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Thread: Broadcom STA Wireless Driver Installed But Still No Detected Wireless Netowrks


i have installed ubuntu 9.04 , loaded broadcom sta wireless driver when prompted system. system not detect wireless connections , shows wired connection, , have rebooted number of times since. know 20 connections in range, including own.

when run lspci command get:
03:00.0 network controller: broadcom corporation bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan (rev 02)

when run ifconfig command get:
eth0 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:1b:24:6a:38:d7
inet addr:192.168.2.16 bcast:192.168.2.255 mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe6a:38d7/64 scope:link
broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:3484 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:3126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:2524570 (2.5 mb) tx bytes:618589 (618.5 kb)
interrupt:20 base address:0xa000

eth1 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:1a:73:7e:fa:b5
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:73ff:fe7e:fab5/64 scope:link
broadcast multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:0 (0.0 b)
interrupt:19

lo link encap:local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 scope:host
loopback running mtu:16436 metric:1
rx packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
rx bytes:240 (240.0 b) tx bytes:240 (240.0 b)

when run lshw -c network command get:
*-network
description: wireless interface
product: bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 02
serial: 00:1a:73:7e:fa:b5
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.91.9 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=ieee 802.11
*-network disabled
description: ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 8e:9f:5b:a0:06:99
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=n/a multicast=yes

when run iwconfig command get:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 ieee 802.11 nickname:""
access point: not-associated

pan0 no wireless extensions.

when go system -> administration -> hardware drivers shows:
broadcom sta wireless driver
green button sta driver which
"is activated , in use"
says sta driver tested ubuntu developers , license is
proprietary.

sorry found problem was. wiki switch set off.


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