[SOLVED] Doesn't recognize Wifi on Dell Vostro 1000
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:20 am
I am currently trying to install linux mint 14 on my gf's Laptop and the WiFi is giving me some hard time.
It works fine in Wndows Vista, at startup you have to activate it, by pressing FN+F2(no hard switch).
As far as I can tell, Mint seem to just don't know, that there is a WiFi-card, FN+F2 doesn't work. I looked around in the Internet, but I am getting realy frustrated about that.
mintwifi gives me this output
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I also tried Windows Wireless Drivers, but even it seems to have installed the Driver, it doesn't change anything.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
It works fine in Wndows Vista, at startup you have to activate it, by pressing FN+F2(no hard switch).
As far as I can tell, Mint seem to just don't know, that there is a WiFi-card, FN+F2 doesn't work. I looked around in the Internet, but I am getting realy frustrated about that.
mintwifi gives me this output
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
bcmwl6 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present (alternate driver: ssb)
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* III. querying iwconfig...
ppp0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:70:72:a1:d0
UP 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:21
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8825 (8.8 KB) TX bytes:8825 (8.8 KB)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:10.70.43.200 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4394 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2967 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:4859879 (4.8 MB) TX bytes:413132 (413.1 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 127.0.1.1
Address: 127.0.1.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.70.102
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.70.101
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.70.139
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.70.138
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.70.113
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.70.100
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance