The solution was to buy an SMC Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. It's plug & play. This is why Linux has never caught on. You have to be a systems geek to use it. It never works 100% following the install.
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:18:53 -0000, "Daniel O. Mondaca S." <[email protected]> wrote: > Note: it works only for open networks. It´s impossible to connect to > a > wep or wpa network. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the > bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732677 > > Title: > bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 not work on BCM4311 > > Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in “bcmwl” package in Arch Linux: > New > Status in “bcmwl” package in CentOS: > New > > Bug description: > After upgrade to Natty Alpha updated driver bcmwl-kernel-source > 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 doesn`t work with wifi module. Notebook > Dell inspiron 1501. b43 ot work too. > > I downgraded to bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5 and > still work fine. > > Please update driver. > > Additional: > > 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g > WLAN (rev 01) > Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 > Region 0: Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Capabilities: <access denied> > Kernel driver in use: wl > Kernel modules: wl, ssb > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732677 Title: bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 not work on BCM4311 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
