No wireless on Ubuntu 9.10 b43 is installed and working.

Results of command

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

 *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:12:3f:18:a1:80
       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=3.99 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.29a ip=192.168.0.104 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 memory:dfcf0000-dfcfffff
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:17 memory:dfbfe000-dfbfffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:14:a5:0e:52:be
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:2591] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] [1002:5460]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1677] (rev 01)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI6515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8036]
03:01.5 Communication controller [0780]: Texas Instruments PCI6515 SmartCard Controller [104c:8038]
03:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Bus 002 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 004 Device 002: ID 045e:0053 Microsoft Corp. Optical Mouse
Bus 004 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 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux mark-laptopXP 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.138471] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.241432] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
[ 0.960609] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.140157] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.140490] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.140758] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.141022] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.141277] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.146906] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.149526] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.828090] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:03.0
[ 6.747002] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 7.222249] dell-wmi: No known WMI GUID found
[ 7.605739] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 7.653032] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:0182]
[ 2339.115840] mtrr: no MTRR for d0000000,4000000 found
[ 1.689771] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 7.605739] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 15.216052] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 15.569921] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 15.770902] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 15.839107] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 16.064045] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
[ 16.120810] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 16.120833] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 16.120858] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz
          Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

can you give the output of:

sudo iwlist scan

Thanks

mark@mark-laptopXP:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:24:36:A6:BD:51
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=35/70 Signal level=-75 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Apple Network e3f257"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000d7a0ad0bb3
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1312ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00144170706C65204E6574776F726B20653366323537
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
                    IE: Unknown: 200100
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0102
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A0C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1601000800000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101060003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD07000393016C0120
          Cell 02 - Address: 06:24:36:A6:BD:51
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Marianne's Guest Network"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000d7a0ac5ffa
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1304ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00184D617269616E6E652773204775657374204E6574776F726B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
                    IE: Unknown: 200100
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0102
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A0C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1601000800000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101060003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD07000393016C0008
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1C:10:3B:66:22
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=48/70 Signal level=-62 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Borgno"
                    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=00000010d7a22189
                    Extra: Last beacon: 816ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0006426F72676E6F
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B9624B0486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32048C129860
                    IE: Unknown: DD060010180202F5
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101810003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:24:7B:02:4F:D4
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=28/70 Signal level=-82 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"myqwest1507"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000011b252035d0
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1044ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000B6D79717765737431353037
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C

mark@mark-laptopXP:~$

ok cool,

run:

sudo apt-get install wicd

Then reboot, wicd will load at startup, click the icon and tell wicd that your wifi device is wlan0 and it will work fine.

The install went fine. But on reboot I did not see a place to tell wicd about wlan0. When I try to connect to my wireless network it takes a long time and then gives this error:

Connection Failed: Unable to get IP address.

A) Have you tried adding the proprietary drives? I believe there are two options for the card you listed -- try them both.

You can also try this documentation.

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

Charles:
I followed those instructions when I started and installed b43-fwcutter but it did not help. Actionparsnip is telling me to install wicd which I did. See my post 2009-12-17.

Actionparsnip:
Since my last post I found that wicd was set up with a default for wlan0 so that is not a problem.

Can anyone help with this?

Actionparsnip?

Anyone?

Use ndisgtk + Windows driver. It should work fine.

I found some more information. There are two drivers for your card included in 9.10. You need to ensure you are using the correct one.

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

based on the information found here -- http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Known_PCI_devices

and your pasted information:
802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

Your card is supported using the b43 driver.

I also noticed this from your paste:
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface

Do you have wireless enabled?

I would research the information on both the pages I posted and see if you can resolve the issues.

Actionparsnip:

I'm following

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

on how to install and use Ndiswrapper.

I found the driver on my XP partition (bcmwl5.inf) for my wireless adapter and I installed that, successfully, I think.

In the following instructions:
"Alternatively, open a Terminal and try the commands ifconfig and iwconfig. Your wireless card should appear with an interface name of wlan0."
but I don't see an entry under wlan0.

I get to step 3.6.1 where I'm supposed to find (System | Administration | Networking) but I have no such app.

I was trying wicd before. Do I need to disable that to see the (System | Administration | Networking) app?

mbohn:

I am not sure... but with the B43 driver your card is supposed to work. There may have been other issues beyond the driver.

mbohn:

I am not sure... but with the B43 driver your card is supposed to work. There may have been other issues beyond the driver.

Log a bug then. If all else fails the ndiswrapper is no bad thing

Nothing worked until I replaced my router. No clue as to why. Went from a Linksys WRT54g to an Apple Airport Extreme. Then, Wicd very easily and quickly got the wireless working.

I only need to get my network printer working and I'll then have a fully functional Ubuntu system.

Thanks.

Glad you got the gold. Wicd is badass and is DE independant so can be ran in KDE / Gnome / XFCE etc with the same install footprint. It just cannot handle 3G / Dialup connections but if those are not needed then wicd can be used.It also has a curses interface so can be used without a desktop (like in the server install) to configure connections.

Linksys is the domestic grade product line from Cisco so I am shocked it didn't work.

Please mark as solved.