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I have recently decided to try Ubuntu to see if I like it before making the switch. I currently run a dual booting system with Vista and Ubuntu 9.10. I ...
  1. 01-25-2010 #1
    joshklewis
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    Wireless Internet Help

    I have recently decided to try Ubuntu to see if I like it before making the switch. I currently run a dual booting system with Vista and Ubuntu 9.10.

    I have had wireless internet set up for a while on my laptop, but I do not know how to set it up in Ubuntu. I have looked online in many different places and am only getting more confused. Is there anyone that can help me with this problem?

    I already know what wireless card I have if that will help any. It is a Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card. If there is any other information needed then I can get it for you. I am not very familiar with Ubuntu yet, so I may need directions of how to look something up if more information is needed.

    Any help would be appreciated.
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    I don't have the latest Ubuntu here, so I don't know exactly what things are like on the net Karmic, but in the Hardy release, there is a networking icon on the top right of the screen. (1 screen behind another) This icon can be clicked, and both wired as wireless networking configuration is quite easy there.

    I've done some reading, and I have reason to assume you first need to enable the proprietary driver (look for Hardware Drivers in the Administration menu, in the System menu).

    Hope this works for you.
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    I can get online using Ubuntu if I actually plug my laptop into the wireless router, yet I am still not sure what to do to gain a wireless connection.
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    when you click the networking applet, you will find a list of available networks, if the driver has been installed. Select the network you wish to sign in to and give the key when prompted for it. Click Ok, and the connection should be made.
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    I don't think my driver works with Ubuntu for my wireless card because the connection is not listed.
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    We'll need more info. Read the wireless setup sticky .

    As I recall, the Dell 1395 is a broadcom chipset, but I forget which one. Depending, you will either need to download the firmware for the card
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
    or use the Broadcom wl driver. This should be available through the Hardware Manager thing Ubuntu has. Or do
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
    The wl driver should work with any of these cards
    Code:
    14e4:432b "Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller"
14e4:4329 "Broadcom Corporation BCM43XG"
14e4:4328 "Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n"
14e4:4315 "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g"
14e4:4313 "Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 Ethernet Controller"
14e4:4312 "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g"
14e4:4311 "Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
14e4:432d
14e4:432c
14e4:432a
    Check the output of lspci as described in the sticky to see the pciid. (The pciid is this bit: 14e4:432d) If it's not on this list, use the first method.
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    I ran the program WirelessSetup that was talked about in the sticky. This is the output that I received:

    Code:
    ============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7910]
	Kernel modules: ati-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912]
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) [1002:7915]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) [1002:7917]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) [1002:4389]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 14)
	Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
	Kernel driver in use: k8temp
	Kernel modules: k8temp
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f]
	Kernel modules: radeon
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: b44
	Kernel modules: b44
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
	Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12)
	Kernel driver in use: ricoh-mmc
	Kernel modules: ricoh_mmc
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
	Kernel modules: ssb

============ lsusb ============
Bus 002 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 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 003 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 001 Device 002: ID 05a9:2640 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV2640 Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
usbhid                 38208  0 
binfmt_misc             8356  1 
ppdev                   6688  0 
snd_hda_codec_idt      59844  1 
snd_hda_intel          26920  2 
snd_hda_codec          75708  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               7200  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            37920  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16028  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                75296  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           2656  0 
snd_seq_oss            28576  0 
snd_seq_midi            6432  0 
snd_rawmidi            22208  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
b43                   122136  0 
snd_seq                50224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6920  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
dell_wmi                2564  0 
mac80211              181236  1 b43
iptable_filter          3100  0 
sdhci_pci               7100  0 
uvcvideo               59080  0 
snd                    59204  16 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
joydev                 10272  0 
ip_tables              11692  1 iptable_filter
dell_laptop             8128  0 
sdhci                  17472  1 sdhci_pci
ricoh_mmc               3676  0 
shpchp                 32272  0 
i2c_piix4               9932  0 
soundcore               7264  1 snd
lp                      8964  0 
videodev               36736  1 uvcvideo
cfg80211               93052  2 b43,mac80211
x_tables               16544  1 ip_tables
snd_page_alloc          9156  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
k8temp                  4188  0 
led_class               4096  2 b43,sdhci
dcdbas                  7292  1 dell_laptop
v4l1_compat            14496  2 uvcvideo,videodev
psmouse                56180  0 
serio_raw               5280  0 
parport                35340  2 ppdev,lp
b44                    28684  0 
ohci1394               29900  0 
radeon                636000  2 
ttm                    36212  1 radeon
drm                   159584  4 radeon,ttm
i2c_algo_bit            5760  1 radeon
ieee1394               86596  1 ohci1394
mii                     5212  1 b44
video                  19380  0 
output                  2780  1 video
ssb                    35300  2 b43,b44
ati_agp                 6760  0 
agpgart                34988  3 ttm,drm,ati_agp

============ dmesg-firmware ============

============ kernel version ============
2.6.31-14-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1d:09:c0:34:d7  
          inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21d:9ff:fec0:34d7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22956 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18892 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:28369579 (28.3 MB)  TX bytes:2238664 (2.2 MB)
          Interrupt:21 

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:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:240 (240.0 B)  TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)


============ iwconfig ============
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    0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
    Your card. You will want to use the Broadcom wl driver.

    Code:
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    I installed the driver, but I'm not sure exactly what to do next to see if it worked. I apologize for knowing nothing about Ubuntu, I just installed it yesterday and have never used anything except Windows before.
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    The first thing is to check if the network manager up on the panel is showing any wireless networks. If not what is the output of
    Code:
    iwconfig
    and does
    Code:
    sudo iwlist eth1 scan
    return available wireless networks?
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