2009-06-20, 01:25
Hannes The Hun Wrote:when you have XBMC live installed, you have ubuntu. make yourself familiar with package installation via the terminal, or do yourself a favor and go the XBMCbuntu route. the how-to is good, and this way you'll learn a lot of the underlying linux system which will help you immensely when you encounter problems or want to do advanced configuration.
On your advice I had a look at the 'how-to' guide and I've managed to get wireless tools installed, here's what I've done so far...
1) Went to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo
2) From the command line typed: 1) sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
3) Typed ispci: reveals my wireless is using a Atheros chipset
4) Typed iwconfig: got the following back...
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management: off
Link Quality: 0 Signal level: 0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid: 0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries: 0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Am I right in thinking it has recognised my wireless card...or, not?
On the plus side I've got further than I had before.
I'm going to keep going on this but if anyone has any advice i'd appreciate it, thanks.