Okay, so I didn't do enough research and now I find out that this was a bad idea...
sudo apt-get remove network-manager network-manager-gnome
Now I can't seem to connect to the wireless network despite having configured
/etc/network/interfaces correctly for my wireless network.
I seem to have read something about wireless ONLY working under network-manager on this forum. How can I get back to square one?
P.S. I was trying to setup a static IP for my wireless fit-pc2 when this catastrophe struck.
Thanks
Wireless stopped working...
Re: Wireless stopped working...
You can readd the manager in the same manner you removed it:How can I get back to square one?
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sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-gnome
I don't know which driver was used in your version of ubuntu, but the vendor driver from ralink works well without network manager.I seem to have read something about wireless ONLY working under network-manager on this forum
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Thanks...I had to download the packages and then re-install using dpkg since the network was not working.
Any thoughts on why I can't get a static IP to work?
Where do I get the ralink drivers?
Any thoughts on why I can't get a static IP to work?
Where do I get the ralink drivers?
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I don't use this version of ubuntu anymore, so it's hard to think of any solutions. However, you should really be able to set static ip at least via ifconfig.Any thoughts on why I can't get a static IP to work?
You can get the drivers for the rt3090 chip used in the fitpc2 (1,6GHz version) at teh vendor site: http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2Where do I get the ralink drivers?
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I got back my wireless but I still can't set a static IP. network manager seems to be the culprit based on some messages I've seen that 8.04 nm has a bug that prevents static IP.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Re: Wireless stopped working...
As I said, try setting the ip from ifconfig. This works for me on lucid, but I can't test it on 8.04:
My IP is now .22 while DHCP serves addresses starting from 100.
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sudo ifconfig ra0 down
sudo ifconfig ra0 inet 192.168.12.22
sudo ifconfig ra0 up