Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless
Originally Posted by
jbruckner
I will be honest with you. Our network is very weak and we are slowly trying to get it to where it should be at. A couple of years ago nothing worked wired so they switched EVERYTHING to wireless and there are many different access points and even more "dead" spots!
Also I have no idea what it means to hard-code something! Sorry
It means you uninstall Network Manager altogether, which would allow users to disconnect, reconnect, roam, etc., and set up two configuration files which specify which network you want and the encryption details and none other.
student008@student008-laptop:~$ nm-applet &
[1] 2867
This sort of suggests it's present and running; while this suggests it's not:
$ The program 'nm-applet' can be found in the following packages:
* network-manager-gnome
* mythbuntu-diskless-client
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
Wierd! Let us see, please:
Code:
ps aux | grep -e nm -e etwork
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