Wireless problem
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Dell Inspiron 2200 with Dell BCM4318 AirForce One (according to the Device Manager.
The bcm43xx driver is loaded, but this is what ifconfig and iwconfig commands give:
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root@ubuntu:~# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:A5:0C:73:64
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
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
root@ubuntu:~# iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:fguerra Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
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Notice that it gives and invalid access point.
Note that this very same card works well with ndiswrapper.
I believe this is due to the lack of firmware this user has installed.
Merging with 29566.