[ubuntu-za] Fwd: Re: Wifi issues 3a

[Ubuntu Bear ZA]

Hi people    4Jan14

@ Christiaan
@Hilton
@ Frans
and rest

Thanz for the responses when I had been in dispair with the wifi issues

1st off - Its working

2nd    I dont know why :-(  BUT its working   :-)

something helped
I rebooted, tried wiping everything again in the network manager and 
using another USB port, plugged the wifi dongle in along with 
Christiaan's advice.
Network M found the router name and after asking the password, logged on 
immediately.

I did type in smedg in terminal and have the response - but its not 
needed now

THANK YOU FOR ADVISING
RUSTY





On 03/01/2014 17:57, Christiaan Diedericks wrote:
>
> Hi Rusty
>
> It sound like it could be a password issue. Network manager remembers 
> the passwords and if they change/enter the wrong password it cannot 
> connect with the old saved settings.
>
> Go to your network Manager > Edit connections and delete the entries 
> for your wifi network, then plug in the dongle (try another usb port) 
> and try again.
>
> Note: when pluggin in the usb dongle wait a while before checking the 
> network manager - it can take a while before the wifi is active and 
> shown. Also make sure that the "enable wireless" is active on the 
> network menu.
>
> The other problem might be that the machine is not getting any IP info 
> from you DHCP on the router. You could also try and enter the IP 
> details manually in the network manager and see if it connects.
>
> You  could also use the command line version of Network Manager to 
> figure out what is going on. Open a terminal and enter :
>
> */nmcli  -p dev/*
>
> This will report on all interfaces that Network Manager can control.
>
> To connect you could use the following, IF you have set up the wifi 
> connection in the network manager with password SSID ect, and it shows 
> on the available networks in Network Manager.
> Open a terminal and enter :
>
> /nmcli -t con up id/ *YourWifiConnectionNameHere*
>
> (replace /YourWifiConnectionNameHere/ with the name displayed by the 
> Network Manager)
>
> Good luck
>
> Christiaan
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> CHRISTIAAN DIEDERICKS | www.thefanclub.co.za
>
> On 2014/01/03, 2:31 PM, Ubuntu Bear ZA wrote:
>> 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
>>> cell: 076 639 8315
>>> skype: meesterarend1
>>>
>>> Wie plant en wie natgooi is nie belangrik nie.
>>> Die belangrike Eebn is God want dit is Hy wat laat groei.
>>> 1 Korintiers 3:7
>>>
>>> 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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>>
>>
>>
>
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