[ubuntu-za] Wifi issues 2a

[Ubuntu Bear ZA]

Hi Frans
would have answered earlier if only I could get connection .  duh
now working from my other PC again.

your advice helped in that I cleaned the wireless totally and then 
plugged in the wifi dongle.
It then worked in the sense that it started to search wifi - more than 
what I had previously.
It now finds my adsl wifi (good reception) and tries to connect, and 
even says that I now can disconnect, but keeps searching and DOES NOT 
CONNECT.

re the error messages - where is dmesg? in the box it does not show an 
error message, only that it is not connected
lsusb - in terminal at root all is OK
I know not how to go elsewhere to sheck for lsusb

Rusty


On 03/01/2014 11:20, Frans de waal wrote:
>
> For starters plug in the dongle then look at dmesg for any error 
> messages concerning the WiFi dongle... Then also have a look at the 
> output of the lsusb command if you do not under stand the output of 
> the commands paste it here and we'll try to help further. Also try 
> looking at the firmware packages in synaptic for a solution.
>
> Frans de Waal
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> On Jan 3, 2014 11:07 AM, "Zabear" <zabear1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:zabear1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi, on another computer with Ubuntu12.04 I easily connected with a
>     new wifi dongle - it just worked out of the box, know not why or
>     how, but it worked - as it should with Buntu.
>
>     NOW however I have to connect to another PC, also with Ubuntu
>     12.04 and I cannot get the Network connection to START SEARCHING
>     WIFI. The wireless area does not even show on the drop-down box.
>     When I go to Wireless and ADD, I enter the name of the ADSL router
>     but do not understand to enter the items under Wireless SSID etc
>
>     I have tried what I could. Any help would be appreciated.
>     Rusty
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