wireless not working on new ubuntu 12.04 install

[cptflo]

Hi,

I have a lenovo thinpad x131 with AMD processor. Just installed 12.04 on it and despite my efforts to find drivers and other things I can't enable the wireless. Wireless option do not appear on the network manager either.

Some help would be very appreciated.

I am posting the following commands hoping to provide enough info:

 rfkill list  

 

 0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth  

 	Soft blocked: no  
 	Hard blocked: no  
 1: hci0: Bluetooth  
 	Soft blocked: no  
 	Hard blocked: no  
 

 

 

 

 iwconfig  

 

 eth0      no wireless extensions.  
 

 lo        no wireless extensions.  
 

 

 

 

 sudo lshw -C network

 

 *-network                

        description: Network controller  
        product: BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n  
        vendor: Broadcom Corporation  
        physical id: 0  
        bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0  
        version: 00  
        width: 64 bits  
        clock: 33MHz  
        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list  
        configuration: driver=bcma-pci-bridge latency=0  
        resources: irq:17 memory:f0a00000-f0a03fff  
   *-network  
        description: Ethernet interface  
        product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller  
        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.  
        physical id: 0  
        bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0  
        logical name: eth0  
        version: 07  
        serial: 08:9e:01:33:1c:d2  
        size: 10Mbit/s  
 

 

 

 

 nm-tool  

 

 NetworkManager Tool  
 

 State: disconnected  
 

 - Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------  
   Type:              Wired  
   Driver:            r8169  
   State:             unavailable  
   Default:           no  
   HW Address:        08:9E:01:33:1C:D2  
 

   Capabilities:  
     Carrier Detect:  yes  
 

   Wired Properties  
     Carrier:         off

Thank you for looking into it!

[Hadaka]

Hi,please post the output of..

lspci -nn | grep 0280

thanks.

[cptflo]

Thank you for your reply.

The 0280 in the following reading is highlighted in red.



lspci -nn | grep 0280

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359]

[Hadaka]

Hi,please do..

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

thanks.

[cptflo]

Thanks!

The only thing is that I only have a wifi. I am using my old computer to go online (it's running an older version of ubuntu). I don't have a wired connection.
I was hoping to download the required update packages with the old computer, then tranfer them over to the new computer with a USB stick and install them from there. I did try to download the drivers from realtek.com but no luck. I just don't know how to do it!

I'll have to go find a wired connection somewhere, unless there is another relatively easy way to get the right updates using the older lap top and transfer them over?

Thanks!

[Hadaka]

Hi,please click --SystemSettings..Hardware/additional drivers.
that sta driver "may" work.meantime, i am in search of a zipped
broadcom-kernel-source file to attach.
thanks.

[Hadaka]

Hi, if you can somehow aquire a wired connection.
then do..

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

thanks.

[cptflo]

Hi,please click --SystemSettings..Hardware/additional drivers.
that sta driver "may" work.meantime, i am in search of a zipped
broadcom-kernel-source file to attach.
thanks.

It says: "no proprietary drivers aare in use in this system"

thanks

[cptflo]

Hi, if you can somehow aquire a wired connection.
then do..

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

thanks.

I'm going to check the library for a wired connection,

Thank you

[wildmanne39]

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