Tried everything...cannot get wireless to work

[stanggt3]

On my gateway mx7515 laptop I cant get the wireless working.

I cant get the blue wireless light on at all, but Ive read that it doesnt matter, it will work without that light.

I have the newest Ubuntu, I just installed it to give it a shot (im a first time user...the easier the directions the better!)

Ive tried these...maybe im doing something wrong. I have the 4318 card.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766560

[superprash2003]

post output of
1)lshw -C network
2)iwconfig

[The Toxic Mite]

post output of
1)lshw -C network
2)iwconfig

Let me make this clearer:

Go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal, and enter the following commands:



lshw -c network
iwconfig


Post the outputs of these when you are done :D

[stanggt3]

First one....

randy@randy-laptop:~$ lshw -c network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:03:25:28:67:8c
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.22 firmware=N/A latency=0 module=sky2 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:03:07.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
*-network:0 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:14:a5:45:8c:cd
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 12:ef:12:b2:b0:eb
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes


2nd one....

randy@randy-laptop:~$ 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=20 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.

[The Toxic Mite]

Right, I can't go any further (I have more experience dealing with Atheros cards - my laptop has one :P)

Good luck in finding a solution. :)

[stanggt3]

Anyone....I really wanna work on this before switching back

[superprash2003]

check this out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff