Can't get wireless to work

[matea]

I installed Linux Mint 10 (32-bit, main) from the Live-DVD yesterday. I used Linux Mint 9 (main) before and had the same problem with the wireless. I tried different things that were suggested, but nothing worked. Then I just used LAN all the time, but that's not convenient. When I tested the Live-DVD yesterday, my WLAN worked fine. Same after the install yesterday, everything worked fine (after different updates and installs) and I was really happy about it. When I started the notebook today, the WLAN wasn't working anymore. When I unplug the ethernet the network shows up in the network manager and I can try to connect to it. If I do that it is busy for some time and then it wants to have the password for the connection. When I type that in it says in the network manager its connected, but it's really not. After a few seconds it disconnects itself.

I'm a newbie, so please keep it simple!

I ran some of the commands suggested in other threads in the terminal:


~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py

#-------------------------

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...

-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

==> PCI ID = 14e4:4315 (rev 01)

-------------------------

* II. querying ndiswrapper...

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* III. querying iwconfig...

lo no wireless extensions.



eth0 no wireless extensions.



wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any

Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

Tx-Power=20 dBm

Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Encryption key:off

Power Management:off



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* IV. querying ifconfig...

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:19:e3:68:38

inet Adresse:192.168.1.62 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maske:255.255.255.0

inet6-Adresse: fe80::222:19ff:fee3:6838/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1

RX packets:6394 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:5482 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000

RX bytes:7171541 (7.1 MB) TX bytes:762667 (762.6 KB)

Interrupt:17



lo Link encap:Lokale Schleife

inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0

inet6-Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metrik:1

RX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0

RX bytes:15482 (15.4 KB) TX bytes:15482 (15.4 KB)



wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:5f:6e:af:28

inet6-Adresse: fe80::222:5fff:fe6e:af28/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1

RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000

RX bytes:1520 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:5965 (5.9 KB)



-------------------------

* V. querying DHCP...

There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 2806

killed old client process, removed PID file

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3

Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.

All rights reserved.

For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/



Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:22:5f:6e:af:28

Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:22:5f:6e:af:28

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:e3:68:38

Sending on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:e3:68:38

Sending on Socket/fallback

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3

DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.62 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

DHCPACK of 192.168.1.62 from 192.168.1.1

bound to 192.168.1.62 -- renewal in 282045 seconds.

-------------------------

* VI. querying nslookup google.com...

Server: 192.168.1.1

Address: 192.168.1.1#53



Non-authoritative answer:

Name: google.com

Address: 209.85.149.104

Name: google.com

Address: 209.85.149.105

Name: google.com

Address: 209.85.149.103

Name: google.com

Address: 209.85.149.99

Name: google.com

Address: 209.85.149.147

Name: google.com

Address: 209.85.149.106


~ $ inxi -N
Network: Card-1 Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver b43-pci-bridge
Card-2 Broadcom NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver tg3



~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
aes_i586 7280 0
aes_generic 26875 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 6599 1
parport_pc 26058 0
ppdev 5556 0
dm_crypt 11385 0
ipt_REJECT 2004 1
ipt_LOG 4490 9
xt_limit 1394 10
xt_tcpudp 1927 7
ipt_addrtype 1611 4
xt_state 1014 9
ip6table_filter 1275 1
ip6_tables 11764 1 ip6table_filter
nf_nat_irc 1168 0
nf_conntrack_irc 3348 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp 1398 0
nf_nat 16289 2 nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4 10783 11 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1117 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp 5361 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack 63258 7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter 1302 1
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2411 1
ip_tables 10460 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 15921 10 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables
snd_hda_codec_idt 54887 1
joydev 8735 0
snd_hda_intel 22107 2
snd_hda_codec 87552 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5040 1 snd_hda_codec
arc4 1165 2
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 55847 0
lp 7342 0
r852 9536 0
sm_common 3285 1 r852
nand 34905 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids 2903 1 nand
b43 168681 0
videodev 43098 1 uvcvideo
mac80211 231541 1 b43
nand_ecc 3938 1 nand
psmouse 59033 0
v4l1_compat 13359 2 uvcvideo,videodev
mtd 18877 2 sm_common,nand
snd 49006 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
dell_laptop 5730 0
parport 31492 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
dcdbas 5402 1 dell_laptop
serio_raw 4022 0
cfg80211 144470 2 b43,mac80211
dell_wmi 2852 0
soundcore 880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
dm_raid45 81721 0
xor 15136 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 489451 0
zlib_deflate 19266 1 btrfs
crc32c 2531 1
libcrc32c 887 1 btrfs
radeon 825934 3
ttm 56633 1 radeon
usbhid 36882 0
drm_kms_helper 30200 1 radeon
hid 67742 1 usbhid
video 18712 0
drm 168054 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
output 1883 1 video
sdhci_pci 6339 0
firewire_ohci 21106 0
sdhci 15890 1 sdhci_pci
ahci 19013 0
firewire_core 46643 1 firewire_ohci
intel_agp 26360 0
led_class 2633 2 b43,sdhci
crc_itu_t 1383 1 firewire_core
libahci 21667 4 ahci
ssb 39288 1 b43
tg3 123310 0
agpgart 32011 3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 radeon


~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series]
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
09:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
09:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
09:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)


Thank you! (And sorry for my poor English!)

[richyrich]

Can you dis-connect your wired link, and run this terminal command to start-up your wireless :

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sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Then I'm going to ask you to perform the next two commands (again, sorry!) . You should only need that one word in the command.

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mintwifi

and to see which drivers are in use :

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sudo lshw -C network

leave the terminal open. . . if not connected to the internet, then re-connect your wired connection, and copy/paste the complete output back here again.

richy

[matea]

Thanks for your help!

~ $ mintwifi

-------------------------

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...

-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

==> PCI ID = 14e4:4315 (rev 01)

-------------------------

* II. querying ndiswrapper...

-------------------------

* III. querying iwconfig...

lo no wireless extensions.



eth0 no wireless extensions.



wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any

Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

Tx-Power=20 dBm

Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Power Management:off



-------------------------

* IV. querying ifconfig...

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:19:e3:68:38

inet6-Adresse: fe80::222:19ff:fee3:6838/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1

RX packets:16912 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:16624 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000

RX bytes:15486456 (15.4 MB) TX bytes:2821353 (2.8 MB)

Interrupt:17



eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:19:e3:68:38

inet Adresse:169.254.6.182 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Maske:255.255.0.0

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1

Interrupt:17



lo Link encap:Lokale Schleife

inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0

inet6-Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metrik:1

RX packets:286 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:286 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0

RX bytes:22104 (22.1 KB) TX bytes:22104 (22.1 KB)



wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:5f:6e:af:28

inet6-Adresse: fe80::222:5fff:fe6e:af28/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1

RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000

RX bytes:1520 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:5965 (5.9 KB)



wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:22:5f:6e:af:28

inet Adresse:169.254.6.175 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Maske:255.255.0.0

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1



-------------------------

* V. querying DHCP...

There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 4198

killed old client process, removed PID file

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3

Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.

All rights reserved.

For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/



Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:22:5f:6e:af:28

Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:22:5f:6e:af:28

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:e3:68:38

Sending on LPF/eth0/00:22:19:e3:68:38

Sending on Socket/fallback

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3

DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.62 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7

DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.62 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14

DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.62 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13

DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10

DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2

No DHCPOFFERS received.

No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

-------------------------

* VI. querying nslookup google.com...

;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached






~ $ sudo lshw -C network

PCI (sysfs)

*-network

description: Network controller

product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY

vendor: Broadcom Corporation

physical id: 0

bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0

version: 01

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list

configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0

resources: irq:17 memory:f8000000-f8003fff

*-network

description: Ethernet interface

product: NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe

vendor: Broadcom Corporation

physical id: 0

bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0

logical name: eth0

version: 10

serial: 00:22:19:e3:68:38

size: 100MB/s

capacity: 1GB/s

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation

configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.110 duplex=full firmware=sb v2.17 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s

resources: irq:49 memory:fc100000-fc10ffff

*-network

description: Wireless interface

physical id: 4

logical name: wlan0

serial: 00:22:5f:6e:af:28

capabilities: ethernet physical wireless

configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

[richyrich]

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:22:5f:6e:af:28
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Your wireless is not receiving anything from your Wireless Router or Access Point ? ? What kind is it ? Have you checked the wireless settings in the Router ?
And a second question, Have you run the Additional/Hardware Drivers application in the Control Center ? Did it recommend anything ? Did you install anything from there ?

[matea]

It is a FRITZ!Box 7140, I don't know how to get more specific information? I didn't check the wireless settings, but it was working yesterday and there wasn't changed anything. When I had the same problem with Linux Mint 9 I tried to connect with different networks (and other routers), but the problem was always the same.

Yes, I did run the Hardware drivers application yesterday. It recommended the Broadcom B43 wireless driver and the Broadcom-STA-WLAN-driver. I installed the first one yesterday and the WLAN worked. When it didn't work today I had a look and the driver was still active. I installed and activated the second one to try it out, but it still didn't work.

[richyrich]

Your's seems to be working ! . . ? ?
to make sure it is, try this one again

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ifconfig wlan0 up

then this

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iwlist wlan0 scan

[richyrich]

Waitaminute . . I missed this on the last line

firmware=N/A

Have your wired connection to the internet.
Do this from the terminal, then reboot

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sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

You will be asked to automatically fetch and install the firmware into the right location.

good luck . .

Quote from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

BCM4312 (linux-kernel 2.6.32 is needed, 2.6.33 or latter is recommended)

[matea]

~ $ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
b43-fwcutter ist schon die neueste Version.
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 260 nicht aktualisiert.

Sorry, it's in German. But it says I already have the latest version of b43-fwcutter, so it did nothing.

[richyrich]

Now to try and get the b43 drivers to recognize that firmware (it is in /lib/firmware/b43 isn't it?)

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modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43

then

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sudo lshw -C network

to see if it has been loaded . . it was on the last line the last time . . .

[matea]

Mmh, okay, /lib/firmware/b43 exists, but I don't know what's the stuff in it.

The first command failed:

~ $ modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43
FATAL: Error removing b43 (/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko): Operation not permitted

No idea about that.

[richyrich]

might need to turn off the wireless

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ifconfig wlan0 down

and then if

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modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43

doesn't work a second time, try it with

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sudo modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43

[matea]

~ $ ifconfig wlan0 down
wlan0: FEHLER beim Auslesen der Schnittstellenmerker: Kein passendes Gerät gefunden

Okay, it didn't found a "matching device (?)".


~ $ sudo modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43

WARNING: Error inserting mac80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko): Operation not permitted
WARNING: Error inserting ssb (/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko): Operation not permitted
FATAL: Error inserting b43 (/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko): Operation not permitted

And I had another look at the network manager and now half of it is missing. The wireless network isn't shown at all anymore.

[richyrich]

The first error came when removing, which was the first half of the modprobe commands I gave you, and the second time it was a insert error!

Might as well sudo the second half too . .

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sudo modprobe b43

[matea]

Okay, now I have my network manager back. It shows again the wireless network and I tried to connect to it. It was busy, wanted authentification and then disconnected again.

[richyrich]

Does the lshw command that you used earlier show that the firmware is recognized ?

Can you reboot that router the next time you switch from wired to wireless ? reboot it right after you unplug the ethernet cable.

[matea]

No, I still get

*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:22:5f:6e:af:28
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Did you mean that?

I rebooted the router, but it didn't help.

[richyrich]

No bother, if it isn't recognizing the firmware it isn't going to work.

The only thing not tried is the Windows Wireless Drivers application (ndiswrapper) . . . do you have the Windows drivers on disk ? ?

[matea]

No, I don't have them.