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Unable to connect with Wireless using 10.04

Asked by marbuntu

Hello:

I am using a Dell 1525 Inspiron Laptop running 10.04 and I have at the top appears to be a wireless connection but when I open firefox to browse the web I have no connection and I cannot view web pages. I do have a broadcom wireless card.

Below is more information on my computer. I would very much appreciate the help. Thanks.

Mark

mark@mark-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | gred ound; dmesg | grep irmware ; dmesg | grep ipw; dmesg | grep eth; dmesg | grep ath; dmesg b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 12
       serial: 00:1d:09:42:4e:ae
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.25 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:28 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff ioport:de00(size=256)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1f:3a:34:cb:d2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 ip=10.42.43.1 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:fe7fc000-fe7fffff
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:75:CD:75:56
                    ESSID:"Haines"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
                    Quality:2/5 Signal level:-77 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DDA90050F204104A0001101044000101103B00010310470010775B6680BFDE11D38D2F002275CD75561021001442656C6B696E20496E7465726E6174696F6E616C102300114E20576972656C65737320526F757465721024000C463544383233362D342076331042000E32303933353832333631383034391054000800060050F20400011011001842656C6B696E204E20576972656C65737320526F75746572100800020084103C000101
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 02 - Address: 36:58:89:60:45:43
                    ESSID:"2WIRE325"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:5/5 Signal level:-25 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1B:2F:D7:C2:96
                    ESSID:"CANGLEY"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1E:C7:BB:DE:91
                    ESSID:"2WIRE325"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:5/5 Signal level:-25 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 02)
02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
02:09.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
02:09.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
02:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 12)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Bus 007 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 007 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c51b Logitech, Inc. V220 Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                   system Inspiron 1525
/0 bus 0WP007
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/400/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz
/0/1000/1 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory C
/0/100/2 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Gra
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Gra
/0/100/1a bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Con
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Contr
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth1 network BCM4312 802.11b/g
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/9 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/9.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
/0/100/1e/9.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adap
/0/100/1e/9.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Co
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW AD-5560A
/0/100/1f.2 scsi2 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB WDC WD5000BEVT-0
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 455GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 10GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 10GiB Linux swap / Solaris partit
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Contro
/1 power DELL HP28782
Linux mark-laptop 2.6.32-22-generic-pae #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 14:57:29 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
No command 'gred' found, did you mean:
 Command 'greed' from package 'greed' (universe)
 Command 'gled' from package 'ledcontrol-gtk' (universe)
 Command 'red' from package 'ed' (main)
 Command 'grep' from package 'grep' (main)
 Command 'mred' from package 'plt-scheme' (universe)
 Command 'tred' from package 'graphviz' (main)
gred: command not found
[ 0.948698] sky2 eth0: addr 00:1d:09:42:4e:ae
[ 10.295963] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 10.296158] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 10.905462] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.60.48.36
[ 22.032044] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 0.468473] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.468478] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-r] [-s bufsize]
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf:# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#1

I got the instructions from here:
http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

Just do it from GUI or from the shell, not both.

Ubuntu:
------
Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
Choose the Broadcom STA wireless driver
Activate

Sometimes the driver does not show up in the Hardware Drivers choices. In
this case, try reintalling the driver from the GUI or shell like this:

From the GUI:
Package Manager (System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager). Click the
Reload button in the upper left corner of Synaptic to refresh your index then
search for and reinstall the package named bcmwl-kernel-source.

From the shell:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

In either GUI or text case, after reinstalling, reboot your machine.

Now go back to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
and you should see the driver enabled and working.

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marbuntu (markfpyles) said : 		#2

Hi Federico:

I did as you asked but still no luck.

From the GUI:
Package Manager (System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager). Click the
Reload button in the upper left corner of Synaptic to refresh your index then
search for and reinstall the package named bcmwl-kernel-source.

In either GUI or text case, after reinstalling, reboot your machine.
Now go back to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
and you should see the driver enabled and working

I am using a 2Wire325 modem and I am inputting my nine digit key into the box that is asking me for my WEP 40/128-bit key and when I click connect the little wireless symbol at the time pulsates up and down but it keeps returning a popup box telling me that authentication required by wireless network. Is there anything else I can try? I do show that the driver Broadcom STA wireless driver is activated. Thanks.

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#3

Try WPA instead of WEP. In yout logs you can read this:

IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1

So when creating the connection choose the WPA option.

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marbuntu (markfpyles) said : 		#4

I thought I'd try to setup a new wireless connection in the Network Connections. The first tab I have reads "Wireless" and it is asking me for SSID which I put in 2wire and teh "Mode" is set for "infrastructure", the BSSID is bland and so is the MAC address. The MTU box reads "automatic". Under the Wireless Security tab, I chose WPA & WPA2 Personal but it will not accept my nine digit numeric key. Instead it wants a password. I don't know of any password that works in that box. The IPv4 setting tab reads that the "method" is set for Automatic (DHCP) and everything else is grayed out. The IPv6 settings tab reads that the "method" is set for "Ignore" and everything else is grayed out. I tried the Dynamic WEP (802.1x) but it too wants an identity and private key password which I don't know or have, which leaves me with the WEP 40/128-bit key for the security. I put in my nine digit key and it won't accept it a connection. I've rebooted and in the Network Connections it looks like it has setup an auto connection called "Auto 2wire325" but that doesn't appear to be working either. I am completely lost. Thank you for the help.

Mark

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

If you install wicd via wired connection you can tell wicd your wireless device is eth1

i believe network manager only expects wlan0, wicd may help

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marbuntu (markfpyles) said : 		#6

Hello Actionparsnip:

I am sorry but I don't know anything about wicd. I am new to Linux and am trying to learn as I go along. Can you explain what you said to me so that I can understand on what to do and where to find it and how to do it? Thank you.

Mark

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

use a wired connection and run:

sudo apt-get install wicd; sudo apt-get --purge remove network-manager*

or you can maybe use the livecd to install the package.

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marbuntu (markfpyles) said : 		#8

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

In my experience, wicd seems more flexible than network-manager although network-manager can connect 3G which wicd currently cannot.

Personally I ALWAYS pull out network manager and install wicd.

Glad you got the gold.

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marbuntu (markfpyles) said : 		#10

Thank you so much for all your help!

On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 11:40 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #113224 on gnome-nettool in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/113224
>
> actionparsnip posted a new comment:
> In my experience, wicd seems more flexible than network-manager although
> network-manager can connect 3G which wicd currently cannot.
>
> Personally I ALWAYS pull out network manager and install wicd.
>
> Glad you got the gold.
>