that happens.
>> Any suggestions on what I need to do to > get this thing working
>> reliably?  Please keep in mind that
>> you're dealing with a complete
>> newbie to Linux, but I have lots of
>> experience with Windows...
>
>
> I suppose you are using "network manager" in gnome or manually setting
up with /etc/network/interfaces for you wifi.  Most people have better
luck, IMO, using wicd for wifi setup and is what I use now.
> Suggest you give it a try.  It will remove network magager and maybe
some more programs when you install wicd.
> To install it you need:
>
> http://apt.wicd.net intrepid/extras Packages (all one line)
>
> In you sources.list as it's not in the regular repos.  Install if from
synaptic or other gui or from the CLI with:
>
> sudo aptitude update
> sudo aptitude install wicd.
>
> Let the list know if you have any problems installing or setting up
wicd. BTW, before we start seeing a bunch of rebuttals about wicd, it is
not entirely trouble free but for me and many others, it just works and
is much more stable than network manager.
    As promised, here's an update on how things went.  Upgrading to
Intrepid didn't help at all, in fact it killed my WiFi and couldn't
connect at all.  Reverting back to Heron and installing wicd didn't
help either.  Had the same problem with it as before.  I had
downloaded the Live-CD ISO for Intrepid, so I've had plenty of
practice installing Ubuntu....  :-)

Just on a whim I decided to put the Live-CD in my laptop, an lo and
behold the WiFi works on it.  I had tried before to get Heron working
on this HP Compac nx6325 with the Broadcom 802.11 card but didn't have
any luck.  Though with Intrepid it's working perfectly...  So now I'm
happy for the moment... at least until I do something stupid and hose
the system.  ;-)


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