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Re: [Question #78437]: I cannot get my wireless card to work on my Dell Inspiron 8500

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From: Michael <question78437@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:24:30 -0000
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Question #78437 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78437

Michael gave more information on the question:
  *-network:0             
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401 100Base-T
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:30:e9:87
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.7 latency=32 link=yes module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:2d:9b:7c
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: da:98:ee:4b:d3:25
       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.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

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 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge [8086:1a30] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:1a31] (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] [10de:0286] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac44] (rev 02)
02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller [104c:8029]
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
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 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux michael-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[    0.570170] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[    0.632724] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[    2.083869] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[    2.552159] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.552678] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.553023] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.553638] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.559436] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    2.562188] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    3.604032] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[    3.672131] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:00.0
[   12.499427] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:013e]
[   12.513674] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x0860)
[   12.886672] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[   12.908106] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[   12.908131] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[   26.563778] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   27.016433] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  120.509338] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  120.971794] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  138.289437] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  138.660930] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  206.824795] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  207.208775] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  217.157173] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  217.536818] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  264.608781] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  264.986255] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  277.652802] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  278.025002] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[    3.600572] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[   12.886672] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[   12.908106] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[   12.908131] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[   12.932094] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   26.151338] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
[   26.528040] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[   26.563778] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   26.563787] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[   26.637109] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10
[   27.008051] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[   27.016433] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   27.016442] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  120.131229] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input11
[  120.500127] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  120.509338] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  120.509347] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  120.612478] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input12
[  120.967031] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  120.971794] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  120.971803] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  138.005568] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input13
[  138.284229] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  138.289437] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  138.289446] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  138.342776] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input14
[  138.656247] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  138.660930] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  138.660939] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  206.548553] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input15
[  206.820232] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  206.824795] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  206.824804] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  206.883938] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input16
[  207.204248] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  207.208775] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  207.208784] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  216.878995] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input17
[  217.152131] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  217.157173] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  217.157181] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  217.214989] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input18
[  217.532242] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  217.536818] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  217.536826] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  264.329726] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input19
[  264.604238] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  264.608781] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  264.608790] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  264.665669] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input20
[  264.976463] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  264.986255] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  264.986268] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  277.373527] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input21
[  277.648239] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  277.652802] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  277.652811] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[  277.706808] input: b43legacy-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input22
[  278.020240] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[  278.025002] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[  278.025011] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ENTER MY PASSWORD HERE IS WHAT I GOT IN TERMINAL:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

pan0      no wireless extensions.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

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