No support for Dell Inspiron 1501 and E1505 notebook's 802.11g
Bug #86932 reported by
brokencrystal.com
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Chuck Short |
Bug Description
broadcom chipset, not sure what one, find info from downloading the driver from Dell's website for the Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook's 802.11g wireless. It is difficult to get to work with ndiswrapper (very difficult!) It would be nice if a Linux driver was available!
ProblemType: Bug
Date: Thu Feb 22 04:30:59 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in linux: | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
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You can find the chipset information by downloading the driver and extracting it (Self-Extracting .EXE File) from Dell's website for the Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook's 802.11a/g/n wireless. I have included the info and links below.
Download the driver here: ftp.us. dell.com/ network/ R140747. EXE
http://
Or here: us.dell. com/network/ R140747. EXE
ftp://ftp.
Driver website: support. dell.com/ support/ downloads/ download. aspx?c= us&cs=19& l=en&s= dhs&releaseid= R140747& SystemID= INS_PNT_ 1501&os= WW1&osl= en&deviceid= 9806&devlib= 0&typecnt= 1&vercnt= 7&formatcnt= 1&libid= 5&fileid= 187881
http://
Release Title: Network: Dell _Wireless (US) WLAN Card, Wireless 1350 WLAN MiniPCI Card, Wireless 1350 WLAN PC Card, Wireless 1370 WLAN MiniPCI Card, Wireless 1390 WLAN ExpressCard, Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard, Wireless 1450 WLAN miniPCI Card, Wireless 1470 Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card, Wireless 1490 Dual-Band WLAN MiniCard, Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN mini Card, Driver, Windows XP, Windows XP x64, Multi Language, Multi System, v.4.100.15.5 / 4.100.15.8, A10
Download this driver if you reside in the US. This release supports the Dell Wireless 1350, 1370, 1450,1390, 1490, and 1500 series Mini Card, MiniPCI and PC Card devices (not USB).
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card has the following features:
IEEE 802.11a operation (5-GHz frequency band)
IEEE 802.11g operation (2.4-GHz frequency band)
Network data rate of up to 54 Mbit/s
Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery support
Cisco Compatible Extensions v4 support
IPv6 support
Smart card authentication support, including authentication during single sign-on
Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility for managing your wireless networks, running hardware tests, and getting wireless network-related information
Wireless Network Connection Settings tool for connecting to advanced infrastructure networks
Wireless Network Wizard for connecting to basic infrastructure networks and ad hoc networks and creating ad hoc networks
New for this release
Windows XP 64-bit support
Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card only: Draft IEEE 802.11n operation (2.4-GHz frequency band and 5-GHz frequency band) with a network data rate of up to 270 Mbit/s for 40 MHz bandwidth channel and 130 Mbit/s for 20 MHz bandwidth channel
Fixes a security vulnerability related to wireless beacons
NOTE: Not all Dell Wireless WLAN Card models support IEEE 802.11a (5-GHz) or IEEE 802.11n operation.
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card works with any IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ wireless router/AP or wireless client network adapter.
Thank you