While not exhaustive, this section covers some common problems faced with wireless support.
There is much more information available from the Community Documentation.
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This troubleshooting guide is designed to be carried out in order. |
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Many wireless network devices can be turned on or off. Check to see if there is a hardware switch, some devices can be switched off from Windows and may need to be turned back on from Windows.
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If it is turned on then see “Check for device recognition”.
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Open a Terminal ( → → ) and type the command:
sudo lshw -C network
You should see an output, along with the words "CLAIMED, UNCLAIMED, ENABLED or DISABLED"
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Claimed - this indicates a driver is loaded but not functioning, see “Using Windows Wireless Drivers”
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Unclaimed - there is no driver loaded, see “Using Windows Wireless Drivers”.
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Enabled - move on to If there is a driver listed then see “Check for a connection to the router”.
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Disabled - see “Check that the device is on”.
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Open a Terminal ( → → ) and type the command:
iwconfig. -
If there is an entry that says
ESSID=""then see “Configuring WPA support.”. -
If the ESSID for our router is shown there may be a problem with ACPI support. Boot the kernel with the
pci=noacpioption.
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Open a Terminal ( → → ) and type the command:
ifconfig. -
If there is an IP address shown see “Check DNS”.
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From the Terminal enter the command:
sudo dhclient if_namewhere if_name is the connection listed earlier. -
If you receive a message that says
bound to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxthen see “Check DNS” -
If not then reboot the system.
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Open a Terminal ( → → ) and type the command:
ping -c3 85.190.27.2. -
Now type the command:
ping www.ubuntu.com. If you get a response from the both then see “IPv6 Not Supported”. -
Type the command:
cat /etc/resolv.conf. If there is no nameserver listed then contact your ISP and find out your primary and secondary domain name servers. Once you have this information see “Connexió a una xarxa sense fil”.

