Built in wireless card not working

[theb@ssm@n]

I can't get my laptop connected to my wireless network. It has a built in wireless card. It might not even be an ubuntu problem, because when I booted from a live cd of fedora I couldn't connect there either.

Anybody have any ideas?

[Atrophy]

Try this: First, find a wired connection. Connect to that, and then run your package manager and install all updates and program fixes and whatnot. Then open terminal and run 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic' and reboot.

[theb@ssm@n]

Try this: First, find a wired connection. Connect to that, and then run your package manager and install all updates and program fixes and whatnot. Then open terminal and run 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic' and reboot.

It didn't work. Still can't connect

[5BallJuggler]

open a terminal and type

lspci

post the output here.

[theb@ssm@n]

open a terminal and type

lspci

post the output here.

00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
05:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
05:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
05:09.4 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller
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[5BallJuggler]

05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)


this looks like your wireless card.

open the terminal again and type

iwconfig

&

ifconfig

post the outputs here

[Flyingjester]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=190177 here is a guide for your card.

[theb@ssm@n]

this looks like your wireless card.

open the terminal again and type

iwconfig

&

ifconfig

post the outputs here

iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

ifconfig:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:b8:8f:a2:8c
inet addr:192.168.1.110 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:b8ff:fe8f:a28c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9545 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13322855 (13.3 MB) TX bytes:1198005 (1.1 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:482 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:482 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:30172 (30.1 KB) TX bytes:30172 (30.1 KB

[5BallJuggler]

try to follow the link flyingjester has posted, if that does not work, add another post

[theb@ssm@n]

try to follow the link flyingjester has posted, if that does not work, add another post

I tried the link and it still does not work jordan@jordan-laptop:~$ modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko): Operation not permitted


If it helps my driver is working

jordan@jordan-laptop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
[sudo] password for jordan:
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318 ) present (alternate driver: ssb)

[Ben Crisford]

I've had the same problem as him.

Please help :S.

[theb@ssm@n]

I've had the same problem as him.

Please help :S.

It sucks doesn't it.

I don't know if this matters but I am running Intrepid Ibex