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Hey
I recently got XBMC live installed on my acer aspirerevo, but I'm having some trouble configuring the wireless settings.
I tried following some instructions I found around here on the forums, but I have a really big problem. It appears that my wireless card isn't being identified.
there is no wlan in ifconfig and iwconfig brings up nothing as well.
I know for a fact this thing has wireless, but I'm stumped
Also as an aside, how can I set my box to have a static network ip, say 192.168.1.111?
Thanks for any help!
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You said you're for sure that it has wireless, but most of the Revos don't. Which model is it?
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Its an Acer AspireRevo AR3610-U2002...and it has wireless, that's not something I would overlook.
-Rob
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I had the same problem with my 3610. I read and tried everything I could find and never got it working.
I installed Mint 9 (Isadora) and then installed XBMC-standalone and now it works fine. Mint 9 is like "Linux for Dummies" and it won't take long to get the hang of it. All the information I needed was on the linuxmint website. I had trouble getting my head wrapped around Linux, especially with all the commands in Terminal, but Mint is pretty easy to understand for a beginner. It will require reading and installing everything yourself, but it's worth it. I have been running it for 3 months now and I must say it won't be long till I say good-bye to ever using Windows again. Now that I start to understand a little about Linux, I'm a believer. Look into it, maybe it will work for you.
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I eventually got wireless working by installing and running wicd but I have further issues.
When I power on my revo with the ethernet cable unplugged, and then go into a terminal, I can ping google and everything just fine, but once I try to play anything in my library (its all on storage on the network) it tells me the file no longer exists or that it cant connect.
So I am connected to the internet, but one I go into XBMC and try to play anything, it isnt connected
Everything works with a wired connection though
Any Ideas?
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When you go into XBMC, can you access updated weather info, etc?
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I've been having the same issues myself. Was up until 2am last night trying to figure things out and it was a small victory when I finally got the drivers installed for the card. My router is about 10 feet away (around a corner) from my Revo, so thankfully, I can connect via Cat5 in a pinch, but I'd really like to get the wireless working (and 10 feet away shouldn't be too far, I'd think, poor antenna or not). In case a little bit of info helps, I have a Belkin Pre-N router, WEP security. I've added the SSID and WEP key into the interfaces file, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I'm glad I found this place though, since it kept me from going completely nuts last night.
I'm at work, so it's killing me that I can't be at home working on it right now. Last thing that happened last night was the DHCP connection not happening (don't remember the exact message and sadly, networking isn't my forte).
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I was actually going to switch over to WPA, but unfortunately, my netbook doesn't support it (Dell Mini 9 running Ubuntu 10.04).
I tried once last night with the encryption off, but now that I think about it, I might not have had everything set right yet at that point. I'll have to give that another go tonight and see what happens. I'll definitely take your advice and check out the Ubuntu forums though. Thus far, I've just been Googling the hell out of everything and seeing what sticks. :p