Unable to see my CenturyLink wifi network in Ubuntu 14.04.4
My household recently switched to Centurylink from Comcast. I am using Ubuntu 14.04.4. The issue I am having is I do not see MY CenturyLink wifi network in my ubuntu's list of available wifi connections. I can, however, see my neighbor's centuryilnk wifi networks as they show up in my list of available wifi networks.
I am using a C2000T modem/router. The ethernet connection works just fine. Also, I am able to connect to my CenturyLink wifi from my iPhone and several PCs (windows-based). So it does not appear to be an issue with my network, but with my OS. Is there something I need to do to activate the wifi network on my ubuntu system? Anyone have experience with this? I suspect the modem/router model may also be causing some issues.
Edit (to address the first comment below):
Sorry for the lack of info. I didn't have problems connecting to the wifi prior to switching to CenturyLink. My ubuntu machine can connect to wifi. I think my wifeless adapter info is found in the output
" description: Wireless interface
product: Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
"
iwconfig outputs:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"DANG"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
ifconfig outputs:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3c:97:0e:9d:36:90
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3e97:eff:fe9d:3690/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:49410 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:41499627 (41.4 MB) TX bytes:9556377 (9.5 MB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:f3500000-f3520000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB) TX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 6c:88:14:38:10:14
inet6 addr: fe80::6e88:14ff:fe38:1014/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:826 (826.0 B) TX bytes:20227 (20.2 KB)
I ran the script from My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?
My output is too big to include in this post, so I uploaded it here:
output
networking internet
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My household recently switched to Centurylink from Comcast. I am using Ubuntu 14.04.4. The issue I am having is I do not see MY CenturyLink wifi network in my ubuntu's list of available wifi connections. I can, however, see my neighbor's centuryilnk wifi networks as they show up in my list of available wifi networks.
I am using a C2000T modem/router. The ethernet connection works just fine. Also, I am able to connect to my CenturyLink wifi from my iPhone and several PCs (windows-based). So it does not appear to be an issue with my network, but with my OS. Is there something I need to do to activate the wifi network on my ubuntu system? Anyone have experience with this? I suspect the modem/router model may also be causing some issues.
Edit (to address the first comment below):
Sorry for the lack of info. I didn't have problems connecting to the wifi prior to switching to CenturyLink. My ubuntu machine can connect to wifi. I think my wifeless adapter info is found in the output
" description: Wireless interface
product: Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
"
iwconfig outputs:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"DANG"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
ifconfig outputs:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3c:97:0e:9d:36:90
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3e97:eff:fe9d:3690/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:49410 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:41499627 (41.4 MB) TX bytes:9556377 (9.5 MB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:f3500000-f3520000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB) TX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 6c:88:14:38:10:14
inet6 addr: fe80::6e88:14ff:fe38:1014/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:826 (826.0 B) TX bytes:20227 (20.2 KB)
I ran the script from My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?
My output is too big to include in this post, so I uploaded it here:
output
networking internet
You can check band (2 GHZ vs 5 GHZ), security mode, etc to ensure all are compatible. You don't state if you had problems connecting before the switch. Can your machine connect to any wifi network at all? What is your wifi adapter? Is the hardware switch on? What is the output ofiwconfig
andifconfig
?Give us some details and maybe the problem can be isolated.
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:15
Thanks I will address your comments in an edit in the OP.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:31
Okay and also I tried the command 'sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID' and in the output I see my centurylink server. However, I do not see it in the GUI wifi listing.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:39
Is "DANG" the correct ESSID of the wifi network you are trying to connect to?
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:53
Yes it is. I don't understand what the output from iwconfig means.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:55
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show 5 more comments
My household recently switched to Centurylink from Comcast. I am using Ubuntu 14.04.4. The issue I am having is I do not see MY CenturyLink wifi network in my ubuntu's list of available wifi connections. I can, however, see my neighbor's centuryilnk wifi networks as they show up in my list of available wifi networks.
I am using a C2000T modem/router. The ethernet connection works just fine. Also, I am able to connect to my CenturyLink wifi from my iPhone and several PCs (windows-based). So it does not appear to be an issue with my network, but with my OS. Is there something I need to do to activate the wifi network on my ubuntu system? Anyone have experience with this? I suspect the modem/router model may also be causing some issues.
Edit (to address the first comment below):
Sorry for the lack of info. I didn't have problems connecting to the wifi prior to switching to CenturyLink. My ubuntu machine can connect to wifi. I think my wifeless adapter info is found in the output
" description: Wireless interface
product: Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
"
iwconfig outputs:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"DANG"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
ifconfig outputs:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3c:97:0e:9d:36:90
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3e97:eff:fe9d:3690/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:49410 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:41499627 (41.4 MB) TX bytes:9556377 (9.5 MB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:f3500000-f3520000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB) TX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 6c:88:14:38:10:14
inet6 addr: fe80::6e88:14ff:fe38:1014/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:826 (826.0 B) TX bytes:20227 (20.2 KB)
I ran the script from My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?
My output is too big to include in this post, so I uploaded it here:
output
networking internet
My household recently switched to Centurylink from Comcast. I am using Ubuntu 14.04.4. The issue I am having is I do not see MY CenturyLink wifi network in my ubuntu's list of available wifi connections. I can, however, see my neighbor's centuryilnk wifi networks as they show up in my list of available wifi networks.
I am using a C2000T modem/router. The ethernet connection works just fine. Also, I am able to connect to my CenturyLink wifi from my iPhone and several PCs (windows-based). So it does not appear to be an issue with my network, but with my OS. Is there something I need to do to activate the wifi network on my ubuntu system? Anyone have experience with this? I suspect the modem/router model may also be causing some issues.
Edit (to address the first comment below):
Sorry for the lack of info. I didn't have problems connecting to the wifi prior to switching to CenturyLink. My ubuntu machine can connect to wifi. I think my wifeless adapter info is found in the output
" description: Wireless interface
product: Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
"
iwconfig outputs:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"DANG"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
ifconfig outputs:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3c:97:0e:9d:36:90
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3e97:eff:fe9d:3690/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:49410 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:41499627 (41.4 MB) TX bytes:9556377 (9.5 MB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:f3500000-f3520000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB) TX bytes:344581 (344.5 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 6c:88:14:38:10:14
inet6 addr: fe80::6e88:14ff:fe38:1014/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:826 (826.0 B) TX bytes:20227 (20.2 KB)
I ran the script from My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?
My output is too big to include in this post, so I uploaded it here:
output
networking internet
networking internet
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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You can check band (2 GHZ vs 5 GHZ), security mode, etc to ensure all are compatible. You don't state if you had problems connecting before the switch. Can your machine connect to any wifi network at all? What is your wifi adapter? Is the hardware switch on? What is the output ofiwconfig
andifconfig
?Give us some details and maybe the problem can be isolated.
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:15
Thanks I will address your comments in an edit in the OP.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:31
Okay and also I tried the command 'sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID' and in the output I see my centurylink server. However, I do not see it in the GUI wifi listing.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:39
Is "DANG" the correct ESSID of the wifi network you are trying to connect to?
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:53
Yes it is. I don't understand what the output from iwconfig means.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:55
|
show 5 more comments
You can check band (2 GHZ vs 5 GHZ), security mode, etc to ensure all are compatible. You don't state if you had problems connecting before the switch. Can your machine connect to any wifi network at all? What is your wifi adapter? Is the hardware switch on? What is the output ofiwconfig
andifconfig
?Give us some details and maybe the problem can be isolated.
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:15
Thanks I will address your comments in an edit in the OP.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:31
Okay and also I tried the command 'sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID' and in the output I see my centurylink server. However, I do not see it in the GUI wifi listing.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:39
Is "DANG" the correct ESSID of the wifi network you are trying to connect to?
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:53
Yes it is. I don't understand what the output from iwconfig means.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:55
You can check band (2 GHZ vs 5 GHZ), security mode, etc to ensure all are compatible. You don't state if you had problems connecting before the switch. Can your machine connect to any wifi network at all? What is your wifi adapter? Is the hardware switch on? What is the output of
iwconfig
and ifconfig
?Give us some details and maybe the problem can be isolated.– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:15
You can check band (2 GHZ vs 5 GHZ), security mode, etc to ensure all are compatible. You don't state if you had problems connecting before the switch. Can your machine connect to any wifi network at all? What is your wifi adapter? Is the hardware switch on? What is the output of
iwconfig
and ifconfig
?Give us some details and maybe the problem can be isolated.– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:15
Thanks I will address your comments in an edit in the OP.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:31
Thanks I will address your comments in an edit in the OP.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:31
Okay and also I tried the command 'sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID' and in the output I see my centurylink server. However, I do not see it in the GUI wifi listing.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:39
Okay and also I tried the command 'sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID' and in the output I see my centurylink server. However, I do not see it in the GUI wifi listing.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:39
Is "DANG" the correct ESSID of the wifi network you are trying to connect to?
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:53
Is "DANG" the correct ESSID of the wifi network you are trying to connect to?
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:53
Yes it is. I don't understand what the output from iwconfig means.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:55
Yes it is. I don't understand what the output from iwconfig means.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:55
|
show 5 more comments
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First you have network manager and wicd installed, you should uninstall wicd because both installed together will conflict with each other and wicd is not maintained well from what I know.
In interfaces you should only have:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
if you are using network manager and not running a server and according to the information from the script you are using network manager.
I have used century link, did you call them and have them walk you through setup of your modem/router? Wireless has to be enabled in the router.
If you did unplug the router for about five minutes then plug it back in.
After you have fixed the interfaces file run the following command to reset udev/rules
sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
If it does not connect we may have to set some driver parameters.
Reboot and network manager should find all networks in range.
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First you have network manager and wicd installed, you should uninstall wicd because both installed together will conflict with each other and wicd is not maintained well from what I know.
In interfaces you should only have:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
if you are using network manager and not running a server and according to the information from the script you are using network manager.
I have used century link, did you call them and have them walk you through setup of your modem/router? Wireless has to be enabled in the router.
If you did unplug the router for about five minutes then plug it back in.
After you have fixed the interfaces file run the following command to reset udev/rules
sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
If it does not connect we may have to set some driver parameters.
Reboot and network manager should find all networks in range.
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First you have network manager and wicd installed, you should uninstall wicd because both installed together will conflict with each other and wicd is not maintained well from what I know.
In interfaces you should only have:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
if you are using network manager and not running a server and according to the information from the script you are using network manager.
I have used century link, did you call them and have them walk you through setup of your modem/router? Wireless has to be enabled in the router.
If you did unplug the router for about five minutes then plug it back in.
After you have fixed the interfaces file run the following command to reset udev/rules
sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
If it does not connect we may have to set some driver parameters.
Reboot and network manager should find all networks in range.
Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat.
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Jun 15 '16 at 20:25
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First you have network manager and wicd installed, you should uninstall wicd because both installed together will conflict with each other and wicd is not maintained well from what I know.
In interfaces you should only have:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
if you are using network manager and not running a server and according to the information from the script you are using network manager.
I have used century link, did you call them and have them walk you through setup of your modem/router? Wireless has to be enabled in the router.
If you did unplug the router for about five minutes then plug it back in.
After you have fixed the interfaces file run the following command to reset udev/rules
sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
If it does not connect we may have to set some driver parameters.
Reboot and network manager should find all networks in range.
First you have network manager and wicd installed, you should uninstall wicd because both installed together will conflict with each other and wicd is not maintained well from what I know.
In interfaces you should only have:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
if you are using network manager and not running a server and according to the information from the script you are using network manager.
I have used century link, did you call them and have them walk you through setup of your modem/router? Wireless has to be enabled in the router.
If you did unplug the router for about five minutes then plug it back in.
After you have fixed the interfaces file run the following command to reset udev/rules
sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
If it does not connect we may have to set some driver parameters.
Reboot and network manager should find all networks in range.
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You can check band (2 GHZ vs 5 GHZ), security mode, etc to ensure all are compatible. You don't state if you had problems connecting before the switch. Can your machine connect to any wifi network at all? What is your wifi adapter? Is the hardware switch on? What is the output of
iwconfig
andifconfig
?Give us some details and maybe the problem can be isolated.– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:15
Thanks I will address your comments in an edit in the OP.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:31
Okay and also I tried the command 'sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID' and in the output I see my centurylink server. However, I do not see it in the GUI wifi listing.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:39
Is "DANG" the correct ESSID of the wifi network you are trying to connect to?
– Organic Marble
Jun 12 '16 at 3:53
Yes it is. I don't understand what the output from iwconfig means.
– David
Jun 12 '16 at 3:55