setting up wifi
trying to up my wifi on a Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop
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Package hwinfo is not available, but is referred to by another package.
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*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:d2:7c:8f:49
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:28 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:b9:59:29:fc
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 6400 [1028:01af]
Kernel driver in use: b44
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0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1020]
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0930:6544 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick (2GB)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected disabled disabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 0XD720
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/400/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT
/0/100/1/0 display RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400]
/0/100/1b multimedia NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Co
/0/100/1c bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 wlan0 network PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Conn
/0/100/1c.3 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/1e/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/
/0/100/1e/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Control
/0/100/1f.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB FUJITSU MHW2120B
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 109GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2044MiB Extended partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2044MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/2 scsi5 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 4007MB SCSI Disk
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 3821MiB Windows FAT volume
/1 power DELL
Linux annlm-MM061 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:18:00 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.184761] acpi PNP0A03:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
[ 0.202812] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.202812] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.202812] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.209016] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.237447] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 0.836922] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 0.838593] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.839031] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 1.044131] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.044135] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.044139] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.044142] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.044146] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 1.044386] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.045465] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.045469] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.045473] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.045476] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.045479] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 1.045700] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.046296] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.046300] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.046304] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.046307] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.046310] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 1.046528] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.047103] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.047107] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.047110] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.047114] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.047117] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 1.047327] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.047893] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.047896] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.047900] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.047903] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.047907] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 1.048142] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.052498] PCCT header not found.
[ 1.059949] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: bb268d6deecbed5
[ 1.068630] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 1.070129] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.173190] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.408072] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4401, rev 0x02 and package 0x00
[ 1.408084] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.408092] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.408100] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.448154] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 1.448205] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 1.448217] b44: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100 PCI ethernet driver version 2.0
[ 1.449367] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: No vmmc regulator found
[ 1.449370] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: No vqmmc regulator found
[ 1.468817] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100 PCI ethernet driver 00:19:b9:59:29:fc
[ 13.963691] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 14.716145] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.
[ 14.913781] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 15.551634] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 15.806159] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 15.904654] sound hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xe/0x0/
[ 15.904679] sound hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 15.904688] sound hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/
[ 15.904705] sound hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 15.904712] sound hdaudioC0D0: dig-out=0x9/0x0
[ 15.904719] sound hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 15.904737] sound hdaudioC0D0: Mic=0x10
[ 15.942927] sound hdaudioC0D1: autoconfig: line_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 15.942953] sound hdaudioC0D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 15.942962] sound hdaudioC0D1: hp_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 15.942979] sound hdaudioC0D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 15.942986] sound hdaudioC0D1: inputs:
[ 15.956509] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 15.956938] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 18.024402] fb: switching to radeondrmfb from VESA VGA
[ 18.024565] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 18.029762] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
[ 18.029768] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 18.029893] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 18.144952] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
[ 18.144976] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 18.303648] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 18.606438] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 18.606462] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
[ 18.606467] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[ 18.606487] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 18.606495] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 18.606513] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 18.606521] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 18.606528] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 18.957112] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 22.708226] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 22.862113] audit: type=1400 audit(144371416
[ 1693.480098] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1693.663832] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6544
[ 1693.663844] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1693.663852] usb 1-1: Product: DataTraveler G3
[ 1693.663859] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 1693.663866] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 000AEB925C9BC06
[ 1693.766183] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1693.766371] scsi host2: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1693.766967] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1693.787047] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1694.767582] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 2030.033670] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 2329.000088] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 2329.187872] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6544
[ 2329.187883] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2329.187891] usb 1-1: Product: DataTraveler G3
[ 2329.187898] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 2329.187905] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 000AEB925C9BC06
[ 2329.188806] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 2329.189027] scsi host3: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 2330.191492] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 2439.790922] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 7213.564110] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 7213.739889] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6544
[ 7213.739894] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 7213.739897] usb 1-3: Product: DataTraveler G3
[ 7213.739901] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 7213.739904] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 000AEB925C9BC06
[ 7213.740454] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 7213.740597] scsi host4: usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[ 7214.744429] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 7267.592442] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 7367.772122] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 7367.963911] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6544
[ 7367.963922] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 7367.963930] usb 1-3: Product: DataTraveler G3
[ 7367.963938] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 7367.963945] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 000AEB925C9BC06
[ 7367.965196] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 7367.965571] scsi host5: usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[ 7368.967788] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 7507.996261] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 7507.996275] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 7507.996417] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
Release Date: 04/02/2007
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: MM061
Serial Number: FS1SKC1
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0XD720
Serial Number: .FS1SKC1.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: FS1SKC1
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: 7F7F9E0000000000
Serial Number: 00000000
Manufacturer: 7F7F9E0000000000
Serial Number: 00000000
Manufacturer: PSm
SBDS Serial Number: 003F
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2012-04-25
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root 763 0.0 0.7 54492 14520 ? Ssl 11:42 0:00 NetworkManager
root 3786 0.0 0.2 5524 4520 ? S 13:47 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 3789 0.0 0.1 5560 2968 ? S 13:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
annlm 4003 0.0 0.0 4692 2004 pts/1 S+ 13:48 0:00 grep --color=auto -E wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.1.1
total 29744
6684673 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 29 23:03 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Sep 29 23:01 ..
6684676 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1266546 Jul 24 19:33 abi-3.19.
6684677 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182014 Jul 24 19:33 config-
6684674 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep 29 23:01 grub
6684682 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19376661 Sep 29 23:03 initrd.
6684678 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
6684679 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
6684680 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+
6684675 -rw------- 1 root root 2877917 Jul 24 19:33 System.
6684891 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6191392 Aug 4 21:51 vmlinuz-
Support status summary of 'annlm-MM061':
You have 45 packages (2.7%) supported until July 2016 (9m)
You have 2 packages (0.1%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
You have 1643 packages (97.2%) supported until May 2019 (5y)
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 1 packages (0.1%) that are unsupported
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2015-09-29 03:15:03
--2015-10-01 13:48:43-- http://
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
Connecting to www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 556422 (543K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/
100%[==
2015-10-01 13:48:45 (854 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/
Done.
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 16384 1
uas 24576 0
usb_storage 57344 2 uas
dell_wmi 16384 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 dell_wmi
gpio_ich 16384 0
arc4 16384 2
iwl3945 65536 0
rfcomm 61440 0
bnep 20480 2
bluetooth 430080 10 bnep,rfcomm
dell_laptop 16384 0
radeon 1425408 3
dcdbas 16384 1 dell_laptop
ttm 86016 1 radeon
iwlegacy 90112 1 iwl3945
i8k 16384 0
drm_kms_helper 114688 1 radeon
coretemp 16384 0
joydev 20480 0
r852 20480 0
sm_common 20480 1 r852
mac80211 618496 2 iwl3945,iwlegacy
snd_hda_codec_idt 57344 1
snd_hda_
nand 69632 2 r852,sm_common
snd_hda_intel 32768 3
nand_ecc 16384 1 nand
r592 20480 0
nand_bch 16384 1 nand
bch 20480 1 nand_bch
serio_raw 16384 0
nand_ids 12288 1 nand
memstick 16384 1 r592
lpc_ich 20480 0
snd_hda_controller 32768 1 snd_hda_intel
drm 282624 6 ttm,drm_
cfg80211 450560 3 iwl3945,
mtd 57344 2 nand,sm_common
snd_hda_codec 122880 4 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 94208 3 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 28672 1 snd_seq_midi
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 radeon
snd_seq 57344 2 snd_seq_
mac_hid 16384 0
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,
snd_timer 28672 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
video 20480 0
wmi 20480 1 dell_wmi
snd 69632 16 snd_hwdep,
soundcore 16384 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
parport_pc 32768 0
shpchp 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 16384 0
parport 40960 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
firewire_ohci 36864 0
psmouse 102400 0
firewire_core 65536 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci 20480 0
sdhci 45056 1 sdhci_pci
b44 36864 0
crc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core
ssb 57344 1 b44
pata_acpi 16384 0
mii 16384 1 b44
annlm@annlm-
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