Wireless in ubuntu 10.04

[Armageddon]

Hi folks I'm having proms myself in getting my intel pro/wireless 3945abg wireless to turn on seems ubuntu knows its there but i can't use the fn+f1 key like i do in windows to turn it on i have tried alsorts any ideas would be appreciated

 

Dave

[Armageddon]

Just to update it seems the problem exists with how my wireless is turned on and there is no way round it apart from flashing and upgrading bios , this i won't do just to tinker with Linux so am gonna spend seven quid on a external one linux likes

 

Dave

[kernel]

Sometimes the wireless card is not automatically enabled. So to enable via the terminal type:

 

sudo '/sbin/service NetworkManager start

 

Then type in (without the pound sign)

 

#iwconfig

and then , whats below. However if iwconfig would return wlan1 replace the 1 with the 0 below.

 

#sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

 

If you are displayed a prompt to enter your password do so.

[KenB]

Hi kernel and welcome to Fpch

 

Thanks for contributing.

Could I ask you to look at the date of the thread before posting please? ( I don't want you to waste your time )

The last post here was June 2010 - I doubt that Armageddon is still looking for a fix for this one :)