Linksys Instant Wireless PC Card fails to connect to WEP

[valnor]

Following the reboot after the updates from the initial installation of Ubuntu 8.10 the wireless will no longer connect to a hexadecimal WEP secured router using the Linksys Instant Wireless PC card. There were no problems connecting prior to the updates and restart. The direct connection with an Ethernet cable does still work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Ian Weisser (ian-weisser)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the following additional information, if you have not already done so (pay attention to lspci's additional options), as required by the Ubuntu Kernel Team:
1. Please include the output of the command "uname -a" in your next response. It should be one, long line of text which includes the exact kernel version you're running, as well as the CPU architecture.
2. Please run the command "dmesg > dmesg.log" after a fresh boot and attach the resulting file "dmesg.log" to this bug report.
3. Please run the command "sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log" and attach the resulting file "lspci-vvnn.log" to this bug report.

For your reference, the full description of procedures for kernel-related bug reports is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies Thanks in advance!

[valnor (cetaceanwarrior)]

Thank you for looking over the bug report. I made the guess that my
equipment might have been too old for the drivers in the updates of Ubuntu
8.10, so I reloaded Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and the wireless is working.

The Dell Inspiron is seven years old, and the Linksys Instant Wireless PC
card is a five year old 11 Mbps version. The driver that was initially
running it might have been replaced during the update.

Since I reloaded my system there is no way for me to collect additional
information. I would suggest using 8.04 if anyone else has a similar
problem.

[Ian Weisser (ian-weisser)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment that this is no longer an issue and no further information is available.

For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.