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need wireless networking drivers for laptop

Asked by Doja

I have a dell inspiron 600m newly installed ubuntu 10.4 OS. I need drivers to get the wireless network card to work. Right now the wireless does not detect a network that is established and working.... 5 ft away....

where do I find drivers or software that can help me?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20

You may benefit from using a wired connection and getting updated.

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Doja (reidojackson) said : 		#2

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:F8:F8:86:AF
                    Channel:8
                    Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
                    Quality=34/70 Signal level=-76 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"linksys"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000008e5a26b7ff
                    Extra: Last beacon: 504ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00076C696E6B737973
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030108
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018020014

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:45 AM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #127694 on gnome-nettool in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/127694
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> Status: Open => Needs information
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> actionparsnip requested for more information:
> Can you give the output of:
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> sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20
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> You may benefit from using a wired connection and getting updated.
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You missed

sudo lshw -C network

output

Thanks

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Best Sofie Vervoort (sofievervoort) said : 		#4

What kind of network card are you using? type:

sudo lshw -c network

like actionparsnip said and report plz..

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Doja (reidojackson) said : 		#5

Thanks Sofie Vervoort, that solved my question.

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Doja (reidojackson) said : 		#6

Thanks for the help everyone!