wireless for d600?

[aggiemarine07]

I have been searching for a long time to find a tutorial that explains how to get the wireless working on a Dell d600 in Hardy. Many people has written on here that their wireless for their d600 has worked out of box but mine is not. If someone could point me in the right direction towards a good tutorial I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

here is my output for lshw - C network

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:0b:db:a3:9a:69
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 firmware=5702-v2.25 ip=192.168.2.5 latency=64 mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes
*-network:1
description: Network controller
product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:90:4b:34:14:1d
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

[sam_delta]

if you have a wired connection, plug it in update your system ,and check under system>administration>hardware drivers, if theres a broadcom wireless driver listed, just click on it and enable it

remember that you must have an internet connection and update your system to effectively check if there are drivers

if it doesn't appear, you'll have to install the drivers with a different procedure, but its worth checking if its listed under hardware drivers before trying anything as it might save time


sam

[aggiemarine07]

done that Ive even re installed b43-fwcutter and nothing appears under the hardware drivers. I even did a fresh install with a internet connection attached during the install and nothing happens. After re-installing b43-fwcutter, it did however show that it as a wireless device but I still can not see any wireless networks.

[sam_delta]

how did you installed b43-fwcutter? using synaptic or apt-get?

sam

[aggiemarine07]

apt-get

[aggiemarine07]

I was browsing around the ubuntu tutorials for older versions and I came across some commands with ndiswrapper. Here is the output from those commands:

greg@greg-laptopwork:~$ sudo ifdown wlan0
ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured
greg@greg-laptopwork:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.
greg@greg-laptopwork:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

Does this mean anything? Thanks.

[sam_delta]

do you have ndiswrapper installed? whats the output of
ndiswrapper -l

sam

[aggiemarine07]

Got it working, in the BIOS is had listed turn wireless on "fn+f2/Application". I changed it to just fn+f2 and now I can turn it on and off. Also, when it was set to fn+f2/application setting it was listed as "wireless off." Stupid me forgot to check the BIOS. Thanks for your help though!

[sam_delta]

glad its working,
enjoy ubuntu :)
sam

[fiaf1]

Got it working, in the BIOS is had listed turn wireless on "fn+f2/Application". I changed it to just fn+f2 and now I can turn it on and off. Also, when it was set to fn+f2/application setting it was listed as "wireless off." Stupid me forgot to check the BIOS. Thanks for your help though!


Hello and thanks in advance,

I have a D600 with 8.04 and I am trying to get my wireless working. I seem to have one fewer BIOS options than you. My BIOS options are: Off, Application, and fn+f2/application. fn+f2 option is not available. Am I missing something?

Did you have to do anything after you correct the BIOS?

Regards.

[supremedalek]

Hello and thanks in advance,

I have a D600 with 8.04 and I am trying to get my wireless working. I seem to have one fewer BIOS options than you. My BIOS options are: Off, Application, and fn+f2/application. fn+f2 option is not available. Am I missing something?

Did you have to do anything after you correct the BIOS?

Regards.

I would leave it in the "fn+f2/application" mode. This way either you can turn it on using the function keys or an application can do the trick.

[mayliffe]

I have just installed Hardy Heron on two D600s (Among other things). The wireless works fine on the first one. On the second one, if I remember correctly, I had to install the Broadcom driver "manually" with aptitude. Wireless works fine if the first user to log in is the one I created when I set the system up. If the first log in user is someone else, even with all the admin user privileges set, then the wireless i/f does not work.

lshw -C network
PCI (sysfs)
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: ..:..:..:..:..:..
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 firmware=5705-v3.16 latency=32 link=no mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network:1
description: Network controller
product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: ..:..:..:..:..:..
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.x.xxx multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g