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Trouble with Internal Wireless Internet

Asked by jamesandcarody

I'm a newbie here with Ubuntu, or anything other than windows!

I have a HP NC6000 laptop with an internal wireless card. I have been unable to get any wireless internet signal or anything. Tried to look at others troubleshooting but to no avail, and things seem too get complicated quick!

From the other posts, here is some info that might help:

james@james-laptop:~$ lspci -n

00:00.0 0600: 8086:3340 (rev 03)

00:01.0 0604: 8086:3341 (rev 03)

00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 03)

00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 03)

00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 03)

00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 03)

00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 83)

00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24cc (rev 03)

00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24ca (rev 03)

00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 03)

00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 03)

00:1f.6 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 03)

01:00.0 0300: 1002:4e50

02:04.0 0200: 168c:0013 (rev 01)

02:06.0 0607: 1217:7223

02:06.1 0607: 1217:7223

02:06.2 0880: 1217:7110

02:06.3 0607: 1217:7223

02:0e.0 0200: 14e4:165e (rev 03)

james@james-laptop:~$ Ispci

bash: Ispci: command not found

james@james-laptop:~$ ifconfig

ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:85:1C:3D:83

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:79:C6:B5:03

          inet addr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

          Interrupt:11

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

          RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:9472 (9.2 KB) TX bytes:9472 (9.2 KB)

wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-11-85-1C-3D-83-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:2211 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:101706 (99.3 KB)

          Interrupt:11

james@james-laptop:~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

irda0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:""

          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

          Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm Sensitivity=1/1

          Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

james@james-laptop:~$ cat/etc/network/interfaces

bash: cat/etc/network/interfaces: No such file or directory

james@james-laptop:~$ cat etc/network/interfaces

cat: etc/network/interfaces: No such file or directory

james@james-laptop:~$

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Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza) said : 		#1

Could you post the output of "lspci" (without "-n")?

If you have a Broadcom 43xx wireless card, you may want to try following the instructions in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Gutsy

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jamesandcarody (jamesandcarody) said : 		#2

Thanks for all the help...
james@james-laptop:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]

02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)

02:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller

02:06.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller

02:06.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator

02:06.3 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller

02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)

james@james-laptop:~$

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jamesandcarody (jamesandcarody) said : 		#3

Still lost though..

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jamesandcarody (jamesandcarody) said : 		#4

Still lost though..

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jamesandcarody (jamesandcarody) said : 		#5

Still lost though..

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alahde (aulis-lhde) said : 		#6

Maybe, if you are using Vodafone Mobile Connect Card or something like that:
 Download the driver for your card to a USB-memory from friends internet PC.
Like : Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux 1.99.17 .deb (to Ubuntu 7.04 or 7.10) and maybe 8.04 is ready for Your Connect Card. This works only with mobile internet card.
I am using it now and it works fine, as you see.

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jamesandcarody (jamesandcarody) said : 		#7

Okay, I have the ability to download a driver and transport it to a USB... but....

How do I find the driver?

How do I install it?

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Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza) said : 		#8

You could try installing bcm5700-source. Then, run module-assistant to compile and install the drivers. Don't worry, the process is almost completely automatic.

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