PCFormat Forum Archive

Ok , guys im lost . I have followed the walkthrough on the Ubuntu wiki. I just cant get the wireless working. I have a Acer TravelMate 5310

When running lshwthe card is detected. And it indicates that there is a driver present. but shows Disabled.

configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:1c:26:0c:51:d7
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physicalwireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.22-14-generic ip=196.25.104.57 latency=0 link=no module=bcm43xx multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g

Next up iwconfig : Shows that the card is present and configured

mgrobler@mgrobler:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"Dux_Network" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Still there is no connection. Why ? How do I enable the card as the drivers seems to be ok.

Tried the sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 route found here:
Clicky
as well nut it returns an error
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

[/url]

And the answer to all woes ( Atleast the those with a Broadcom wireless interface ) is :

#sudo aptget remove network manager
#sudo apt-get install wicd

Also you may have to install the firmware for the device using bcm43-fwcutter. Google it for more info.