Comments on: Enable WPA Wireless access point in Ubuntu Linux

By: Hammie

Hammie — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:52:44 +0000

BOOMSHAKALAKA! Worked first time. Thanks. I was about to throw my PC from the roof of a tall building.

By: n3verm1nd

n3verm1nd — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:53:43 +0000

@ Jeronimo:

“and where do i create the file?”

If you read the directions you are using the command he gave you to edit a file that already exists, no creating anything. You comment out lines in a config or bash file by starting the line with the number symbol: #

so this:
echo complaints >/dev/null

becomes:
#echo complaints >dev/null

You want to learn, you have to read carefully, search, then post.

By: PLEASE HELP ME

PLEASE HELP ME — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:50:31 +0000

PLEASE HELP ME GUYS, i do so how you said but it doesn´t work. Did i do anything wrong? by start i see network is deactivated, than it going on but it is no conection! with the wpa supplicant paket it doesn´t works and so many tried. help me

By: Jeronimo

Jeronimo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:50:22 +0000

I dont know what to comment in the gedit
what do you mean by “Comment out everything other than “lo” entries in that file and save the file”

and where do i create the file?

thanks

By: tattyt

tattyt — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:38:12 +0000

i have had problems since i downloaded the ubuntu 9.10 trying to get it connected and im a total newb to linux stuff im planning on going to college for network and admin so this is a god send for me i will try this thanks everyone who has studied this OS for some time i just heard about it last week thats how newb i am

By: Mihai Stancu

Mihai Stancu — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:47:14 +0000

Thank you very much for this, i’ve had this problem since forever.

Now i’m ready to crossover to GNU/Linux without the Windows safety net.

By: candi

candi — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:17:39 +0000

im haveing a problem with this command

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
I keep geting an error saying its not found i cant save the file without this command can you help me please

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:54:35 +0000

Thanks a lot for this - for whatever reason, restarting dbus also fixed my monitor resolution issue I was having. Much nicer using the wizard than writing the wpa supplicant config file from scratch (and remembering how to do it!)

By: Aashish Dattani

Aashish Dattani — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:55:34 +0000

Hey, thanks a lot! worked for me on Jaunty. I wasted hours trying to figure this out.

By: JR

JR — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:20:22 +0000

Dell Vostro A90 resolved my issue with not being able to connect to my wireless network. The Vostro A90 (mini reincarnated) kept changing my passwork WPA phrase. No matter what I did it kept changing it to a long string of characters. I have to type the password but at least now I can connect. I don’t know what bug fix will remove this particular problem but this is at least a nice workaround to the issue. Dell Mini or Dell Vostro A90.

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:26:38 +0000

i have a Ralink RT2500 wireless card btw

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:26:03 +0000

when you say only “lo” entries in sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces, is it right if i have the following in that file?
“auto lo”
“iface lo inet loopback”

and after i go though the whole process i get an error saying
“failed to initialize HAL” and i cant move my cursor
can anyone help?

By: help

help — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:27:27 +0000

i deleted everything in the file where i was supposed to comment “lo”
and saved it on accident. damn it. how do i fix this and is it fixable?

By: stephen dee

stephen dee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:48:22 +0000

BTW: That’s a Dell Inspiron 3500, 256MB Ram. The wifi card is an SMCWCB-G (802.11g). Works great when it’s working.

By: stephen dee

stephen dee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:46:47 +0000

Installed Ubuntu 8.10. After I figured out what the Network Manager is, I was able to get WPA-PSK working. I then ran an update (yes, silly me). After that, I crapped out and can’t get wifi a connection again no matter what.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:00:46 +0000

Hey,

I cannot go pass the step where I have to alter “/etc/default/wpasupplicant”

I write: touch /etc/default/wpasupplicant

but permission is denied. Then, I write: su gary (my username) and write in my password.

When I try to write the command: touch /etc/default/wpasupplicant
I am still denied permission!

Any help would be appreciated

By: GABAT

GABAT — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:49:09 +0000

I have DELL MINI 9 WITH UBUNTU:
I CONNECT TO WIRELESS AT HOME.
i CAN NOT CONNECT TO WIRELEE AT LIBRARY
ANY HELP?
THANKS

By: ekr

ekr — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:57:17 +0000

This was helpful for my setup too: Ubuntu 8.10.
The file /etc/network/interfaces must be empty
except for the loopback. Otherwise gnome network
manager cannot connect, gives not debug/output,
removes/adds interfaces seemingly randomly, etc.
Thanks!

By: joe camel

joe camel — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:40:00 +0000

what does he mean by commenting out

By: joe camel

joe camel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:57:50 +0000

hey where do you run the command
how do you get there