[SOLVED] Still no wireless

[notanerd]

I have now been trying for a month to get wireless working on my laptop with 8.04. when I type in lshw - C network i get this result

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Network controller
product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 74
serial: 00:03:25:10:80:44
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=64 maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 module=via_rhine multicast=yes
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:90:4b:7c:4d:e7
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

What can I do to fix this. I just can't seem to enable the wireless card?

Please help me

[Bucky Ball]

If you can connect via a cable, download through Synaptics:

ubuntu-restricted-extras

Open a terminal and paste in:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and look for this section:

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

Make sure it look like that. Go to:

System->Administration->Hardware Drivers

... and make sure the Broadcom B43 Driver is ticked and in use. If you have been playing around with ndiswrapper, you need to either uninstall it or blacklist it also.

[notanerd]

lspci gives me this result for my wireless card

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

[Bucky Ball]

Follow my last post and tell us what happens.

[notanerd]

the text was correct and i have uninstalled ndiswrapper. I also enabled and installed b43 cutter, which then downloaded the firmware. do i need to reboot for this to take effect?

[notanerd]

i am trying to use wifi radar so i type sudo wifi-radar into terminal and it says

dhclient3 --version 2>&1
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

the bottom line is repeated again and again and again

[Bucky Ball]

Is the wireless light on?

Enter:

ifup

... to bring the card up, then:

sudo dhclient -r

That releases your dhcp address. Then

sudo dhclient

That renews it again.

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Scan for networks

[superprash2003]

try this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eisty_No-Fluff

[Bucky Ball]

try this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eisty_No-Fluff

ndiswrapper is not longer required for this card anymore I didn't think.