[olug] Lost Wireless Settings in Kubuntu 8.0\10 (KDE)

[Joe Gulizia]

Earlier this week I lost my wireless configuration.

Broadcom Wireless Card Driver.

Here's what I've discovered so far:

joe at joe-G:~$ sudo ifconfig
ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1a:73:89:34:35  
          inet6 addr: fe80::21a:73ff:fe89:3435/64 Scope:Link
          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)              

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:8d:6b:86:63  
          inet addr:192.168.2.104  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::250:8dff:fe6b:8663/64 Scope:Link              
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:38077 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:53234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:15323381 (15.3 MB)  TX bytes:55235890 (55.2 MB)
          Interrupt:22 Base address:0xe000

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:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:100 (100.0 B)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 B)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-1A-73-89-34-35-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:106
          TX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
          RX bytes:799385 (799.3 KB)  TX bytes:8326 (8.3 KB)
          Interrupt:16

joe at joe-G:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wifi0     no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:15 dBm   Sensitivity=1/1
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-86 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:9527  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

pan0      no wireless extensions.

joe at joe-G:~$ sudo ifup ath0
Ignoring unknown interface ath0=ath0.
joe at joe-G:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                                                                                                                    [ OK ]


When running KNetDockApp

wifi0:
<right mouse click  -->> Bring UP>
Unable to perform the command. Please make sure the executable ifconfig is in your $PATH.

<right mouse click  -->> Run DHCP Client>
Unable to perform the command. Please make sure the executable dhcpcd is in your $PATH.

ath0:
<right mouse click  -->> Bring UP>
Unable to perform the command. Please make sure the executable ifconfig is in your $PATH.

<right mouse click  -->> Run DHCP Client>
Unable to perform the command. Please make sure the executable dhcpcd is in your $PATH.

Clicking on KNetworkManager gives nothing (doesn't open at all)



Thanks in advance

Joe