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thedewd
August 6th, 2009, 11:16 PM
Brand new Inspiron Mini 10, running 8.04.. I love it but the wireless card doesn't work as advertised.

Network manager can see wireless networks, even sometimes connect to my own, but that's about it. I've talked to Dell about it and they came up with nothing. So I'm turning to the experts.

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:24:e8:a2:8b:92
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK ip=192.168.1.5 latency=0 module=r8169 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:25:56:6b:ee:1c
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.79.10 ip=192.168.1.3 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: sms
serial: 00:53:49:41:4e:4f
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:e8:a2:8b:92
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fea2:8b92/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4938 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3272 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2946117 (2.8 MB) TX bytes:542378 (529.6 KB)
Interrupt:223 Base address:0x4000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:56:6b:ee:1c
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::225:56ff:fe6b:ee1c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2582 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:5046
TX packets:646 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:390976 (381.8 KB) TX bytes:260596 (254.4 KB)
Interrupt:16

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:2750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:137884 (134.6 KB) TX bytes:137884 (134.6 KB)

sms Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:53:49:41:4e:4f
UP BROADCAST NOARP 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)

I hope that's enough to get you started.

Thanks.
thedewd
August 6th, 2009, 11:27 PM
Brand new Inspiron Mini 10, running 8.04.. I love it but the wireless card doesn't work as advertised.

Network manager can see wireless networks, even sometimes connect to my own, but that's about it. I've talked to Dell about it and they came up with nothing. So I'm turning to the experts.

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:24:e8:a2:8b:92
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK ip=192.168.1.5 latency=0 module=r8169 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:25:56:6b:ee:1c
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.79.10 ip=192.168.1.3 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: sms
serial: 00:53:49:41:4e:4f
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:e8:a2:8b:92
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fea2:8b92/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4938 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3272 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2946117 (2.8 MB) TX bytes:542378 (529.6 KB)
Interrupt:223 Base address:0x4000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:56:6b:ee:1c
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::225:56ff:fe6b:ee1c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2582 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:5046
TX packets:646 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:390976 (381.8 KB) TX bytes:260596 (254.4 KB)
Interrupt:16

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:2750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:137884 (134.6 KB) TX bytes:137884 (134.6 KB)

sms Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:53:49:41:4e:4f
UP BROADCAST NOARP 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)

I hope that's enough to get you started.

Thanks.
pastalavista
August 6th, 2009, 11:28 PM
Try connecting to the internet via wired ethernet and see if there are wireless driver updates. After running update manager, check System->Administration->Hardware Drivers for a better driver.
thedewd
August 6th, 2009, 11:31 PM
thanks pastalavista for the suggestion. I've already updated the system and there are no driver updates.
MartynT
August 8th, 2009, 06:02 AM
Network manager can see wireless networks, even sometimes connect to my own, but that's about it.

So you have an intermittent problem where it sometimes will connect to your router, but not always ?

I have the same netbook, (10v, 8.04), wireless card (Dell 1510 - Broadcom 432) and driver (wl 5.10.79.10).

I also have the same problem :-(

Mine never connects after boot, but after it informs me that it has disconnected, it will then connect after 1 or 2 retries.

It's very annoying.
I've written my experience here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1234714
sailor2001
August 8th, 2009, 07:19 AM
your card is probably a very cheep knockoff.......Pick up a usb wlan from your computer shop ($22. usd) and solve your problem That has solved a lot of troubles I've run across.
ugm6hr
August 9th, 2009, 09:19 AM
What kind of network do you have?

open vs WEP vs WPA vs WPA2 etc, 802.11b/g/n,

It is slightly different than the Mini 9 wifi card, but the wl driver in the default 8.04 was a little slow, and occasionally failed to load the driver at boot.

No problems at all since installing 9.04 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks#Dell%20Mini%2010v