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[Question #77425]: Unable to configure WiFi on Broadcom 4328 in Jaunty

 

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Dear All,

I am unable to setup WiFi on my Dell M1330 laptop which has Broadcom 4328 wireless adapter. I followed many posts in this site, but still no luck. WiFi light which is my laptop is not at all blinking. Please help me out.

root@dreams:~# sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  *-network               
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 module=ssb
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:21:9b:ee:fd:d5
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: da:45:3a:70:ba:ab
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:2849] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05a9:7670 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c51b Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 013: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 011: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 010: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux dreams 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[    0.472943] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[    0.537348] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[    1.103047] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[    1.103236] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[    1.103421] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.3: found MSI capability
[    1.103603] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.5: found MSI capability
[    1.495393] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[    2.444083] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.464081] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.464339] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.464565] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.464779] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.464997] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.465217] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.488279] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    2.490460] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    2.709070] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0c:00.0
[    3.591338] hub 3-2:1.0: USB hub found
[    8.605628] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[    8.760052] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[    9.332458] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop Integrated Webcam (05a9:7670)
[   12.960117] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   34.184058] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[   54.518402] hub 3-2:1.0: USB hub found
[  207.450493] hub 3-2:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.643004] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    2.643020] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                   [ OK ] 
root@dreams:~# 


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