How to set up wireless connection on HP nx8220 laptop. I have intel Pro Wireless card on my laptop.

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark, As requested.

fergal@fergal-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces;
[sudo] password for fergal:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:10:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 11
       serial: 00:14:38:05:56:4a
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.99 duplex=full firmware=5751m-v3.29a ip=192.168.0.7 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 memory:c8000000-c800ffff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 05
       serial: 00:12:f0:6b:4c:68
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.5.27 (Dec 12 2007) latency=64 link=no maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
       resources: irq:21 memory:c8400000-c8400fff
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:CC:88:68:B0
                    ESSID:"eircom4206 3574"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=44/100 Signal level=-74 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 96ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:09:5B:CE:50:4C
                    ESSID:"NETGEAR"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=97/100 Signal level=-28 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 0ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Your wireless is working. I suggest you connect to a wired connection and install wicd

You can then tell wicd that your wireless device is eth1 and it will work fine.

Hi actionparsnip, How do I install wicd?

Regards

Fergal

Hi, I'm using ubuntu 9.10. I went to the wicd site and followed the instruction to install it. I unplugged the cable to test.. no wireless connection. It didn't ask for me to tell it to name the wireless device eth1 when it finished the install.

Regards

Fergal

sudo apt-get install wicd

Hi Done that, got this screen print.
fergal@fergal-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
wicd is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
fergal@fergal-laptop:~$

Hi, Do I need to do something else to invoke the command should it run automatically.

If wicd does not start automatically after rebooting, you should be able to find it (and click on wicd network manager) in one of the application submenu's.

Hi Mark, Done this > Menu bar, >Applications, >Internet, >WIDC Network Manager, Click on >Wep(Hex[0-9/A-F]) entered > My wep key and.............. IT IS WORKING.......unbeliveable.....!!!!!!! Email me your Paypal info and I will send you a few euros for a Beer.

Kindest regards

Fergal Devlin
Dundalk
Ireland

Just on a further note I use Google Chrome and found it better than FireFox on Ubuntu...less hassle!!, yet I use Mozilla FireFox on my Windows Machines....faster. Thanks a Mill everyone...

Fergal

Hi Fergal,

You are welcome. No need to send money. Just promote Ubuntu! ;-)

Kind regards,

Mark

Chromium is bad ass. glad you got the gold. Personally I think wicd should be default in all buntu's as it is desktop independent so will run equally well in KDE, XFCE or GNOME.

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