There's a couple of ways of telling if the firmware is already installed on 8.04.
First one:
In a terminal type:
If everything's OK, you should see an output similar to this (I've got a different card to you):
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wifi0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID: Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:B9:E8:12
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID: Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:B9:E8:12
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
Retry short limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=43/70 Signal level=-55 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:365 Rx invalid frag:1
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:3020 Missed beacon:0
In Wlan0 you'll see that there are different levels for the signal and noise. The signal is 98-55db = 43db higher than the noise and therefore is working.
The second method:
Make sure your Wireless Router is switched on and working.
Go to System > Administration > Network.
Click Unlock and enter your password to authenticate.
Wlan0 is the 2nd wireless connection down (if you have two listed).
Click to highlight it.
Click Properties.
In the new windows, deselect Enable Roaming Mode.
Network Name SSID box, right side drop down arrow.
The SSID of your wireless router should be listed there (assuming you're in range of course!) don't worry about the 0dB against it.
if there are other routers in the area, they should be listed too.
This shows your wireless card is properly installed and working, since it's detecting wireless networks.
Go ahead and add SSID, password type - suggest WEP hexidecimal since 8.04 works out of the box with that (change router settings to WEP as well if necessary).
Add network password (encryption key), and select automatic configuration (DHCP) and OK it.
You'll be returned back to the previous screen. Against the Wireless Connection you've set up, tick the box to the left of it.
Disconnect your wired LAN cable from the TP.
Reboot and hopefully you'll be connected wirelessly.
If you have no wireless router encryption, leave the network password blank and select auto config and OK it.
Good luck!
If you've any probs can you post the outputs of
There's no 'hardware' button to turn the wireless on or off. The only way is to remove the tick against the wireless connection you've set up.
If you're wanting to alternate between wired and wireless, there's no need to switch off the wireless.
