Can't configure wireless card

**djluvsgod** · 10-16-2007

I'm on a Dell Inspiron 5100 with xubuntu, I am using a Dell wireless 1350 card. I have the driver installed and it is recognized, the lights flash to show the card is interacting with the wireless signal, but when I use Knetworkmanager to try and enable the connection, it just gets stuck at configuring device.

To install I had troubles with the native driver on xubuntu, knowing I had a driver that would work for sure, I just deleted it and installed the one I had. I did have minimal success at one point, but then it just stopped working. Sorry I do not know what was changed now that it is not working.

DJ

**waterhead** · 10-16-2007

When you say that you have the driver installed, what driver would that be? I use a Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop with a 1350 wireless, but they could put that name on anything.

To determine the chipset of the card, enter this as root, and post the results.

Code:

# lspci

**djluvsgod** · 10-17-2007

Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

I got the driver from the ndiswrapper site

**waterhead** · 10-17-2007

That is exactly what I have on my Dell laptop.

There is a "native" Linux driver that automatically loads, called bcm43xx. It could be conflicting with NDISwrapper. You can check to see if it is loaded with this.

Code:

# lsmod

And remove it with this.

Code:

# modprobe -r bcm43xx

You may need to remove and reload the NDISwrapper module after this.

Code:

# modprobe -r ndiswrapper
# modprobe ndiswrapper

If this was the problem, you need to prevent the bcm43xx module from loading. There should be a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. Add this to the bottom of the file.

Code:

blacklist bcm43xx

There also is a newer version of the driver named b43. I don't know if it is included in any distros yet, but be aware of it.

**djluvsgod** · 10-22-2007

I have already done such things, and bcm43xx is on the blacklist. Like I said the card did work for several minutes, but then I must have changed something in the configuration because now it doesn't. Sorry to be ignorant of what I have done, but what are some things I should look at when trying to configure the device. Mind you the driver is not a problem.

**waterhead** · 10-22-2007

Can you use any of the terminal commands? Try these out:

# sudo ifconfig
# sudo iwconfig wlan0 (unless it is eth1 or something else)
# sudo ifup wlan0
# sudo ifup-dhcp wlan0

There is also ifstatus ifstatus-dhcp ifprobe ifrenew ifrenew-dhcp. You may need to specify the folder when using these commands:
# sudo /sbin/ifconfig

Some of my commands are located in the /usr/sbin/ folder. I don't know where they are in xubuntu, so a search should find them.

You may need to disable the NetworkManager to use these commands.

**djluvsgod** · 10-24-2007

Using the program wifi radar I somehow forced the card to ask for an ip address or something. so now my browser works fine, but Gaim doesn't connect, and ideas?

**waterhead** · 10-24-2007

Try disabling the firewall, if it's enabled.

**djluvsgod** · 10-24-2007

Unless ubuntu has one running the background, I'm almost positive it doesn't, there isn't one running.

**waterhead** · 10-24-2007

Most distros will enable a firewall by default.

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