Dell inspiron 1545 wireless drivers?

[GutsyGIbboned]

I installed linux on my laptop when windows screwed up and my disk to install it stopped working.

I don't have my service tag with me (at college) but can anyone point me in the direction of wireless drivers for it as my ethernet port doesn't work and I need net access..?

I have an openSUSE cd aswell so if these drivers work on both even better.

Thanks..

[Ayuthia]

You need to identify your wireless card in Linux first. If you can go into Ubuntu, please open up a Terminal and type:

lspci -nn

It will return a list of pci devices. Look for the ones that contain Network Controller or Ethernet Controller. They will be your network devices. One of them should be listed with wireless in it or 802.11. That is your wireless card. If you can report back the make, model, and chipset, we can try to help you find what you need. For example, mine returns:

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)

The information that we need to know is that it is a Broadcom (make) BCM4311 (model) 14e4:4311 (chipset).

Also let us know which version of Ubuntu you are using (Gutsy 7.10, Hardy 8.04/8.04.1/8.04.2, Intrepid 8.10). There have been a few new wireless modules that have been added during the last couple of releases.

[superprash2003]

have you tried system->admin->hardware drivers?

[Pepe Lebuntu]

You need to identify your wireless card in Linux first. If you can go into Ubuntu, please open up a Terminal and type:

lspci -nn

It will return a list of pci devices. Look for the ones that contain Network Controller or Ethernet Controller. They will be your network devices. One of them should be listed with wireless in it or 802.11. That is your wireless card. If you can report back the make, model, and chipset, we can try to help you find what you need. For example, mine returns:

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)

The information that we need to know is that it is a Broadcom (make) BCM4311 (model) 14e4:4311 (chipset).

Also let us know which version of Ubuntu you are using (Gutsy 7.10, Hardy 8.04/8.04.1/8.04.2, Intrepid 8.10). There have been a few new wireless modules that have been added during the last couple of releases.

Hi there,

Just bought a Dell Inspiron 1545 for my wife, and everything is working fine, except the wireless. It won't even recognise that there are any wireless signals, even though there are. When I go to System>Admin>Hardware Drivers, it says that it's using a Broadcom one.

I checked for the code you requested, and got this:

09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Pepe Lebuntu]

bump. Any help?

[f4k1r]

Even I have the same problem. Plz help!!!

[f4k1r]

try this link...
i followed it and now its working
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

[mortchase]

Hi I'm mort with dell insp 1545 laptop with a controller as follows: 0c:00.0 network controller[0280] Broadcom corp BCM4312 802.11 b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] on ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS. Simply cannot make an internet connection Help!!! Thanks for any info

[TBABill]

Hi Mort, if you have ethernet access, just plug in to ethernet, do a

sudo apt-get update

Then go to hardware drivers or something similar to that (can't recall exactly) and when the driver applet comes up, select the STA driver, click activate and then restart once completed. Should be up and running on restart.

If you cannot get online, you'll need your Ubuntu CD. Go to software sources and add the CD as a source...there's an option to do so in there. Once that's done, do a

sudo apt-get update

Then go through the step above to activate the STA driver.

If neither works and you're ok with reinstalling Ubuntu, here's a trick that works nicely with your card. Fire up the LiveCD (boot from it). Once you get to the desktop, go to that hardware drivers app and enable the STA driver, but DO NOT RESTART when it tells you to!!!! That's critical here.

Next, just close that app once it says you need to restart the machine to complete the install. Open a terminal and type in

sudo modprobe wl

Wait a few moments, then connect to your network.

NEXT, select install Ubuntu. Do not restart or shut down before doing this or you'll have to do it all over again. Once Ubuntu finishes installing you should have a working wireless connection when you restart to complete the Ubuntu install.

[mortchase]

This is mort: thanks for a reply re;ubuntu/wireless. will try your suggestions.