Lost Wireless Internet connection following update to 8.04

hey, you might want to check out the troubleshooting page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/troubleshooting.html
for more information on troubleshooting your wireless connection.
or the page on connecting to a wireless network:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/wireless-connecting.html

Sorry, not much of an expert on wireless connections. try these pages.

I have been reading those help pages and am not having much luck in finding an answer.

Still need help.

Hi,

I recommend performing a clean install of Ubuntu 8.10 (which has better wireless support) from a LiveCD session.

After installing and booting into the clean Ubuntu 8.10 harddisk installation, please proceed with the following commands, while having a wired connection to the wireless router.:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter exists in the Ubuntu repositories, but you will need a working Internet connection in Ubuntu in order to locate it and install it.

The only way to do that - in your case - is to connect the pc to the wireless router using a LAN cable, instead of using wireless.

If this does not work, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo iwlist scanning
nm-tool
iwconfig
ifconfig
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep illswitch

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

Regards,

Mark

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/getubuntu/download

I connected my PC to my wireless router through an ethernet cable as instructed. I then ran the hardy "sudo apt-get update" and sudo apt-get upgrade". I then ran the "sudo aptitude install b43 fw-cutter".

I can see the b43 fw-cutter as installed in the synaptic package manager, but it did not load the b43-firmware, as I can see.

Everything works fine with the LAN line, and I connected to the internet with no problem.

I shut down, disconnected the LAN line, rebooted and tried the wireless, and it would not connect.

I ran the commands as listed below, and below is the outputs;

Can some help me get connected please:

david@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for david:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:56:75:0D
                    ESSID:"linksys"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:5
                    Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
                    Quality=90/100 Signal level=-16 dBm Noise level=-63 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000013b3fabcb

david@ubuntu:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth1 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  NM Path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1
  Type: Wired
  Driver: 3c59x
  Active: no
  HW Address: 00:B0:D0:15:3D:02

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

  Wired Settings
    Hardware Link: no

david@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
          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

david@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:0b:cf:c4:be
          inet addr:192.168.3.105 Bcast:192.168.3.255 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)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:b0:d0:15:3d:02
          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 Base address:0xac00

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:1552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:77600 (75.7 KB) TX bytes:77600 (75.7 KB)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-0D-0B-CF-C4-BE-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: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)

david@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 9
       bus info: pci@0000:02:09.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-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
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: eth0
       serial: 00:0d:0b:cf:c4:be
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.3.105 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
david@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) [8086:2530] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:2532] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2442] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller [8086:2443] (rev 02)
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2444] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] [10de:002d] (rev 15)
02:09.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] [1013:6003] (rev 01)
02:0b.0 Serial controller [0700]: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 [12b9:1008] (rev 01)
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
david@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
david@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 00:13:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
david@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at 000fe710
[ 22.594740] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
[ 22.692656] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 24.421472] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 24.553613] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 27.286127] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 27.286139] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x05, vendor 0x4243)
[ 27.286150] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 27.286161] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 27.286171] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 27.289566] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:09.0
[ 28.527118] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 28.629943] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 39.910625] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH2 TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x0860)
[ 43.871770] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 43.894626] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2
[ 43.894656] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 55.832252] No dock devices found.
david@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep illswitch
david@ubuntu:~$

END.

Hi,

Please try performing a clean install of Ubuntu 8.10 (which has better wireless support) from a LiveCD session, as I already suggested before. You are using an old version of Ubuntu (8.04)

Regards,

Mark

I have ordered a desktop CD of ubuntu 8.10, but it probably won't be here for 4-6 weeks. When I originally installed 7.1 in Jan. 2008, I tried to download, but it was unsuccessful because my computer is so slow. I finally got the wireless to work on the 7.1. Now I can't get that CD to Install.

Any ideas on how to get the wireless to work on the 8.04, since that is what I am stuck with for awhile.

When I type "ndiswrapper -l", it states:

bcmwl5: driver installed
               device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb)

If the driver is present, why won't it connect through the wireless??

Hi,

You said wireless worked before upgrading to 8.04. Do you still have the kernels installed from Ubuntu 7.10? Can you test all the older kernels in your grub bootlist to find one that gives a working wireless connection?

Regards,

Mark

I am unclear what you mean by kernels associated with brub bootlist? I am relatively new to Linux.

I meant to say grub bootlist.

Hi,

Here is info about GNU GRUB:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB
http://www.ehow.com/how_2251661_edit-grub-menu-ubuntu.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/make-grub-bootloader-wait-indefinitely-for-os-selection/

Regards,

Mark

I very much would like to connect to the internet wirelessly as well. I am new to ubuntu, I have 8.04 and as far as I can tell, it has been terrible. I can see there are several people here who are having the exact same issue I am with no results. It obviously is giving alot of users the same issue. I can't get mine to get off the loopback of 127.0.0.1. Nothing I do and no one I have contacted seems to be able to help. I am using ubuntu through a wired internet connection. It is installed on a Dell Mini 9.

So far I have determined that all hardware is installed and "working" but no wireless. If anyone has a honest to God answer on this I would appreciate it. I too am waiting on my disks to arrive in hopes that a better version of ubuntu will help solve this issue.

I have also tried the hardware testing and all network interfaces show up as being installed.

The only thing I don't have is any kind of Device Manager to help with verifying that all drivers are properly installed. I followed the instructions on how to get to the device manager however it is not listed. Is there a code I need to put into the terminal command to get it?

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Hi jsatur,

Please create a separate question on answers.launchpad.net for your separate issue.

Regards,

Mark

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online after work/school gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online after work/school gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)

Ooops, sorry for the double post there.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)