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Can not find "inf" file

Asked by Paul Priest

I am attempting to get wireless internet connection in Ubuntu
I have installed required package but when I try to install drivers it asks to select "inf" file.
I am new to UBUNTU and can not find this file.
Help me please.

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lagoinsomne (lagoinsomne) said : 		#1

Could you please run the following and paste the results here?

sudo lspci -v | grep Broadcom

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Pierre Ferrari (piferrari) said : 		#2

Hi,

The standard installation does not work?

«««
To install the drivers you need to go in

System / Administration / Hardware Drivers

In the window that opens, you must activate your wireless card (check box).

Best regards.
»»»

PiF

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#3

02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver (rev 02)

wireless card check box is ticked off, still no go.

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lagoinsomne (lagoinsomne) said : 		#4

Please specify brand and model of your computer.

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#5

Dell Inspiron - 2200

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lagoinsomne (lagoinsomne) said : 		#6

I found at the Dell site that there are many different models of wifi card for your computer. Maybe with the service tag is possible to narrow down the specific model of your card. Could you please provide it?

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#7

Is this what you mean?:
Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PC1 Card , Broadcom File Version 4.100.15.5

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lagoinsomne (lagoinsomne) said : 		#8

ok, download the drivers from http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R151519&SystemID=INSPIRON%202200&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=9110&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=10&catid=5&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=202138

After that install wine (windows emulator) and then open a terminal, go to the directory where you downloaded the file and type wine R151519.EXE

Follow the instructions and the program will extract its contents on /home/(your account)/.wine/drive_c/drivers
and hopefully you'll find the inf file there.

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#9

How do I install WINE?

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#10

Ok, I installed wine, still confused as an install shield like in windows activated but would not complete the installation.

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Best lagoinsomne (lagoinsomne) said : 		#11

That's ok, wine allowed you to run the installshield, and then installshield extracted the needed files on /home/(your account)/.wine/drive_c/drivers. You'll very likely find the inf file at that location.

Good luck.

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#12

Thanks lagoinsomne, that solved my question.