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Wireless Not Working on Dell Inspiron B130

Asked by Brian

I have a Dell Inspiron B130. I installed Ubuntu 8.10. Everything except my wireless networking is working. I installed ndiswrapper from add/remove applications and installed the window driver .ini file from Dell for my notebook. My wireless device is described as Wireless 1370 WLAN. In Network Connections I added my netwok "NETGEAR" but it still won't connect. The wirless light is on and the device appears to be enabled. I'm new to Linux and so far I like it. This problem seems like it can be fixed but I just don't have the experience to figure it out. I've been reading the blogs for 3 days now. I don't want to go back to Windows so could someone please help me out.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please try Lenwood's procedure here, first using Intrepid Ibex (= Ubuntu 8.10).

If that does not work, follow the same procedure, but using Ubuntu Hardy Heron. In both cases, I strongly recommend to perform a clean install of Ubuntu (and avoiding ndiswrapper in both Ubuntu Hardy Heron and in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex)

http://sudan.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?t=938587

After doing a clean install of Ubuntu, you need to use the LAN connection to update all the newest updates. After that, your wireless card should work, without using ndiswrapper.

If that still does not work, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

nm-tool
iwconfig
ping -c 4 google.com
ifconfig
netstat -r
sudo lshw -C network
lspci

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

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youpers (youpers) said : 		#2

So this seems to be an issue affecting all Inspiron owners here. I have some results if you still want to help someone whos completely lost. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance, Anthony.

NetworkManager Tool

State: disconnected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: b43
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:14:22:A5:9E:B4

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 10 Mb/s

  Wired Settings

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes

  Wireless Settings
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points

youpers@youpers:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

youpers@youpers:~$ ping -c 4 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
youpers@youpers:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:22:a5:9e:b4
          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:18

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:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:296 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:296 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:19840 (19.8 KB) TX bytes:19840 (19.8 KB)

youpers@youpers:~$ netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
youpers@youpers:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for youpers:
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:14:22:a5:9e:b4
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:14:a5:5e:2a:c6
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 46:ec:27:76:f3:af
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
youpers@youpers:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver (rev 02)

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youpers (youpers) said : 		#3

So this seems to be an issue affecting all Inspiron owners here. I have some results if you still want to help someone whos completely lost. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance, Anthony.

NetworkManager Tool

State: disconnected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: b43
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:14:22:A5:9E:B4

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 10 Mb/s

  Wired Settings

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes

  Wireless Settings
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points

youpers@youpers:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

youpers@youpers:~$ ping -c 4 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
youpers@youpers:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:22:a5:9e:b4
          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:18

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:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:296 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:296 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:19840 (19.8 KB) TX bytes:19840 (19.8 KB)

youpers@youpers:~$ netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
youpers@youpers:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for youpers:
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:14:22:a5:9e:b4
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:14:a5:5e:2a:c6
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 46:ec:27:76:f3:af
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
youpers@youpers:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver (rev 02)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Hi Anthony,

Can you please create a separate question/thread for your new issue? Once you have created the new question, I will look into it.

In the new question/thread, please only send us the output of the following commands:

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Also specify the exact model and make of laptop that you are using.

Regards and thanks,

Mark

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