UNCLAIMED BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) - wireless driver not installed on Dell Studio 1737 in Ubuntu 8.10

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

Hello Mark Rijckenberg.

Thank-you for helping me!

here is my output from the above command:

 *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.97 duplex=full firmware=sb v2.17 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port [8086:2a41] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650 [1002:9591]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series] [1002:aa20]
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1698] (rev 10)
09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
09:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
09:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
09:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 003 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 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63fa Microdia
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux modus-laptop 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP Thu Jun 18 10:57:32 EDT 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
found SMP MP-table at [c00f79b0] 000f79b0
ACPI: No dock devices found.
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
apm: BIOS not found.
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
qlogicfas: no cards were found, please specify I/O address and IRQ using iobase= and irq= options<6>QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.03.00-k4
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH9M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M (0c45:63fa)
sdhci-pci 0000:09:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Reconfiguring network interfaces...There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 7497
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:de:c3:e0
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:de:c3:e0
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:de:c3:e0
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:de:c3:e0
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.0.3 from 192.168.0.1
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.0.3 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.0.3 from 192.168.0.1
bound to 192.168.0.3 -- renewal in 34263 seconds.
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface wlan0 before doing NFS mounts
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth2.
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up ath0.
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up wlan0.
done.
modus@modus-laptop:~$

My laptop speac that Iknow of are:

Dell studio 1737. 17in
wlan card BCM4312

Please try this solution:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/85103

Mark can you help me a bit more please some of the commands arenot working

Mark I do not understand the instructions from here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/85103

I do not know how to use the build instuctions.

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

Please clarify what you mean by "I do not know how to use the build instructions."

Please send us the output of the commands you are trying to use. What is the error message??

I am trying to run these commnds adnd i get the following errors:

BUILD AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-----------------------------------

1. Setup the directory by untarring the proper tarball:

For 32 bit: hybrid-portsrc.tar.gz
For 64 bit: hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz

# mkdir hybrid_wl
# cd hybrid_wl
# tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz

Here are the commands im trying:

modus@modus-laptop:~$ hybrid-portsrc.tar.gz
bash: hybrid-portsrc.tar.gz: command not found

modus@modus-laptop:~$ http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz
bash: http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz: No such file or directory

I cannot install the b43-fwcutter or firmware correctly.

I go to synaptics and choose to reinstall b43-fwcutter and it seems to install it okay.

BUT. I DO NOT get any options to extract and install the firmware.

I have even reinstalled because of this But this did NOT fix i either

Make sure to put sudo in front of each command in the document

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

So you should run these commands:

sudo make

instead of

make

Run

sudo make install

instead of

make install

Or else you will not have enough privileges to execute those commands successfully.

Am I on the right tracks??

I get to this last command and i get theis error:

modus@modus-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir hybrid_wl
[sudo] password for modus:
mkdir: cannot create directory `hybrid_wl': File exists
modus@modus-laptop:~$ sudo cd hybrid_wl
sudo: cd: command not found
modus@modus-laptop:~$ cd hybrid_wl
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
bash: path: No such file or directory
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
bash: path: No such file or directory
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$

bash: path: No such file or directory

Am I on the right tracks??

I get to this last command and i get theis error:

modus@modus-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir hybrid_wl
[sudo] password for modus:
mkdir: cannot create directory `hybrid_wl': File exists
modus@modus-laptop:~$ sudo cd hybrid_wl
sudo: cd: command not found
modus@modus-laptop:~$ cd hybrid_wl
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
bash: path: No such file or directory
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
bash: path: No such file or directory
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$

bash: path: No such file or directory

Also not sure if I need to rmove any of these:

modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ lsmod | grep "b43\|ssb\|wl"
b43 120200 0
mac80211 194492 1 b43
cfg80211 35876 2 b43,mac80211
input_polldev 3124 1 b43
led_class 3408 2 b43,sdhci
rfkill 9328 4 b43,dell_laptop

I am also getting these errors too:

modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: Permission denied
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: Permission denied
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: Permission denied
modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo echo "blacklist b43" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: Permission denied

Hi Mark,

Compiling wireless drivers requires a certain level of expertise when using the command line. I suggest reading the following documents first before attempting to compile the wireless drivers yourself:

http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Jaunty#Handling_.28Tar.2FGZip.29_and_.28Tar.2FBzip2.29_archives

If you do not understand the commands you are typing, it will not work.

Reading these Ubuntu documents will help answer a lot of your questions about using the command line.

Kind regards,

Mark

Hey...

I followed them commands and then Rebooted.

My WIFI light has now come ON

BUT I still have NO wireless connectivity.

Let's first see if the wireless driver was correctly installed:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Is it because of this.

when I run :

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

to add these:

Add the following 4 lines to the end of the blacklist.conf file

blacklist b43
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist ndiswrapper

the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf is empty

Please also send us output of the following command:

cat /etc/modules

That's because you did not follow the instructions I gave you previously, which are here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/85103

Here they are again:

In a terminal, type :

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

Add the following line to the end of the modules file:

wl

Then run the following command:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Add the following 4 lines to the end of the blacklist.conf file

blacklist b43
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist ndiswrapper

Reboot and then test wireless.

These are the last steps of the procedure, AFTER compiling and installing the wireless drivers.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
fuse
rtc-cmos
lp
wl

modus@modus-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for modus:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for modus:
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.97 duplex=full firmware=sb v2.17 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port [8086:2a41] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650 [1002:9591]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series] [1002:aa20]
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1698] (rev 10)
09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
09:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
09:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
09:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 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 003 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 003 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 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63fa Microdia
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux modus-laptop 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP Thu Jun 18 10:57:32 EDT 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
found SMP MP-table at [c00f79b0] 000f79b0
ACPI: No dock devices found.
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
apm: BIOS not found.
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
qlogicfas: no cards were found, please specify I/O address and IRQ using iobase= and irq= options<6>QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.03.00-k4
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH9M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M (0c45:63fa)
sdhci-pci 0000:09:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Reconfiguring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:de:c3:e0
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:de:c3:e0
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.0.3 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.0.3 from 192.168.0.1
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/sendmail: line 28: /usr/share/sendmail/dynamic: No such file or directory
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/sendmail: line 31: update_interface: command not found
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/sendmail: line 35: update_provider: command not found
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/sendmail: line 40: update_host: command not found
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/sendmail: line 46: update_sendmail: command not found
bound to 192.168.0.3 -- renewal in 35336 seconds.
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface wlan0 before doing NFS mounts
/etc/network/if-up.d/sendmail: line 44: /usr/share/sendmail/dynamic: No such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/sendmail exited with return code 1
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth2.
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up ath0.
FATAL: Module p80211 not found.
Failed to load p80211.ko.
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up exited with return code 1
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up wlan0.
done.
modus@modus-laptop:~$

Output is still " *-network UNCLAIMED"

So the wireless drivers have not been installed yet.

From the output above, I think only these steps still need to be done:

"Then open a Terminal and run the following 2 commands to update Ubuntu 8.10 on the harddisk:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Then download the following drivers using this command:

wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz

which come from this site:

http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

Follow these build and installation instructions carefully:

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

Then reboot and retest wireless.

this is giving me theese errors:

modus@modus-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir hybrid_wl
mkdir: cannot create directory `hybrid_wl': File exists
modus@modus-laptop:~$ mkdir hybrid_wl
mkdir: cannot create directory `hybrid_wl': File exists

Appologies i missread.

I thought i seen File does not exist

I am now getting this error:

modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo tar xzf <path>/hybrid-portsrc.tar or <path>/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64.tar.gz
bash: path: No such file or directory

Have I got this right, do i need to do this:

 Any previous revisions of the wl driver also need to
be removed.

# lsmod | grep "b43\|ssb\|wl"

If any of these are installed, remove them:
# rmmod b43
# rmmod ssb
# rmmod wl

Have I got this command right?::

modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo rmmod b43

Do I need to remove any more??

I am also getting these errors for these commands too ::

To blacklist these drivers and prevent them from loading in the future:
# echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# echo "blacklist b43" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Here is the error :

modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ sudo echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: Permission denied

Not sure what to do to rectify this!!

Try these commands to install the hybrid_wl wireless drivers::

mkdir ~/hybrid_wl
cd ~/hybrid_wl
wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz
tar zxvf ~/hybrid_wl/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz
sudo make clean
sudo make
sudo make install

# Ignore any warning messages during the make process.

#Then reboot and retest wireless.

# If wireless still does not work after this installation, please send us the output of the following command:

find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart

Hi Mark.

Apologies for not getting back sooner. I have been a bit busy this weekend.

I am still having issues with my wlan card.

Thank-you for all your help. but at this stage I must admit I am a bit overwhelmed by all the commands and the links to the pages to follow..

I will get there,
  I am having A good look through all the posts and trying to make some sense of them

When I boot my machine it gives me the option to run ubuntu 8.10.
could this be why i am having trouble getting my wlan card working?

do I need to run slightly different commands to get my wlan card working?

I hope you can still help me. sort this out?

Still no wireless here is the out put from

find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart

modus@modus-laptop:~/hybrid_wl$ find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1367866 2009-09-20 22:24 /lib/modules/2.6.30.7/kernel/net/wireless/wl.ko
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1367854 2009-10-11 10:39 /lib/modules/2.6.29.4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko

Okay...

We seem to be getting somewhere.

My WIFI light is now lit up!

But I still do NOT have any wireless connectivity.

Here is the output from

find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart

since my wifi light has turned on.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1367866 2009-09-20 22:24 /lib/modules/2.6.30.7/kernel/net/wireless/wl.ko
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1367854 2009-10-11 10:44 /lib/modules/2.6.29.4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko

Okay...

We seem to be getting somewhere.

My WIFI light is now lit up!

But I still do NOT have any wireless connectivity.

Here is the output from

find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart

since my wifi light has turned on.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ find /lib/modules -name wl.ko | xargs ls -lart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1367866 2009-09-20 22:24 /lib/modules/2.6.30.7/kernel/net/wireless/wl.ko
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1367854 2009-10-11 10:44 /lib/modules/2.6.29.4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko

Right I caan now see my wireless interface but still NO conectivity.

here is ifconfig output now :

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
          inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:19ff:fede:c3e0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:129 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:81594 (81.5 KB) TX bytes:20334 (20.3 KB)
          Interrupt:17

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:70:48:b4
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe70:48b4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:35145 (35.1 KB) TX bytes:35145 (35.1 KB)

I think I better add that I'm using the new backtrack 4 Pre distro.

it is based on Debian and is basically ubuntu 8.10.

The Kernel i'm using is Ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.29.4

I have tried the backtrack Forum for support for this issue but I did not get much approriate help.

I spoke to one of the forums senior members and told him that I have some knowledge of Ubuntu and his response was to go to and use ubuntu forums or similar for support.

I have found your posts helpful and I have made some progress.
I do not think there is much more to do seeing as my WIFI light has turned on and my wlan is now showing in ifconfig.
BUT I still have NO wireless connectivity.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
          inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:19ff:fede:c3e0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1655 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2048525 (2.0 MB) TX bytes:269147 (269.1 KB)
          Interrupt:17

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:70:48:b4
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe70:48b4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB) TX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB)

I have read through the the previous posts, but I am not sure there is No wireless connectivity.

Do you have any suggestions??

I think I better add that I'm using the new backtrack 4 Pre distro.

it is based on Debian and is basically ubuntu 8.10.

The Kernel i'm using is Ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.29.4

I have tried the backtrack Forum for support for this issue but I did not get much approriate help.

I spoke to one of the forums senior members and told him that I have some knowledge of Ubuntu and his response was to go to and use ubuntu forums or similar for support.

I have found your posts helpful and I have made some progress.
I do not think there is much more to do seeing as my WIFI light has turned on and my wlan is now showing in ifconfig.
BUT I still have NO wireless connectivity.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
          inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:19ff:fede:c3e0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1655 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2048525 (2.0 MB) TX bytes:269147 (269.1 KB)
          Interrupt:17

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:70:48:b4
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe70:48b4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB) TX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB)

I have read through the the previous posts, but I am not sure there is No wireless connectivity.

Do you have any suggestions??

I think I better add that I'm using the new backtrack 4 Pre distro.

it is based on Debian and is basically ubuntu 8.10.

The Kernel i'm using is Ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.29.4

I have tried the backtrack Forum for support for this issue but I did not get much approriate help.

I spoke to one of the forums senior members and told him that I have some knowledge of Ubuntu and his response was to go to and use ubuntu forums or similar for support.

I have found your posts helpful and I have made some progress.
I do not think there is much more to do seeing as my WIFI light has turned on and my wlan is now showing in ifconfig.
BUT I still have NO wireless connectivity.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
          inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:19ff:fede:c3e0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1655 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2048525 (2.0 MB) TX bytes:269147 (269.1 KB)
          Interrupt:17

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:70:48:b4
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe70:48b4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB) TX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB)

I have read through the the previous posts, but I am not sure there is No wireless connectivity.

Do you have any suggestions??

I think I better add that I'm using the new backtrack 4 Pre distro.

it is based on Debian and is basically ubuntu 8.10.

The Kernel i'm using is Ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.29.4

I have tried the backtrack Forum for support for this issue but I did not get much approriate help.

I spoke to one of the forums senior members and told him that I have some knowledge of Ubuntu and his response was to go to and use ubuntu forums or similar for support.

I have found your posts helpful and I have made some progress.
I do not think there is much more to do seeing as my WIFI light has turned on and my wlan is now showing in ifconfig.
BUT I still have NO wireless connectivity.

modus@modus-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:de:c3:e0
          inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:19ff:fede:c3e0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1655 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2048525 (2.0 MB) TX bytes:269147 (269.1 KB)
          Interrupt:17

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:70:48:b4
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe70:48b4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB) TX bytes:301457 (301.4 KB)

I have read through the the previous posts, but I am not sure there is No wireless connectivity.

Do you have any suggestions??

Sorry about the repat posts.

I am having a bit of trouble with my ethernet cable.

Hi Mark.

I appreciate all the help and advice ,

I then proof read the README.txt and your replies. and slowly but surely I created A WLAN interface

I now have A WLAN interface as iwconfig shows below:

modus@modus-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:""
          Access Point: Not-Associated
          Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0ee that my WLAN c

I also can see that my WLAN card can successfully see my Router using the sudo iwlist scanning command.

I have also used wicd network manager to create the required encryption methods to connect to my router.

But for some reason I am still not able to connect wirelessly.

I am hoping you might be able to shed a little light on this for me.

Try TEMPORARILY disabling encryption and enabling SSID broadcasting on the wireless router for testing purposes.

Make sure to set eth1 as the name of the wireless interface stored in the wicd configuration panel.

The encryption settings in wicd + encryption password set in wicd have to be the same as the encryption settings in your wireless router. So it makes testing easier if you disable encryption on the router and then try to connect via wicd.

 If that does not help, please redo the following information gathering procedure and send us the output of the commands below:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

I will give that A try.

Before I do.

In wicd Netowork Manager.

There is an option to choose my WPA Supplicant Driver.
The options are:

wext
hostap
madwifi
atmel
ndiswrapper
ipw
ralink legacy

which one do you suggest I choose??

I disabled encryption and I can now connect wirelessly.
So this proves that my wireless driver is installed correctly.

I am writing this whilst connected wirelessly

I am not sure what to do to correct connecting with encryption.

First try configuring WPA encryption on the wireless router and also in wicd. If that works, then try enabling WPA2 on the router and in wicd. So you need to try different encryption protocols to see which one works (best)

But I cannot help you any further, as the most important step - getting wireless to work - has now been done....

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.