Sony Vaio PCG-V505bx wireless issue

[bluepen61]

I cannot connect with WPA to my router. Here is a print of sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py

EDIT 4/29/12: I installed using synapic package manager linux-wlan-ng; I think it may have the driver info there. If I could only learn where and how to use it! -bp61

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Intersil Corporation ISL3872 [Prism 3] (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 1260:3872 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"p\xE9>\xA1A\xE1\xFCg>\x01~\x97\xEA\xDCk\x96\x8F8\*\xEC\xB0;\xFB2\xAF<T\xEC\x18\xDB\"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: None
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"p\xE9>\xA1A\xE1\xFCg>\x01~\x97\xEA\xDCk\x96\x8F8\*\xEC\xB0;\xFB2\xAF<T\xEC\x18\xDB\"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: None
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-73 dBm Noise level=-73 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:3801 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:7245 Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:46:ad:1c:bc
inet addr:192.168.1.33 Bcast:192.168.1.127 Mask:255.255.255.128
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:46ff:fead:1cbc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:116700 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:88919 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:113196557 (113.1 MB) TX bytes:16461370 (16.4 MB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10711 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10711 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1705640 (1.7 MB) TX bytes:1705640 (1.7 MB)

wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-02-8A-94-70-D2-30-30-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x4000

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8a:94:70:d2
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x4000

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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.104
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.105
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.110
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.96
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.97
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.98
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.99
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.101
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.102
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.103

[bluepen61]

Ok, removing the wireless security from my router allows the wireless adapter to connect. The MAC address filter on the router doesn't affect the without security connection. But applying the WPA Personal security mode to the router causes the wireless connection, though set with the correct key, not to connect. My other devices, two NookColors, Canon MG6120 printer/scanner, and the laptop in XP mode do connect wirelessly.

EDIT4/29/12: I also tried the Windows wireless network adapter from the XP installing on sda1. The install after reboot changed nothing. So I am working on linux-wlan-ng... what a trip this is.

[bluepen61]

I followed the instructions in this you-tube video and it now works! http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=87800