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Martin Hope
Lazer
Asked: 2010-11-14 08:19:45 +0800 CST
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  • I use Wifi to connect to the internet, and want to interconnect the two machines I am using so that

    1. it is easy to transfer files

    2. I can copy from one machine and use the same buffer on another machine

  • As both the machines have LAN ports vacant, I can connect the machines using a CAT5 cable.

  • One of the machines runs Windows XP and the other one runs Ubuntu 10.04.

Which free software should I use?

networking windows-xp lan
Martin Hope
Lazer
Asked: 2010-10-28 11:56:01 +0800 CST
  • 6
$ sudo iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

pan0      no wireless extensions.

$

This is what pops up when I click the two computers icon

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What should I do to get Wifi working on this machine?

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
$

$ lspci | tail
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series]
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
$
10.04 networking wireless network-manager
Martin Hope
Lazer
Asked: 2010-09-18 22:41:58 +0800 CST
  • 0

I recently moved from using Fedora to Ubuntu.

The reason I was using Fedora in the first place was that I was using Redhat at work. Now I am trying out Ubuntu and will finally settle for one (update to Fedora13 or use Ubuntu) in a couple of days.

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What should I expect different here? What is awesome and what is missing?

10.04
Martin Hope
Lazer
Asked: 2010-09-12 06:52:07 +0800 CST
  • 2

  • I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my machine which already has Windows Vista and Fedora installed.

  • I use GRUB to get the boot menu. The GRUB screen looks something like this (has a fedora logo at the bottom)

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  • The problem is that when I insert the CD and try to boot, it takes me directly to the GRUB menu for Fedora/Vista, nothing for Ubuntu.

  • So, I tried Ubuntu's CD boot helper to help me boot from the CD, and I get this error

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  • The BIOS says that I should press F2 for setup and F12 for boot options. I tried them. Nothing happens except that it goes straight to the GRUB menu.

What should I do?

system-installation 10.04