Won't connect to the wireless internet.

[Shadow_Mirage]

I am using a Vostro 1310. I got it to work a few times, but then I wired it in because the connection for wireless was unreliable and I was doing a time sensitive activity online. Now the computer won't even register that I have a Wireless card. It is built in, and I am using Ubuntu 10.10.

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
08:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
08:05.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 02)
08:05.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)

lsmod:

Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 245044 0
iptable_filter 1778 1
ip_tables 19139 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 24423 2 iptable_filter,ip_tables
binfmt_misc 7984 1
parport_pc 30086 0
ppdev 6804 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 300173 1
joydev 11395 0
i915 334721 4
snd_hda_intel 26147 2
snd_hda_codec 100951 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
drm_kms_helper 32836 1 i915
snd_hwdep 6660 1 snd_hda_codec
drm 206198 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_pcm 89104 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 5932 0
snd_rawmidi 22207 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7291 1 snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo 62379 0
snd_seq 57512 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23850 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
videodev 49359 1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_device 6912 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 62080 0
v4l1_compat 15519 2 uvcvideo,videodev
i2c_algo_bit 6208 1 i915
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12614 1 videodev
snd 64181 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,sn d_seq_device
serio_raw 4910 0
intel_agp 32334 2 i915
video 22176 1 i915
soundcore 1240 1 snd
lp 10201 0
dell_wmi 3372 0
dell_laptop 6722 0
snd_page_alloc 8588 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
output 2527 1 video
parport 37032 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
dcdbas 6910 1 dell_laptop
firewire_ohci 24839 0
sdhci_pci 8115 0
sdhci 18400 1 sdhci_pci
led_class 3393 1 sdhci
firewire_core 54327 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1739 1 firewire_core
ahci 22210 1
libahci 26148 1 ahci
r8169 42254 0
mii 5261 1 r8169

I did the dmesg | grep firmware search but nothing came up for it.


uname -r

2.6.35-28-generic

Thank you so much in advance for any assistance you can provide me.

[reed9]

You need the broadcom sta wl driver.

Instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...ng STA drivers

[Shadow_Mirage]

Ok I did that, and I connected, but like before, it won't stay online. How do I make it stay online?

[reed9]

I just saw you have ndiswrapper loading. That could be interfering with the correct driver. Unload and blacklist that

sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
echo "blacklist ndiswrapper" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf