What I would suggest doing is trying to find out what hardware you really
have. That will help you find the specific driver or setup instructions for the
WIFI card that is embbeded in your laptop.

I got the following earlier while trying to get it going:

IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Networking Interface

I thought I was pretty good -- I mean, I can use DOS, even
edlin! But Ubuntu is giving me fits!

My Laptop Toshiba A85-0106 works well with the built -in wireless g

The laptop dual boots windows or ubuntu 6.06.

The built-in is a Atheros AR5005G wireless Network Adapter. Worked from the
first time of install of the Ubuntu.

We travel through Clovis several times a year on our travels between Illinois
and Tucson. It seems to be a very nice town. We usually stop to eat at the
McDonalds on the main drag for a lunch.

That McDonalds is in a good spot, but we have some much
nicer places to get a meal here. You might try Juanitos next time,
it's on the main drag, just a bit farther in towards town.

>well -- My Laptop Toshiba A85-0106 works well with the built -in wireless g
>
>The laptop dual boots windows or ubuntu 6.06.
>
>The built-in is a Atheros AR5005G wireless Network Adapter. Worked
>from the first time of install of the Ubuntu.

Well, you'd think mine would work too.

I'm at a loss here -- in Windows XP, everything is
automatic. I don't have to put in DNS info or Gateway or anything
else. Shouldn't Ubuntu do the same?

I'm glad that we have some experienced Toshiba users here. What Earl should do
now is verify that he has the same adapter in his unit. It is not uncommon for
manufacturers to change WIFI modules during production due to supply or price
issues.

the Linux community prides itself on its technical tennacity. It would
be out of character for a Linux distro to work the same way all the time.
That's why we have these user groups. It isn't a commercial product. No staff
programmers here; so, these little variences are the norm. A small price to
pay for the amount of power that we get out of these Linux based OS's. Good
Luck and keep trying you'll get hooked up soon!

In Windows, under Device Manager, it says "Atheros AR5006EG
Wireless Network Adapter" -- looks like that's one iteration newer
than what Jule has.

>Earl, the Linux community prides itself on its technical tennacity.
>It would be out of character for a Linux distro to work the same way
>all the time. That's why we have these user groups. It isn't a
>commercial product. No staff programmers here; so, these little
>variences are the norm. A small price to pay for the amount of power
>that we get out of these Linux based OS's. Good Luck and keep trying
>you'll get hooked up soon!

Sounds good -- it's just like solving a puzzle, I guess.

It seems that the new version does have some issues. I did find this just now
on the web, I don't know if this solves the problem, but it looks like it brings
you closer to resolution: http://www.jonhuxley.com/linux-laptops/

Google this string Linux followed by your network card model number. You will
see this is not a unique problem that others that have the new card are having
the same issue. Someone mentioned taking some files from the winbloz partition
and getting the NDIS driver with it working. Good Luck it might be a while
before a patch for this version is done.

It looks like they might have been able to get it going by
using the .inf and the .sys files from Windows -- I can find the .sys
file, but not the .inf file, as this computer came preloaded. I
guess maybe I can find it on Atheros' web site, but what then? I
haven't been able to access my Windows partition from within Ubuntu.

What do you mean by it worked from the first time of install? So, it did worked
once but now it won't or was it recognized at install but you have never
actually connected to the net?

Perhaps you need ndiswrapper to get the device working?

I hope you aren't combining two separate messages. My wireless has
worked ever since I first loaded Ubuntu 6.06 onto my Toshiba laptop. I
have used it continuously for over six months on this laptop. I am
using it as I send this message. I fact I even replaced an old
Linksystem B router with a new Netgear g router last month without any
problem.

As an aside, I boot in Windows very seldom now as I like Ubuntu much
better. I never use Windows on the web anymore.

I'm very happy to report that I downloaded and installed
Kubuntu 7.04 and now my 802.11 connection is working fine. I didn't
have to do anything, it just works!

Well, now that the 802.11 connection is working, I guess
it's time to see if I can get my Merlin S720 broadband data card
working under Kubuntu. Anybody on here done that already, so they
might walk me through that process?

http://www.evdoforums.com/thread3308.html
samat.org/.../...obile-broadband-on-ubuntu-linux.h\
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samat.org/.../20070127-high-speed-cellular-wireless-modems-in-ubuntu-l\
inux-6-10.html

Well, it took me a month, but I finally have my Merlin S720
working in Kubuntu 7.whateveritisnow. The only problem is that to
"turn it on", I have to open a terminal and type "pppd call
sprint". How can I automate this so that it runs on startup? And
how can I get the card to automatically re-connect if it loses the
connection, or is this already built in?

right click on your launcher panel/add to panel/create new launcher/
click custom application launcher/in the command line, type "pppd call
sprint"

I'm not sure I understand this fully -- the "launcher panel" is the
bar at eh bottom of the screen? I've added the command down there,
but how do I make it run when the system starts up?

I think you just need to left click once.

BTW, you can create a desktop launcher using the same steps.

I am running this setup in a truck, running down the road
across the USA. I have noticed that it doesn't always reconnect when
it gets out of range of a cell and then comes into range of
another. Is there something I can do to make it automatically reconnect?

Just Click System-Preferences-sessions. Click add and follow the window
instructions.

I'm not finding these choices in Kubuntu...

Anyone know how to make a Pantech 500 Aircard work with Kubuntu?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AirCard8X0
ubuntuforums.org/search.php?searchid=22313867

http://samat.org/topic/ubuntu.html