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Lost Wireless Internet connection following update to 8.04

Asked by papabehr

My (spare) computer is partitioned with Windows on one partition, and Ubuntu on the other. I was using it to learn Ubuntu.
My wireless internet connection was working fine until I updated to 8.04 "Hardy Heron". Now it does not connect to the internet with my Ubuntu partition, but does connect to the internet using my windowsME OS partition.
Everything else in the 8.04 Hardy Heron appears to work fine accept I cannot connect to the internet.
I have included the following information from my iwconfig printout and sudo lshw output:

HHOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE SOLVE MY PROBLEM!!

HERE IS iwconfig” OUTPUT:

david@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=0/100 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

david@ubuntu:~$

HERE THE ¨sudo lshw -C Network¨ OUTPUT:

david@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for david:

 *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 9
       bus info: pci@0000:02:09.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:0d:0b:cf:c4:be
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.22-14-generic latency=64 link=no module=bcm43xx multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
       vendor: 3Com Corporation
       physical id: c
       bus info: pci@0000:02:0c.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 78
       serial: 00:b0:d0:15:3d:02
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=3c59x duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=10 mingnt=10 module=3c59x multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#1

temporarily connect your ubuntu pc to the internet via an ethernet adaptor.

to try to get your wifi working go to System → Administration → Software Sources click on the Updates tab, then check the box for Unsupported updates (intrepid-backports). after you've enabled the backports update your ubuntu software from a terminal with the commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

you may need to reboot. after that go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and enable any restricted drivers you have available.

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papabehr (d-behr2002) said : 		#2

My computer is not in an area where I can hook it up directly to the internet by hard wire. Again, it worked fine before the update, and the Windows partition works fine through the wireless.

Is there any other suggestions for me to fix the problem??

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papabehr (d-behr2002) said : 		#3

My computer is not in an area where I can hook it up directly to the
internet by hard wire.  Again, it worked fine before the update, and the
Windows partition works fine through the wireless.

Is there any other suggestions for me to fix the problem??

--- On Mon, 1/26/09, nhasian <email address hidden> wrote:

From: nhasian <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #58811]: Cannot access internet after major updates
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Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 6:04 PM

Your question #58811 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/58811

    Status: Open => Answered

nhasian proposed the following answer:
temporarily connect your ubuntu pc to the internet via an ethernet
adaptor.

to try to get your wifi working go to System → Administration → Software
Sources click on the Updates tab, then check the box for Unsupported
updates (intrepid-backports). after you've enabled the backports update
your ubuntu software from a terminal with the commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

you may need to reboot. after that go to
System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and enable any restricted
drivers you have available.

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papabehr (d-behr2002) said : 		#4

I am still trying to get my internet

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papabehr (d-behr2002) said : 		#5

I rewrote the problem in a new question.