How to Setup Wireless with Ubuntu 9.10

Posted on the October 26th, 2009 under Ubuntu by Stephen

Assumes your wireless card is properly detected by Ubuntu 9.10.

  1. Click on the network icon on your taskbar on the top

     
  2. Click on your wireless network => Ubuntu should then prompt you for the network key

     
  3. Simply enter your network key then press Connect
     
  4. You are done!
NOTE: If you are experiencing ubuntu 9.10 wireless problems, please try this solution shared by Jon: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288865

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16 Responses to 'How to Setup Wireless with Ubuntu 9.10'

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  1. November 6, 2009 at 12:57 pm
    Joe Bippus

    I tried just like you sub jested but I cannot get the wireless to connect it shows good strength. but when it try to connect it says the network connection has been disconnected. This laptop has an internal air “realtek RTL-8169″ This is an unsecured network it is trying to connect any help would be appreciated.

  2. November 6, 2009 at 1:53 pm
    Stephen

    Hi Joe,

    Your wireless card picks up the signal just fine so I would recommend keep trying a couple more times.

  3. November 9, 2009 at 3:52 pm
    hamzah

    hi
    I need your help
    when i connect via wireless, it connected sucessfully but i can’t access web pages.

  4. November 9, 2009 at 4:17 pm
    Stephen

    Hi hamzah,

    How strong is the signal? If the signal is too weak, you may probably have that problem.

  5. November 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm
    Andrew

    i’ve just recently installed 9.10, and just got a USB Wireless Dongle installed, now the problem which im having is, i type in the WPA password, click connect, then after a couple of minutes it asks me for the WPA password again

  6. November 20, 2009 at 6:41 pm
    Stephen

    Hi Andrew :-)

    I personally do not know why. I would recommend posting a help request on ubuntuforums.org

    ~ Take care

  7. November 25, 2009 at 3:21 pm
    RandyOSailor

    Just got 9.10 installed on dual boot with XP. After much trouble got connected to wireless by typing in the SSID of my hot spot.

    I need to know how to get Ubuntu to show available hotspots.

    I try to follow instructions but 1) things are not as described, eg: the networking icon does not appear at the top of the screen, 2) terms such as ’sudco’ etc are unknown to me. Is there a glossary somewhere?

  8. December 12, 2009 at 5:07 pm
    Fred

    Hello Stephen,

    I just installed 9.10 on a Compaq C714NR laptop replacing MS Vista Home Premium. After the install the wireless icon *does not* appear in the panel area as your screenshot shows. I’ve surfed around and even went to YouTube to see if I could find a video on it.

    No applicable video but I did find these links:
    http://www.unixnewbie.org/how-to-setup-wireless-with-ubuntu-9-10/
    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-March/138682.html

    I followed instructions in the links on how to get the notification and wireless icon to appear in the panel but had no luck.

    There is a grayed out icon there which I clicked but the options for networking were also grayed including the connect button. I created a new wireless connection and entered all the parameters (SSID, passphrase and so on) but to no avail. My home network is pretty vanilla: Comcast cable modem connection, Linksys wireless router, and about 5 or 6 machines of various flavors (mac, windows, ubuntu 7.04 with a functioning wired connection).

    I just re-installed to see if I missed something during the installation and setup but it’s exactl the same.

    This is extremely frustrating.

    Any suggestions or assistance would be *greatly* appreciated.

    Thanks in advance,

    Fred

  9. December 12, 2009 at 5:24 pm
    Stephen

    Hi Fred!

    Thank you for the detailed message. Have you tried the solution at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288865 to see if the driver can pickup your wifi card?

    Take care!

  10. December 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm
    Richie

    hi im using ubuntu in a virtual pc and it hasnt found my wifi thingy (cant think of the name) it detects my eathernet port

  11. December 17, 2009 at 9:47 am
    Stephen

    Hi Richie,

    Did you mean “virtual pc” as Ubuntu inside something like VMware?

  12. January 11, 2010 at 7:54 am
    Vikash

    i have installed ubuntu 9.10 alongwith vista on lenovo g-5500.but it is not detecting the wi-fi networks.the wi-fi is working well in vista.plz help me…

  13. January 11, 2010 at 12:30 pm
    TimL5767

    Same problem as Vikash; I’ve installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a Dell Latitude 610 that is also running Windows XP Pro,, via a wubi install of the Ubuntu. Windows is running fine on the wifi,, detects several available, and connects with no prob. Ubuntu doesn’t detect squat,, the wifi light on the laptop never illuminates,, and, like Fred,, I never get the wireless icons on Ubuntu,, so no further “install” can occur. Hard to believe that the system that by all rights should be dismantling the Windows house of cards can’t get by something as basis in the 21st century as wifi. Frustrated ???,,, you bet !!!

  14. January 29, 2010 at 9:44 am
    Tushar Chavan

    Hi Fred,
    I am having a Compaq Presario CQ45 laptop. I have a internet connection at my home with a wifi router Netgear WGR614. When I connect to the wifi router using a cable it goes online. But it doesnot detects my wifi network. I have checked clicking on the network manager icon in task bar but it didn’t help. It shows VPN Connections and asks to configure connection. I am not aware that much about this. please let me know if you can tell me any work around. Thanks in advance.

  15. February 7, 2010 at 2:37 am
    muk_kum

    I’m using Dell vostro 411G .I’ve installed win7 and ubuntu9.10. In windows my wifi works well but in ubuntu it doesn’t detect wireless device…plz help

  16. February 24, 2010 at 1:48 pm
    Francis Ashun

    I was using mint helena and got wireless connection but changeg to ubuntu 9.10 but my system is able to connect to the wireless network but can’t get internet connection. I am using HP pavillion 9000. Please help I dont want to go back to mint’

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