Dell Mini 10 wireless failure on Ubuntu 9.10

[jbeau10]

I am a newbie and I trying to setup my wireless connection on a Dell 1010 -mini 10 without any luck. I have listed below the information I was able to retrieve.Thanks,




1 ) Dell Mini 1010 laptop
2.)Wireless Brand, Model and Wireless Chipset:
Code:03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

3.) ifconfig

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:5f:72:c5:62
inet6 addr: fe80::222:5fff:fe72:c562/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:6129
TX packets:140 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:15820 (15.8 KB) TX bytes:20020 (20.0 KB)
Interrupt:17





4,) $ iwconfig -eth1 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:""

Access Point: Not-Associated

$ lsmod | grep "wlan_module_name"


5 ) Kernel boot messages
Code:22.768063]eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9

6 ) Network configuration
Code:


$ sudo lshw -C network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:22:5f:72:c5:62
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.91.9 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:17 memory:d8000000-d8003fff



7 ) Scan for networks:
Code: eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.

8 ) Ubuntu Version:
Code: Ubuntu 9.10



9 ) Kernel/architecture (including 32 vs. 64 bit): Code:2.6.31-19-generic i686

10 ) Restarting the network:
Code:


* Reconfiguring network interfaces...Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

[efflandt]

What is the output of sudo lspci -v | grep wl? It should be something like this:


$ sudo lsmod | grep wl
wl 1277380 0
lib80211 7812 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl

I recently had trouble getting wireless to work on an older Dell with BCM4311 from Ubuntu 9.10 that I am sure worked earlier, and I know worked automatically on a newer Dell 1545 with BCM4312. But when I recently booted it on the older Dell, there was no wireless and no second eth interface (not even a wlan interface). So I deactivated Broadcom STA driver, rebooted, then a wlan showed up, but that would not work. So I reactived Broadcom STA, rebooted, and then the wireless connection already configured to connect automatically, did.

When it is working properly sudo iwlist scan should list access points within range.

[superprash2003]

do try system->admin->hardware drivers