Wireless problems with Sony Vaio (2200BG)

amy

Hi

Just installed  and very new to all this.

I've installed Feisty Fawn on my Vaio TR2MP - I can't get the wireless to work. If I plug in the computer via ethernet, it works, and wireless worked with XP so it's a  software issue.

I can get up a list of available networks, and apparently connect (it's hard to tell?), but Firefox can't open anything.

I've read around on the forums but it seems like most people had problems after an upgrade. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:quot;RReynoldsquot;           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:90:4B:C6:FE:B8            Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0           Retry limit:7   RTS thrff   Fragment thrff         Power Managementff         Link Quality=95/100  Signal level=-32 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm         Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:3045  Rx invalid frag:0         Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:4
ipconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:46:CC:26:A9           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1         RX packets:57124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0         TX packets:47892 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          RX bytes:55259773 (52.6 MiB)  TX bytes:11525405 (10.9 MiB)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:35:02:F6:E0           inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fe02:f6e0/64 Scopeink         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1         RX packets:3505 errors:3106 dropped:3106 overruns:0 frame:0         TX packets:121 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          RX bytes:1276 (1.2 KiB)  TX bytes:45320 (44.2 KiB)         Interrupt:9 Base address:0x2000 Memory:e0201000-e0201fff

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:46:CC:26:A9           inet addr:169.254.6.214  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0         UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

eth1:avah Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:35:02:F6:E0           inet addr:169.254.8.183  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1         Interrupt:9 Base address:0x2000 Memory:e0201000-e0201fff

lo        Link encapocal 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:14186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0         TX packets:14186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0          RX bytes:733341 (716.1 KiB)  TX bytes:733341 (716.1 KiB)I'm very new to all this; let me know if there's any more info that would be useful, thanks

Right click the network icon in the tray and click quot;Connection Information.quot; Let me know what it says.

quot;Could not find ....(the glade file)quot;

Sorry, didn't remember that exactly.

It's strange, I've found I can connect (illegally) to my neighbours unsecured wireless, and of course my wired connection still works.

If I connect to my own network - it looks connected, little bars etc, but either works *extremely* slowly, loading up files incompletely or usually not at all.

But I suspect it is not connected, as it repeatedly flashes up asking for my password. Entering it doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas? Thanks

what kind of key protection do u use on your network. wep ?

try this:
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid ESSID key sASSWORD
ESSID=your essid's name
PASSWORD=your pass

Hi

I'm using WEP 64bit hexadecimnal

When I type:

sudo iwconfig eth1 essid MYESSID key MYKEY

into terminal, it doesn't display anything differently at all, just gives me another prompt. But I think this does seem to make the internet work?

Is that what you expected? How can I make this permanent?


Originally Posted by chrisgellerHi

I'm using WEP 64bit hexadecimnal

When I type:

sudo iwconfig eth1 essid MYESSID key MYKEY

into terminal, it doesn't display anything differently at all, just gives me another prompt. But I think this does seem to make the internet work?

Is that what you expected? How can I make this permanent?

u mean that ur connected now??
to make it permanent just use the same password and esiid in your network configuration and use whose to create a new network place, and save it. next time it should be automatic when you select the right network place.

It still seems to come and go. Last time it worked for about 2 minutes. Then I couldn't do anything to fix it.

Would you expect writing
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid MYESSID key MYPASSWORD
to fix the problem?

Do you mean I need to make permanent changes to my /etc/network/interfaces file?

no . just go to systemgt;administrationgt;networkgt;select wireless connectiongt;properties
essid:RReynolds
password type:WEP key hexadecimnal (you said you's usnig WEP 64bit hexadecimnal right?)
configuration: automatic configuration DHCP

just make sure that your router is configuret properly. what kind of router do u have? if u have an option of quot;Authentication Typequot; between open and shared select automatic.
under quot;Encryption Strengthquot; select 64 bit (like u said beforequot;
remeber that the network configuration prog doesn't handle Passphrase just key
click ok , check the wireless connection to activate it (if it wasn't activated) and above press the floppy disk icon to save the new configuration as home-network

to be sure reboot and see if it works

I've made those changes. Previously I had it set to roaming.

When I reset it doesn't appear to search for wireless networks at all. I have the icon with the two overlapping computer screens, but it doesn't connect at all. It will connect to an available wired connection though.

I have a Buffalo Airstation G54 router. I couldn't actually find the router settings part -- is that in the system/administration/network?


Originally Posted by chrisgellerI've made those changes. Previously I had it set to roaming.

When I reset it doesn't appear to search for wireless networks at all. I have the icon with the two overlapping computer screens, but it doesn't connect at all. It will connect to an available wired connection though.

I have a Buffalo Airstation G54 router. I couldn't actually find the router settings part -- is that in the system/administration/network?

don't check the roaming mode just click ok.
to see your router settings u have use a wired connection and use the browser usually at the address 192.168.1.1(not sure for ur modem)
another thing when u see the icon with the two screen on the bar click on it and under connection name write eth1 (for wireless. eth0=wire connection)