Trying to set up wireless!

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: intelfb, i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2666] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: b44
Kernel modules: b44
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card [1028:0005]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
arc4 12473 2
joydev 17322 0
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
i915 450944 3
b43 296610 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
drm 180037 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
mac80211 257001 1 b43
cfg80211 156212 2 b43,mac80211
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_se q_device
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
soundcore 12600 1 snd
psmouse 73312 0
video 18951 1 i915
lp 13349 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
dell_laptop 13515 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
serio_raw 12990 0
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
b44 35301 0
ssb 45942 2 b43,b44

Hello and Welcome!

What version of Linux are you running?
Also, please post the output of ifconfig -a and iwconfig

Also, dmesg | grep firmware

kyle@kyle-ME051:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:74:44:3f
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe74:443f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:24084 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8813 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9786718 (9.7 MB) TX bytes:1967054 (1.9 MB)
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:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1400 (1.4 KB) TX bytes:1400 (1.4 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:cf:cc:2f:b3
BROADCAST 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)

kyle@kyle-ME051:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

Couldn't figure out how to do the dmesg | grep firmware. Thanks for the help! I'm very new to Linux. Oh yea I'm on 11.04.

Looks like everything is loading up properly. What happens when you try to connect to a wireless network?
Also does your computer have a on/off toggle switch for wireless?

It doesn't recognize that I have any built in wireless

From your post earlier:

Code:

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wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:cf:cc:2f:b3
BROADCAST 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)

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That's your wireless card. Open up a terminal and execute the following command: iwlist wlan0 scan
You should get a list of available wireless networks.

kyle@kyle-ME051:~$ iwlist wlanO scan
wlanO Interface doesn't support scanning.

kyle@kyle-ME051:~$ iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Network is down

I'm not familiar with the Unity interface that Ubuntu 11.04 is using, but do you have an icon for network options? Should be in the top right corner. If you right-click on it, is there an option to Enable Wireless?

It says that the firmware is missing

I've got an ethernet plugged into my computer right now so I can get on the internet, if that helps