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Make WMP300N Wireless Work

Asked by keith d smith

I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 and tested the system to find that my wireless PCI card is not recognized or configured properly. There are a few hints in the forum for my hardware, a Linksys WMP300N device, and I've tried updating the firmware/driver without success. Also tried wdiswrapper utility, but cannot install it apparently (needs a kernel update that I would normally get through wireless). The machine is too far away to plug into an ethernet line. What should I try next?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; sudo rfkill list; uname -a; lsb_release; sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20

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keith d smith (kdsmith) said : 		#2

kdsmith@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for kdsmith:
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4321 802.11b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:21 memory:feafc000-feafffff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:11:11:71:58:93
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/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=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=64 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:feafb000-feafbfff ioport:ddc0(size=64)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:18:f8:30:9c:dc
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
kdsmith@ubuntu:~$ sudo rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
kdsmith@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
kdsmith@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release
No LSB modules are available.
kdsmith@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

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keith d smith (kdsmith) said : 		#4

The problem was easily fixed by plugging into a LAN line and letting the normal kernel and driver updates occur.