I have Ubuntu installed on one of my HDDs. I'm using a Linksys cable modem, and a Belkin wireless router. I find that everytime I reboot into Ubuntu, I have to re-enter the hexadecimal password for my router to be connected to the internet. Is there any way I can get this thing to remember the password, and connect to the internet automatically? I'm using by XP Pro drive so I can ask this question. Thanks, ~Dave
Hi Dave, You may need more, hopefully it's enough to work with - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=615123 GF
Not the route I thought you'd take. Gui's tend to be inadequate, shell's quicker with more complete access. GF
I'm a complete beginner at using Linux. I don't know anything about this "shell" think you talk about. I guess I need a "Linux For Dummies" book, or something. The terminology is sometimes baffling to me. I'm only messing with Linux because I'd like to get away from Micro$oft someday. Thanks, ~Dave
Well we're share'in a boat ride then. I've alway's had trouble with ubuntu not like'in my hw so, my option's still with live stro's that supply a feature packed shell. Were you able to view the content's of your /etc/network/interfaces file? On a kde desktop I'd load possibly kwrite /etc/network/interfaces to get'er opened. If gnome, choose one that'll open after typing it's name in a shell (perhap's gksu gedit if running the gnome dsktop). What kind of output did you get after loading: ps xa |grep nm-applet? It's not hard, simply work along. *Hint: To help figure out which cmd does what, add a descriptive word or two after apropos. Code: [url=http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/l8/lesson8a.html]apropos[/url] [b]network[/b] <== [u]For example[/u]. /etc/network/interfaces (5) [interfaces] - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown /etc/network/interfaces (vlan) (5) [vlan-interfaces] - vlan extensions for interfaces (5) file format amanda (8) - Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver amanda-client.conf (5) - Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver amanda.conf (5) - Main configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver aseqnet (1) - ALSA sequencer connectors over network athstats (8) - simple tool to inspect and monitor network traffic statistics atmel_fwl (8) - Load firmware into Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips. bittorrent-downloader.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network btdownloadcurses (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network btdownloadcurses.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network btdownloadheadless (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network btdownloadheadless.bittorrent (1) - download files using a scatter-gather network byteorder (3) - convert values between host and network byte order dund (1) - BlueZ Bluetooth dial-up networking daemon endhostent (3) - get network host entry endnetent (3) - get network entry endnetgrent (3) - handle network group entries fping (8) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts fping6 (8) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts freeaddrinfo (3) - network address and service translation freehostent (3) - get network host names and addresses gai_strerror (3) - network address and service translation getaddrinfo (3) - network address and service translation gethostbyaddr (3) - get network host entry gethostbyname (3) - get network host entry gethostbyname2 (3) - get network host entry gethostbyname2_r (3) - get network host entry gethostbyname_r (3) - get network host entry gethostent (3) - get network host entry gethostent_r (3) - get network host entry getipnodebyaddr (3) - get network host names and addresses getipnodebyname (3) - get network host names and addresses getnetbyaddr (3) - get network entry getnetbyname (3) - get network entry getnetent (3) - get network entry getnetgrent (3) - handle network group entries getnetgrent_r (3) - handle network group entries herror (3) - get network host entry hping (8) - send (almost) arbitrary TCP/IP packets to network hosts hping2 (8) - send (almost) arbitrary TCP/IP packets to network hosts hstrerror (3) - get network host entry htonl (3) - convert values between host and network byte order htons (3) - convert values between host and network byte order hunt (1) - Network security auditing tool. idswakeup (1) - Network intrusion detection system "waker" ifconfig (8) - configure a network interface ifdown (8) - take a network interface down ifport (8) - select the transceiver type for a network interface ifup (8) - bring a network interface up ifuser (8) - identify destinations routed to a particular network interface inet_network (3) - Internet address manipulation routines inet_ntop (3) - Parse network address structures inet_pton (3) - Create a network address structure innetgr (3) - handle network group entries interfaces (5) - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown iperf (1) - measure network performance ipx_cmd (8) - bridge between Novell's SCMD driver and local IPX network ipx_internal_net (8) - add or delete the IPX internal network iwconfig (8) - configure a wireless network interface iwgetid (8) - Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network iwpriv (8) - configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless network interface knetattach (1) - KDE Network Wizard lnstat (8) - unified linux network statistics mkelf-linux (1) - make network bootable image mkelf-menu (1) - make network bootable image mknbi (1) - make network bootable image mknbi-dos (1) - make network bootable image mknbi-fdos (1) - make network bootable image mknbi-linux (1) - make network bootable image mknbi-menu (1) - make network bootable image mknbi-rom (1) - make network bootable image mtr (8) - a network diagnostic tool nameif (8) - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses nc6 (1) - network swiss army knife netdevice (7) - Low level access to Linux network devices netstat (8) - Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships networks (5) - network name information networkstatustestservice (1) - Test application for the NetworkStatus monitor ngrep (8) - network grep nmap (1) - Network exploration tool and security / port scanner ntohl (3) - convert values between host and network byte order ntohs (3) - convert values between host and network byte order ping (8) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts ping6 (8) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts pngtopnm (1) - convert a Portable Network Graphics file into portable anymap pnmtopng (1) - convert a portable anymap into a Portable Network Graphics file pppoe-sniff (8) - examine network for non-standard PPPoE frames pump (8) - configure network interface via BOOTP or DHCP protocol sane-net (5) - SANE network backend saned (8) - SANE network daemon services (5) - Internet network services list sethostent (3) - get network host entry setnetent (3) - get network entry setnetgrent (3) - handle network group entries slattach (8) - attach a network interface to a serial line smbtree (1) - A text based smb network browser tcpdump (8) - dump traffic on a network tightvncserver (1) - a X server for Virtual Network Computing tracepath (8) - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path tracepath6 (8) - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path traceroute (8) - print the route packets take to network host traceroute.lbl (8) - print the route packets take to network host traceroute6 (8) - traces path to a network host tshark (1) - Dump and analyze network traffic tsocks (8) - Library for intercepting outgoing network connections and redirecting them through a SOCKS server. vnc.conf (5x) - configuration file for Virtual Network Computing vncserver (1) - a X server for Virtual Network Computing wavemon (1) - a wireless network monitor application wget (1) - The non-interactive network downloader. wireshark (1) - Interactively dump and analyze network traffic ifport (8) - select the transceiver type for a network interface ifuser (8) - identify destinations routed to a particular network interface GF
Since I have no idea what all that is you wrote, I'd say your boat is much larger than mine. I printed all that out so I can refer to it when I re-boot onto my Obuntu caddy. I will experiment with some of that using the terminal, I guess. Thanks, ~Dave
Hold that thought Dave. It'll be tough to carry any example's w/o a wireless setup of my own. Be back shortly. Take a look at this in the meantime - /etc/network/interfaces Ubuntu Linux networking example ======================== The information provided on this page below is what you should print and work with Dave. How To: Manual Network Configuration without the need for Network Manager More cmd's, idea's, option's to aid you - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=596797 *Follow HalSF's fourth post lead: If you're able to dump the content's of that file, sans sensitive info, do so. Wrap it between <code></code> tag's like my other post if very large. GF
he right flavor to get into Linux but still too geeky for my tastes,all the commandline stuff,has a long way to make it as userfriendly like Windows. If it stay that way,forget about Linux,its not essential for my uses. i think Linux is basically well thought out but essentially a relict from the DOS area,that need a big improvement in userfriendliness. i say so will it need more acceptance by the masses it has to !
not to hiyack the thread and please forget about my post. Just can't avoid to conclude that Dave's questions are proof of my assumptions !!
Sorry to take so long to reply. It seems that "instant email notifications" for replies to this thread has stopped working for me for some reason. Global Force, I will take your advise and try to configure this more. But one thing I found is that, if I Cancel the request for the HEX password, and click the failed connection icon, it shows me My Belkin connection in the drop down window. The connection shows good strength, but is not "ticked". So I tick it and hit enter. It searches for the connection for awhile, and I get the double monitor with red X icon. I click that and tick the Belkin connection again, and it gives me the power bars showing it has connected without me entering the HEX password. This is really crazy, but it seems to work that way every time I reboot. At least this "work around" is a LOT faster than entering 30 HEX characters every time I reboot. Huupi, You make a good point about the virtual return to DOS. Or maybe more a return to Windows 3.1 with all the necessary coding in a terminal window. I realize that Ubuntu is light years ahead of Windows 3.1, but so much coding makes it very difficult for a newbe such as myself to get into this. For me it's a VERY steep learning curve. But I plan to stick with it in the hopes that, as things get more automated in Ubuntu, I will have established a better foundation for understanding the OS. Thanks to both for your input. ~Dave
Use the following. You may have to be root, I'm not sure. gedit /etc/network/interfaces if gnome; kwrite /etc/network/interfaces if kde. It's occasionally good to back-peddle a thread. Steve