I've managed to get wireless working on another laptop under Kubuntu versions of Gutsy and Feisty but now that I'm running Hardy....
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- #!/bin/bash
- iwconfig wlan0 essid "2WIRE178"
- iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
- iwconfig wlan0 channel auto
- iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M auto
- iwconfig wlan0 key open s:"1234567890"
- iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:ab:cd:ef:12:34
- iwconfig wlan0 retry 7
- iwconfig wlan0
- ping -I wlan0 -c 5 google.com
- steve@poohsPlace:~$ sudo ./startWireless
- [sudo] password for steve:
- <output>
- wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"2WIRE178"
- Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:ab:cd:ef:12:34
- Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
- Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
- Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****
- Link Quality=75/100 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-71 dBm
- Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
- Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
- PING google.com (72.14.207.99) from 192.168.1.66 wlan0: 56(84) bytes of data.
- From poohs (192.168.1.66) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
- From poohs (192.168.1.66) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
- From poohs (192.168.1.66) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
- From poohs (192.168.1.66) icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
- From poohs (192.168.1.66) icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
- --- google.com ping statistics ---
- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +5 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4045ms, pipe 3