How to connect to wireless internet on ubuntu 9.04?

Question

This operating system is a nightmare, its easy to connect to the internet wirelessly on windows xp or vista but its a challenge on this. I have a netgear wireless router and a belkin usb adaptor but it still wont recognise my wireless network like windows would do and when I try to install the wireless router with the cd it wont work as it wont recognise the cd or something, has anyone got an easy way for me to connect to the internet wirelessly on this operating system? Any help would be appreciated thanks!

Answer 1

Although 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope has improved its hardware support overall, many users are reporting problems with getting their wireless adapters to work correctly after a clean install of 9.04 despite wireless working out of the box on previous releases of Ubuntu. In most cases the adapter is detected and can be seen in the NetworkManager Applet in GNOME, but no wireless networks appear.



I had this problem while installing Ubuntu on my Evo N610c. The wireless PCMCIA card I am using is a WPC54G (revision 1). I also tried a Netgear MA401 and a 3COM 3CRWE73796B wireless B cards as well. All had the same problems, and all worked when I previously have used 8.04 or 8.10 of Ubuntu or Xubuntu. I also found I had the same problem with my work laptop, a Dell C600.



After a little bit of research online I noticed that this was a common problem, and many people were having trouble getting their wireless to work with 9.04. It seemed to be a common problem, esecially with people using Broadcom wireless adapters.



What was needed is to use the proprietary drivers for the Broadcom wireless cards. This can be done by going under System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and enabling the Broadcom B43 Legacy Driver. When I first went here after a clean installation, there were no drivers listed however.



I ended up getting the driver to appear under Hardware Drivers by updating the system, updating APT, and updating Synaptic. Whether doing all of this may not be necessary, once completed the Broadcom B43 Legacy Driver appeared under Hardware Drivers. To do all of these, do the following bellow. you will likely need to connect your computer to the internet using ethernet unless you have another wireless card that is working.



Update the System:



Open System -> Administration -> Update Manager



Update Apt:



Open the terminal then type in: sudo apt-get update



Update Synaptic:



Open System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager then click "Reload" in the upper-right coner.

Answer 2

Here is the Official Ubuntu Wireless Documentation



Cards Supported

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported



Belkin

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin



Troubleshooting/Howto/General

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo



In the event of your Wifi card being unsupported you can use Ndiswrapper Here is the Official Ubuntu Ndiswrapper Documentation

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper



Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) User Guide

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Jaunty





LUg.

Answer 3

Ubuntu is a plug-n-play toy. in the experience that your on the spot community did no longer paintings before each little thing, you ought to objective by utilising ethernet cable after restart the router. If it particularly works linked to the router by utilising cable, that is a topic concerning to the on the spot card itself on Ubuntu. then you particularly ought to objective a application in particular to repair this fault. in case you it does not paintings by utilising on the spot neither by utilising cable, in all probability that is a topic with the community headers/libraries, then re-set up your Ubuntu and be certain the technique the setting up grew to become into ok alongside with the networking section. Its elementary those problems.

Answer 4

You'll probably need to connect it to a wired connection first so it can download all the drivers for your hardware. Just plug in and update. Good luck.