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how to activate wifi in ubuntu netbook, samsung 148

Asked by leonardo ghizoni

Hello,
              I have installed unbuntu netbook 10.10 in my samsung n148 netbook. All appears to be fine except the Wifi. I have installed the Broadcom 802.11 drivers from synaptics package manager. Can sombody help me to activate the wifi.

Thanks,
Jose Pius

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

If you have a supported wifi card this is usually automatic. Chances are your card is "not well supported". That doesn't mean you can't use wifi - just that it's going to take some extra work. Open a terminal (apps - accessories) and type

lspci | grep -i wireless

and paste the output here. You might also check https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide for info on troubleshooting wifi.

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leonardo ghizoni (leonardo-ghizoni) said : 		#2

I put in the terminal "lspci|grep -i wireless", and appears "06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)". I do not know what it means.

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#3

hello,
I'm using the same wireless card and I activated it with these step:
1: download "bcm43xx-firmware_1.3-1ubuntu2_all.deb" from http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/pool/feisty-cafuego/bcm43xx/bcm43xx-firmware_1.3-1ubuntu2_all.deb
2: install that package
3: I waited 10 - 20 second ( according to speed of machine )
4: I typed at terminal "sudo modprobe bcm43xx"
n my wireless device work in excellent condition.

hope this help.....

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Sarah (sarah-a-hogg) said : 		#4

I have similar wireless problem on my laptop. It was working fine but now ( on hardy) will not connect.
My results from lspci is
0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Can you help ?

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ad herman (factsd) said : 		#5

hello can someone help me out? results are as follows.............

01:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

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ad herman (factsd) said : 		#6

[ 17.607401] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[ 17.607403] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.

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leonardo ghizoni (leonardo-ghizoni) said : 		#7

If you have already installed the driver, maybe now you just need to activate it.

Go to SYSTEM -> ADMINISTRATION -> HARDWARE DRIVERS.

There you can see the status of your drivers. Then you just need to activate it. I think that's it!

Hope it helps.

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