Running Ubuntu 9.04 I cannot find a driver for my Dell D630 1505 draft wireless card.

[Compuglobalhypermeganet]

I am sorry if this post already exists, but I can only find drivers for every other wireless card and for older versions like 8.04. I already searched Dell Ubuntu Wiki forum and never found what I needed. I also tried searching every combination of the words possible on Google. Where can I find a driver for my wireless card? Thank You in advance for any advice.

[coffeeaddict22]

Hi,
A little more info would help.
The brand name of the card doesn't mean much. Open a terminal, type in lshw -C network and have a look at the output. Post it back if you need more help; also, the output from iwconfig would be useful.

[Compuglobalhypermeganet]

Hi,
A little more info would help.
The brand name of the card doesn't mean much. Open a terminal, type in lshw -C network and have a look at the output. Post it back if you need more help; also, the output from iwconfig would be useful.
I typed in the command and this message came up.
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 module=ssb


When I typed in iwconfig, I received no wireless extensions. I did deactivate the wireless driver that was not doing anything because no open source versions were available for it. Should I activate it again?

[coffeeaddict22]

Yes. Essentially, you haven't got a wireless driver; the system can see your card, but doesn't know how to talk to it. From what you've said, you're running a Broadcom 4328 card.
Reinstall the Broadcom driver (System/Hardware drivers), and then if it isn't working type the two commands again. My system reports back the following: you can see the driver listed down the bottom row.~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.79.10 ip=192.168.x.x latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11