new to linux and MINT no wireless connection to airport
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new to linux and MINT no wireless connection to airport
greetings - I am in desperate need of help.
I am new to linux and also new to mint by about an hour. I did my homewrok but not a geek and do not know command line. I am coming from mac Os X and tried ubuntu on a newly boughten jsut for linux laptop. Installed 3 times the last 3 days and no luck for many issues and any possible resolution. so I tried mint on a suggestion from someone in the UK.
anyway I cannot get this wrieless working. It is imperative that I use this laptop via wireless only!!!
I am on an aiprot extreme. this takes a password - 'text' for macs and no issues. the 1 windows old dell that my wife uses for school work at times has a hex code which I have... but nothing works the dell is connected but this linux one won't connect
please help and do not leave me hanging.
thank you!
p.s. i just downloaded wifi radar and it says cannot get ip address...did the same in ubuntu
it also states b instead of g and it did the same in ubuntu before going to g but I am clueless and stumped... I tried everything
the computer is 3 days old
the hex code is the long set of letter and numbers that go for the wep ebcryption on pc's I am on an older linksys 4 port router and a airport extreme inside or behind that. cable modem high speed.
I am new to linux and also new to mint by about an hour. I did my homewrok but not a geek and do not know command line. I am coming from mac Os X and tried ubuntu on a newly boughten jsut for linux laptop. Installed 3 times the last 3 days and no luck for many issues and any possible resolution. so I tried mint on a suggestion from someone in the UK.
anyway I cannot get this wrieless working. It is imperative that I use this laptop via wireless only!!!
I am on an aiprot extreme. this takes a password - 'text' for macs and no issues. the 1 windows old dell that my wife uses for school work at times has a hex code which I have... but nothing works the dell is connected but this linux one won't connect
please help and do not leave me hanging.
thank you!
p.s. i just downloaded wifi radar and it says cannot get ip address...did the same in ubuntu
it also states b instead of g and it did the same in ubuntu before going to g but I am clueless and stumped... I tried everything
the computer is 3 days old
the hex code is the long set of letter and numbers that go for the wep ebcryption on pc's I am on an older linksys 4 port router and a airport extreme inside or behind that. cable modem high speed.
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- hairy_Palms
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first off if its a .exe files it not for linux i wouldnt think, try opening synaptic from the control center and installing
airport-utils
bcm43xx-fwcutter
Download this file:
http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o
then run this command
and then put it in the kernel folder too with this command
youll probably need to reboot after this
if it still doesnt work eneter this command
and reboot again.
airport-utils
bcm43xx-fwcutter
Download this file:
http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o
then run this command
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sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/SAVED/DRIVER/wl_apsta.o
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sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/SAVED/DRIVER/wl_apsta.o
if it still doesnt work eneter this command
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modprobe bcm43xx
hairy_Palms wrote:first off if its a .exe files it not for linux i wouldnt think, try opening synaptic from the control center and installing
airport-utils
bcm43xx-fwcutter
i did this yesterday i belive....
Download this file:
http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o
this is saved as it is to the desktop..... when I download it it says nothing to open it wit so do I save it as it is???
then run this commandand then put it in the kernel folder too with this commandCode: Select all
sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/SAVED/DRIVER/wl_apsta.o
youll probably need to reboot after thisCode: Select all
sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/SAVED/DRIVER/wl_apsta.o
if it still doesnt work eneter this commandand reboot again.Code: Select all
modprobe bcm43xx
it didn't work the first command you gave me
Cannot open input file /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/SAVED/DRIVER/wl_apsta.o
zen@zen-linuxlaptop:~$
also if I get to that point --- in the following command that you gave me the username -r insingle quotes is that my realuser name - thanks - I told you i ws dumb and know no commnd line stuff.
Cannot open input file /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/SAVED/DRIVER/wl_apsta.o
zen@zen-linuxlaptop:~$
also if I get to that point --- in the following command that you gave me the username -r insingle quotes is that my realuser name - thanks - I told you i ws dumb and know no commnd line stuff.
- hairy_Palms
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it says in the wifiradar app I downloaded connected to K9DOG ip(NONE)
it should auto detect and I have the hecode in there the best that I know from my olde dell my wife uses. I am on airprot and airport takes text code as such or whatever you want to use - mine is just a word combination
do i have to try to find and use an ip address of or from the airport????
thank you
it should auto detect and I have the hecode in there the best that I know from my olde dell my wife uses. I am on airprot and airport takes text code as such or whatever you want to use - mine is just a word combination
do i have to try to find and use an ip address of or from the airport????
thank you
- hairy_Palms
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- hairy_Palms
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no problem
i think you might need to install
wpasupplicant
[EDIT] oh and try running sudo iwconfig too[/EDIT]
to make your passwords etc work
then use wifi-radar to configure it
i think you might need to install
wpasupplicant
[EDIT] oh and try running sudo iwconfig too[/EDIT]
to make your passwords etc work
then use wifi-radar to configure it
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- hairy_Palms
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