wireless connection issue

[G.]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Normand Marion
<normand.marion at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 2011/6/11 G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>
>>
>> I am in France having trouble connecting to a particular wifi device.
>> Called a Freebox.  My wireless adapter can connect to other wireless
>> devices except the one in this flat (which I connect to with a cable).
>>  I can connect with Windows7 (wife insists on using).  So there is
>> nothing wrong with the device, I should say.
>>
>> I say I can connect to other wireless devices because I did so in
>> Spain just a few days ago.  I have a list that comes up in this flat
>> that i show I connect to but can not seem to actually go anywhere.
>>
>> ~$ iwconfig
>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>>
>> wlan0     802.11bg  ESSID:"Bouygues Telecom Wi-Fi"
>>  Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
>>          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point:
>> 02:1F:9F:BB:80:CA
>>          Bit Rate=36 Mb/s
>>          Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>          Power Management period:0us  mode:All packets received
>>          Link Quality=68/100  Signal level=-67 dBm  Noise level=-104 dBm
>>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>
>> vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.
>>
>> I am connected here to Bouygues telecom but I can not access the internet.
>>
>> When I search for Additional Drivers I do not show proprietary drivers
>> in use.  I thought Realtek would show up on the list.  I would
>> reinstall if I could.
>>
>> sudo lshw -C network
>> [sudo] password for peg:
>>  *-network
>>       description: Wireless interface
>>       product: RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller
>>       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>       physical id: 0
>>       bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
>>       logical name: wlan0
>>       version: 10
>>       serial: 70:f1:a1:c0:76:dd
>>       width: 32 bits
>>       clock: 33MHz
>>       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet
>> physical wireless
>>       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl819xSE
>> driverversion=0017.0507.2010 firmware=63 ip=87.90.161.102 latency=0
>> link=yes multicast=yes wireless=802.11bg
>>       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:d3400000-d3403fff
>>  *-network
>>       description: Ethernet interface
>>       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
>>       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>       physical id: 0
>>       bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
>>       logical name: eth0
>>       version: 02
>>       serial: c8:0a:a9:c9:d2:7a
>>       size: 100Mbit/s
>>       capacity: 100Mbit/s
>>       width: 64 bits
>>       clock: 33MHz
>>       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list
>> rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd
>> autonegotiation
>>       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169
>> driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=82.239.101.168 latency=0
>> link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
>>       resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=256)
>> memory:d1410000-d1410fff memory:d1400000-d140ffff
>> memory:d1420000-d142ffff
>>
>> My system is up to date (Ubuntu Natty).
>>
>> When I installed Natty I did not have access to a wired connection.  I
>> did a fresh install (not an update) after I used the Live CD (actually
>> USB) to connect to the internet.  Someone wrote that this would allow
>> you to access your additional drivers with the wireless device,
>> whereas if you install first then you need a cable connection.  Not
>> sure if this matters.
>>
>>
>> If you need any additional info please let me know.  I am 6 hours ahead of
>> EST.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> gary
>>
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> If your using iptables check to change the name of your device from eth0 to
> wlan0.
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Thanks for all the replies.  Will take a look at it.


gary