ocmooz Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) I haven't been able to find anybody with such a problem as this so far on the net (or at least any who have their problem fixed). I put Ubuntu on my iMac recently and I also got a wireless router which worked fine when the Mac was on my desk, but when moved to the kitchen it stopped working. I had it both wired and wireless on the desktop it worked fine, I had good signal etc. and then I moved it and nothing. I mean I still have a signal, its just that it won't connect, it keeps telling me that the network was disconnected or something. Any help is greatly appreciated as I am both a Linux and router nubsauce. Thanks in advance. Edited December 15, 2008 by ocmooz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocmooz Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 44 views and no replies in over 36 hours? Am I not being specific enough or is this not really worth anyone's time? <_< Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseMan42 Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 Maybe the computer is too far away or there is something in between them that is blocking the signal. If it worked when you were right next to it then that is all I can think of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocmooz Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 No thats not it I am getting a full strength signal reading (its only 8ft away) and I even tried it with a cable too. Could it have lost a setting or something? I didn't change anything, but I don't know what Ubuntu is capable of screwing up on its own. Does anyone know what my setting should look like for this set up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 No thats not it I am getting a full strength signal reading (its only 8ft away) and I even tried it with a cable too. Could it have lost a setting or something? I didn't change anything, but I don't know what Ubuntu is capable of screwing up on its own. Does anyone know what my setting should look like for this set up? Have you tried manual configuration? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 ifup eth0 Â Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 May try here and see if your card is supported, otherwise I think you have to use NDIS wrapper or something like that... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=53700 ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 May try here and see if your card is supported, otherwise I think you have to use NDIS wrapper or something like that... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108 I would imagine if it was working at one point and not now that it's not a driver problem, just a setting problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 I would imagine if it was working at one point and not now that it's not a driver problem, just a setting problem. Probably so, probably needs some manual setup instead of the automatic config... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocmooz Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 Thank you all for the suggestions. I did try the ndis wrapper thing once, but that didn't even want to run and I still got it to work on my desk after hours of fiddling with it. I'm not at home right now, but I remember setting the ssid and router IP on the iMac. When I start it up it tries to connect automatically but after about a minute it states that the network has been disconnected. On my router I have put in the MAC address as I found it using some command or another n terminal and thats about all I did to my router besides changing its ssid and password since I got it. Is there anything I need to run in terminal or elsewhere to allow it to connect or something I haven't done to my router yet? In the router status it shows it as having WiFi broadcasting enabled and on the iMac it shows up as one of many wireless routers in my neighborhood, so I know its there, but it just won't talk (???). The other thing I tried to do was ping the router, but that seems to do nothing, or rather I click the button, and it just sits there looking back at me dumbfounded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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