[SOLVED] Wireless driver at dell inspiron 1012.

[ParkourGrip]

Don't know how to install wireless driver on inspiron 1012 mini on ubuntu server 10.10 32bit. Not shore what is the wireless card name. I have no internet acsess whit that pc but can copy files whit usb from another pc. Can eneyone help? Thx.

[Nagarjuna]

Well, first you want to find out what the make and model of your wireless card is. The 1012 should have the BCM4312 wireless device, but we should verify this before going any further. Try typing the following into a terminal session:

lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
lshw -C network

The above should give us more information about your card.

If your system is using a BCM4312, then you can try to follow these links to get it up and working:

b43 - Linux Wireless
Installing bcm43xx in Ubuntu

[ParkourGrip]

Thx for helping. The wireless card name is correct. "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)" Now im trying the links.

Later edited:
I already tryed that one but some commands are different. I will follow the turtorial on the link and post here when i get stuck.

[ParkourGrip]

To get such firmware on your system, you must download the driver from a legal distribution point, as noted below. Then you must extract the firmware from that Broadcom driver by using b43-fwcutter (or bcm43xx-fwcutter) and install it in the special directory for firmware - usually /lib/firmware. Please note that the firmware from the binary drivers is copyrighted by Broadcom Corporation and must not be redistributed.

Cannot find the driver. There is nothing for linux eaven on the dell's oficial padge.
I think there is no driver for this pc. Maybe ill need to use a driver for a different pc but same wirelles card.

[ParkourGrip]

I think i manidge to install the driver.

I reinstaled ubuntu server 10.10 while i was wired connected and after i reinstalled i typed in:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

So when i type in "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" it dosent say that my wireless card driver is not installed eneymore. Ti sas "ERROR: while getting interface flags: no such device"

Idk how to connect to wirelles networks whit terminall so ill need some help.

[Nagarjuna]

Cool, I'm glad we got passed the first issue, but this new error kind of concerns me. The following command should connect you to your wireless network, as long as you don't have any fancy settings set on your router and your wireless adapter is truly functional:

iwconfig wlan0 essid [I]network-name[/I] key [I]encryption-key[/I]

If that doesn't work, which I expect it won't, please post the output of the following commands. They should tell us more about your device.

sudo lshw -C network
sudo ifconfig -a

[ParkourGrip]

Fixed that too:

Before the driver was installed the interface was wlan0 but now the driver chandge the interface to eth1 (eth0=lan eth1=wlan).

But...

Not shore how to get my key becose i only know my key i put into windows to connect and i don't know my gateway's password (at 192.168.0.1) so i cant look there.

Do i need to hack it whit backtrack 4?

I tryed to convert from ascii to hax but when i connect i get:

Output of "sudo dhclient eth1":

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:04:75:9a:3d:51
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:04:75:9a:3d:51
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent - Sleeping.

[Nagarjuna]

Nice!

The username and password to connect to your wireless routers interface can usually be physically located at the bottom of the device.

If it isn't, you can find a list of default router passwords here: Default Password List

And if it's not listed in there, try Google! Once your connected, you can locate your key.

Good luck.

[ParkourGrip]

Thats not a problem. My dad set the password for securety reasons so i dont fort foward and stuff. He is on a holeday and can't tell me the password in HEX but i will hack it whit backtrack 4 and find it my self. There is only one advanced secuity in my ruter. He made a list off MAC adress that can connect to the ruter whit the password and my laptop is in that list. The connection in windows is no problem. Can that effect on my connection whit ubuntu server?

[ParkourGrip]

The hack failed. Is there eney way to connect whit ASCII key? The securety type is WEP.