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Wifi won't work after installing Ubuntu 11.4

Asked by Kaleesa Thanasouk

After downloading Ubuntu 11.4 my wifi will not work anymore and i can't connect to the internet via ethernet cable. Any suggestions what went wrong and how to fix it?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; rfkill list

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Craig Nelson (cankwn-sc) said : 		#2

I have the same problem with Acer 1830T. Win7 and Ubuntu 10.10 dual-boot work fine. Tried 11.04 update then installing from CD. Still no WiFi although ethernet OK.

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Craig Nelson (cankwn-sc) said : 		#3

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; rfkill list
*-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 20:6a:8a:16:ad:49
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:43 memory:d3400000-d343ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM43225 802.11b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 5c:ac:4c:8a:03:d1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:d2400000-d2403fff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
Linux kncx 2.6.38-9-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 28 15:23:06 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
2: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
3: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

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