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<article id="troubleshooting" status="review" lang="en_AU">
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<title>Wireless networks</title>
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<title>Credits and License</title>
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<para>This document is maintained by the Ubuntu documentation team (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam). For a list of contributors, see the <ulink url="../../../common/C/contributors.xml">contributors page</ulink></para>
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<para>This document is made available under the Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.5 License (CC-BY-SA).</para>
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<para>You are free to modify, extend, and improve the Ubuntu documentation source code under the
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<para>This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE AS DESCRIBED IN THE DISCLAIMER.</para>
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<para>A copy of the license is available here: <ulink url="/usr/share/ubuntu-docs/common/C/ccbysa.xml">Creative Commons ShareAlike License</ulink>.</para>
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<year>2004, 2005, 2006</year>
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<holder>Canonical Ltd. and members of the Ubuntu Documentation Project</holder>
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<publishername>The Ubuntu Documentation Project</publishername>
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<sect1 id="network-troubleshooting" status="writing">
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<title>Tools to help with network connection problems</title>
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<para>If you have a network connection which is not working properly, you can use a few tools to help diagnose what the problem is.</para>
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<para>Most of the tools in this section require use of the Terminal, which you can open by pressing <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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<sect2 id="network-troubleshooting-iwconfig" status="writing">
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<title>Identify wireless connections</title>
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<para><application>iwconfig</application> allows you to change certain settings of your wireless hardware. However, it is also very useful for identifying wireless connections.</para>
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<para>To identify a wireless connection:</para>
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<listitem><para>Press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open a Terminal</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Type <userinput>iwconfig</userinput> in the Terminal and press <keycap>Return</keycap></para></listitem>
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<para>You should get output similar to the following:</para>
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<screen>lo no wireless extensions.
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eth0 no wireless extensions.
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eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"WLAN Name"
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Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:12:CF:02:6F:EC
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Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
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Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
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Link Quality=75/100 Signal level=-54 dBm Noise level=-89 dBm
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Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:1</screen>
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<listitem><para>The column on the left gives the name of the connection, such as <quote>eth0</quote> or <quote>wlan0</quote></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If the column on the right says <quote>no wireless extensions</quote>, that connection has not been recognized as a wireless connection and is probably a wired network connection</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If the connection <emphasis>has</emphasis> been recognized as a wireless connection, details of the wireless connection will be shown in the column on the right</para>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>ESSID</emphasis> gives the name of the wireless network that you are connected to, if any</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>Link Quality</emphasis> gives a measure of the strength of the wireless signal</para></listitem>
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<sect2 id="network-troubleshooting-iwlist" status="writing">
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<title>Find information about wireless connections</title>
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<para><application>iwlist</application> is able to display information about your wireless connection.</para>
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<listitem><para>Press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open a Terminal</para></listitem>
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<para>Type the following commands in the Terminal and press <keycap>Return</keycap> to run them. Make sure that you replace <emphasis>eth1</emphasis> with the name of your wireless interface, if it is different.</para>
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<listitem><para><userinput>iwlist eth1 accesspoints</userinput> - Show a list of available wireless access points</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><userinput>iwlist eth1 rate</userinput> - Show a list of all possible transmission rates for your wireless connection, including the current rate</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><userinput>iwlist eth1 key</userinput> - Show information about wireless encryption</para></listitem>
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<sect2 id="network-troubleshooting-ifconfig" status="writing">
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<title>Get information about the current connection</title>
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<para><application>ifconfig</application> is intended to allow you to change the settings of your network connections, but can also be used to list information about the current connection.</para>
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<listitem><para>Press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open a Terminal</para></listitem>
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<para>Type <userinput>ifconfig eth1</userinput> in the Terminal and press <keycap>Return</keycap>, replacing <emphasis>eth1</emphasis> with the name of your network interface if it is different.</para>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>inet addr</emphasis> gives the current <emphasis>IP address</emphasis> of the connection</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>HWaddr</emphasis> gives the <emphasis>MAC address</emphasis> of your network device</para></listitem>
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<sect2 id="network-troubleshooting-ping" status="writing">
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<title>Check if a connection is working correctly</title>
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<para>A good way of checking if a connection is working correctly is to <emphasis>ping</emphasis> another computer on the network or the Internet.</para>
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<para>To check if you are connected to the Internet:</para>
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<listitem><para>Press <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Administration</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Network Tools</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Select the <guilabel>Ping</guilabel> tab</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Type <userinput>ubuntu.com</userinput> into the <guilabel>Network address</guilabel> box and then press <guibutton>Ping</guibutton></para></listitem>
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<para>After a while, a graph should appear. Look at the number for <guilabel>Successful packets</guilabel> under <guilabel>Transmission Statistics</guilabel></para>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>100% successful packets</emphasis> - Your computer should have a good connection to the Internet</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>Less than 100% successful</emphasis> - Your computer probably has a poor connection to the Internet or a poor wireless signal</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>0% successful packets</emphasis> - Your computer has a very bad connection, or is connected to an access point or router which is not connected to the Internet</para></listitem>
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<para>If you get an error message which says <emphasis>The address 'ubuntu.com' cannot be found</emphasis>, then your computer is probably not connected to the Internet or cannot reach a <emphasis>DNS server</emphasis>.</para>