new Ubuntu install - no WiFI
I recently installed ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Latitude D 600, model PP05L. I use a Linksys wireless G Broadband router, model WRT54G2 V1. The WiFi does not work on the Ubuntu installation, it is fine with the Windows XP installation. I followed some of the commands suggested in "WiFiDocs/
fmerker@
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
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
fmerker@
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,
link/ether 00:11:43:42:84:71 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wmaster0: <BROADCAST,
link/ieee802.11 00:0b:7d:14:60:30 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wlan0: <BROADCAST,
link/ether 00:0b:7d:14:60:30 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
fmerker@
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:11:43:42:84:71
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-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: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0b:7d:14:60:30
fmerker@
I think there is no driver for the WiFi but that is a guess on my part. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you, Fred Merker
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