I'm not sure why its not working, there doesn't seem to be anything incorrect but then again im no expert. The only thing i noticed is that my wireless appears as eth1, though its probably just a name.
I've got an Asus F5R Laptop running Xubuntu 9.04.
lspci
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01):~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:92:e3:fd:1b
inet addr:192.168.1.147 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:92ff:fee3:fd1b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:261015 (261.0 KB) TX bytes:74891 (74.8 KB)
Memory:feac0000-feb00000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:92:b3:a6:5f
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:92ff:feb3:a65f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST 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)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xc000
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:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1540 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1540 (1.5 KB)
:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:""
Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
cbc 11648 103
aes_i586 15744 104
aes_generic 35880 1 aes_i586
ecb 10752 1
ppdev 15620 0
radeon 342816 2
drm 96296 3 radeon
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
input_polldev 11912 0
joydev 18368 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 434100 5
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 62628 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
psmouse 61972 0
i2c_piix4 18448 0
asus_laptop 24440 0
video 25360 0
soundcore 15200 2 snd
shpchp 40212 0
atl2 34328 0
serio_raw 13316 0
btusb 19608 2
pcspkr 10496 0
output 11008 1 video
led_class 12036 1 asus_laptop
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ati_agp 14988 0
agpgart 42696 2 drm,ati_agp
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 16896 0
wl 1281236 0
ieee80211_crypt 13444 2 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,wl
usb_storage 99520 0
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:1a:92:b3:a6:5f
width: 32 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 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: a0
serial: 00:1a:92:e3:fd:1b
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl2 driverversion=2.2.3 duplex=full firmware=L2 ip=192.168.1.147 latency=0 link=yes module=atl2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: f2:b4:32:3c:cd:21
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.:~$ dmesg | grep -e Broad
[ 11.923309] eth0: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.04:~$ uname -mr
2.6.28-13-generic i686
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