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Hey everyone

I'm having a problem with connecting to my router with Ubuntu (the newest version).
As well wired as wireless connection hass problems.

I'm able to connect to the internet with the utp cable that comes from and goes to the modem (cable connection), but i can't connect to the internet with an utp cable from my router (D-Link 802.11g/2.4GHz Wireless Router). Even though I found the computer in the DNS list and it has received a valid IP address.
Connecting to the router wireless via wifi doesn't work either. I found that connecting via wifi is a more common problem and tried the following: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=437108.
But still no internet connection.

My configuration:
Dell vostro 1000
Dual boot: Vista and Ubuntu (Everything works fine on Vista).
Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card (The tutorial (link above) speaks about a Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card, i hope these are the same.)
D-Link 802.11g/2.4GHz Wireless Router

If there's anything else about the configuration that matters for this problem, ask me :).

Thanks in advance.
Greets, Kenny.

Ps: I'm using the 64 bit version of Ubuntu.
Will i be able to use the same software like i would on a 32 bit version?
I know this is not the case with a 32 and a 64 bit version of windows, but i didn't think of it when i downloaded and installed ubuntu since it was not mentioned on the download page.

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reported the thread as resolved after an updated driver likely fixed the problem. For anyone who finds a similar symptom later (wired to modem works briefly but wired/wireless via router fail), the following focused checks cover the usual causes and make the root problem reproducible.

Useful basic checks (link, IP, routing, DNS):

ip link show
ip addr show
ip route
cat /etc/resolv.conf
ping -c 4 <gateway-IP>
ping -c 4 8.8.8.8
sudo dhclient -v <interface>

If the gateway is unreachable despite a valid IP, inspect physical link lights and router logs. A common cause when a direct-modem connection works briefly is the modem binding an address to the first MAC it sees; power-cycle the modem after changing the attached device or set the router to clone the PC MAC.

Wireless/driver checks and firmware messages:

sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 network
dmesg | egrep -i 'wlan|wifi|firmware|driver'
sudo iwlist <wlan> scan
sudo rfkill list
lsmod

Look for firmware- or driver-related errors in dmesg/syslog; missing firmware or the wrong kernel module is a frequent cause of intermittent or nonfunctional Wi‑Fi. The “Hardware/Additional Drivers” utility or the distribution’s backports/kernel-module packages often supplies the working driver.

Notes and diagnostics to collect for further help: interface list and IP output, lspci with driver info, recent dmesg/syslog entries and lsmod. Running a live distro or a known-working OS (as in the original thread) helps isolate hardware vs. driver/router configuration issues.

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Another problem found: I said thet i was able to connect to the internet if i used the utp cable that was connected directly to the cable-modem. But it seems that this connection only lasts for the first 5 to minutes...

Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
Greets, Kenny.

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Me again, it's not a bump.
The problem is solved, though i have to say there's been a whole history :p

First i installed PCLinuxOs 2007 as dual boot with Vista, but both systems hung sometimes.

So now i got Ubuntu 8.04 installed as single OS, but now i'm having a problem with Eclipse (installing PDT) and with configuring twinview. But i'll post that in another thread.

Should i mark this thread as solved? Since there is not really a description of the solution...
The only thing i can say about is is that i guess that it now works because of an updated driver or something.
But i don't know for sure.

Greets, K?!

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