Wireless not working in Jaunty on Dell Inspiron B130

It works now.

Hey Patrick! What did you do to fix the problem?

Nothing. Some update must have fixed it.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Calvin Mitchell <
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> Your question #66685 on wireless-tools in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+question/66685
>
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> Hey Patrick! What did you do to fix the problem?
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I did a clean install of Jaunty and updated with all the latest updates. I activated the Broadcom B43 wireless driver as the other gentleman did.

I ran the following commands:
nm-tool
iwconfig
ping -c 4 google.com
ifconfig
netstat -r
sudo lshw -C network
lspci

My results are as follows: (Sorry had a couple of typo's):

steven@steven-laptop:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: b43
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:15:C5:6D:E1:DC

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 10 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier: off

- Device: wlan0 [Our_House] ---------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: connected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:16:CF:9C:C1:91

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    *Our_House: Ad-Hoc, 0A:4E:4E:1D:8E:5B, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 0 Mb/s, Strength 0 WEP

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 10.42.43.1
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 0.0.0.0

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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Our_House"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 0A:4E:4E:1D:8E:5B
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

steven@steven-laptop:~$ ping -c 4 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
steven@steven-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:6d:e1:dc
          inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe6d:e1dc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:7310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5919 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:8333360 (8.3 MB) TX bytes:723954 (723.9 KB)
          Interrupt:18

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:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:9200 (9.2 KB) TX bytes:9200 (9.2 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:cf:9c:c1:91
          inet addr:10.42.43.1 Bcast:10.42.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:cfff:fe9c:c191/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:3686 (3.6 KB)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-16-CF-9C-C1-91-31-39-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          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)

steven@steven-laptop:~$ netstat-r
bash: netstat-r: command not found
steven@steven-laptop:~$ netstat-r
bash: netstat-r: command not found
steven@steven-laptop:~$ netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
10.42.43.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
steven@steven-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -c network
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:6d:e1:dc
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:16:cf:9c:c1:91
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=10.42.43.1 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: e6:11:b1:21:1b:da
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
steven@steven-laptop:~$ ispci
bash: ispci: command not found
steven@steven-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
steven@steven-laptop:~$

I did a clean install of Jaunty and updated with all the latest updates. I activated the Broadcom B43 wireless driver as the other gentleman did.

I ran the following commands:
nm-tool
iwconfig
ping -c 4 google.com
ifconfig
netstat -r
sudo lshw -C network
lspci

My results are as follows: (Sorry had a couple of typo's):

steven@steven-laptop:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: b43
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:15:C5:6D:E1:DC

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 10 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier: off

- Device: wlan0 [Our_House] ---------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: connected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:16:CF:9C:C1:91

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    *Our_House: Ad-Hoc, 0A:4E:4E:1D:8E:5B, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 0 Mb/s, Strength 0 WEP

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 10.42.43.1
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 0.0.0.0

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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Our_House"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 0A:4E:4E:1D:8E:5B
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

steven@steven-laptop:~$ ping -c 4 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
steven@steven-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:6d:e1:dc
          inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe6d:e1dc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:7310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5919 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:8333360 (8.3 MB) TX bytes:723954 (723.9 KB)
          Interrupt:18

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:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:9200 (9.2 KB) TX bytes:9200 (9.2 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:cf:9c:c1:91
          inet addr:10.42.43.1 Bcast:10.42.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:cfff:fe9c:c191/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:3686 (3.6 KB)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-16-CF-9C-C1-91-31-39-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          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)

steven@steven-laptop:~$ netstat-r
bash: netstat-r: command not found
steven@steven-laptop:~$ netstat-r
bash: netstat-r: command not found
steven@steven-laptop:~$ netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
10.42.43.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
steven@steven-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -c network
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:6d:e1:dc
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:16:cf:9c:c1:91
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=10.42.43.1 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: e6:11:b1:21:1b:da
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
steven@steven-laptop:~$ ispci
bash: ispci: command not found
steven@steven-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
steven@steven-laptop:~$