wireless utility not showing up

[jzp706]

my wireless driver is downloaded and installed(i think) but on the wireless icon it does not have anything for wireless connections on it. help asap


i can clarify. there is no mention of the word wireless in the connections dropdown. i am using a dell inspiron e1501 and 12.04. please help.

[kc1di]

my wireless driver is downloaded and installed(i think) but on the wireless icon it does not have anything for wireless connections on it. help asap


i can clarify. there is no mention of the word wireless in the connections dropdown. i am using a dell inspiron e1501 and 12.04. please help.

Hi jzp706 and welcome to Ubuntu,

A little more information would be helpful. When you say the drivers are downloaded and installed just how did you install them?

Did you use the Additional Driver Tool? (aka- jockey)

if not what drivers did you install.
Can you tell us what wireless card your machine uses?

If not could your run this command in a terminal and post the
results here.

Command:

lspci

That a lower case L not #1.

if it is a wlan mini card it's most likely a broadcom 4312 or similar and requires the Broadcom-sta driver.

[jzp706]

i did run the additional drivers utility. it is a broadcom sta 4311

[jzp706]

i have been trying to find the problem for about 2 hours now.

[kc1di]

i did run the additional drivers utility. it is a broadcom sta 4311

this may sound simple but did your reboot after installing the driver?

[jzp706]

yes i did. where it should say wireless connections it just says "disconnected"

[jzp706]

i really need this fixed. i have a project that i need to work on for school and needs to be done b4 monday. i need this to work. it is of the highest priority.

[kc1di]

It seems there may be a bug in the 4311 and the wired driver.
see this page for details.
May be the same procedure would get you up and running.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/13916...-icon-in-unity

This page may also be helpful:
http://codeghar.wordpress.com/2012/0...-ubuntu-12-04/