WiFi for Ubuntu 10.10

[mdclow]

I loaded Ubuntu 10.10 on my Thinkpad T60 8744-5BU. I pulled down all the updates too. I can access the web with a hard wired connection but Atheros WiFi-N will not connect.

This is my first experience with Linux and have no idea how to make the WiFi work. Any help would be appreciated.

[jronald]

Atheros does not play well with uBuntu, best I recall. I have several laptops running 10.04 and 10.10. All are running the Intel 2200 cards.

Ron

[Tasurinchi]

That's weird, my T60 has an Atheros AR5BXB6 and my T61 the Atheros AR5BXB72, both worked with Ubuntu 10.10 out of the box, although my T60 is OS-less now, I don't recall having any connection or driver problems...

[comps]

Atheros cards are one of the best-supported wifi cards on Linux, so I'm really suprised yours doesn't work out-of-the-box. Try "sudo ip addr show" and "lsmod | grep ath" in console and post the output here.

[ThinkRob]

I've used a number of Lenovo and non-Lenovo Atheros-based WLAN cards under a wide range of distributions. I've never had an issue with any of them.

comps' suggestion would indeed give us a good starting point.

[mdclow]

I appreciate the input from the replies. I believe my initial Ubuntu Live CD was defective as there was no Wireless Icon in the top right corner of desktop or perhaps I did something wrong.

I burned a second Ubuntu 10.10 Live CD and this time I had Wireless Icon which I opened, entered the SSID & password. the T60 then connected wirelessly.