1. Dell Inspiron 1501 Ubuntu 12.04 Wireless Driver For Mac
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I know there are other answers similar to this, I have tried those but am stuck.In Windows my wifi LED was on, in Ubuntu it is not. Function keys are not turning it on.There is no reference to WiFi from network manager, only:

• Ethernet network disconnected (greyed out)
• VPN connections
• enable networking (ticked)
• Connection information (greyed out)
• Edit connections

I have tried using rfkill from terminal, but nothing happens, it just goes back to command line.I have also tried sudo rfkill, with the same result.

Should wifi work when running from the Live CD? Would like it to so I can see full extent of system.

I'd appreciate any help, but please remember I'm new. Sorry if this is too similar to other questions.

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result of lspci -nnk grep -i net is

The 'net' is red is both lines.

Ubuntu version is 13.04 (boot from live system) and I am on a Dell Inspiron 1501.

gertvdijk

3 Answers

I believe the proprietary driver is incorrect for 14e4:4311. Please get a temporary wired ethernet connection and do:

Reboot and let us hear your report.

chili555chili555

Shows you've got a Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 Wireless LAN card in your machine. This one is only supported by some proprietary driver which you can install after installation. You'll need to use the regular wired Ethernet connection to install this using the regular 'Hardware drivers' application in Ubuntu.

Similar questions to look into:

and look for more using BCM4311 in the search.

gertvdijkgertvdijk

Dell Inspiron 1501 Ubuntu 12.04 Wireless Driver For Mac

Here is a link to the b43.zip file from my Dropbox. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58267392/b43.zip Download it to a USB drive. Drag and drop it to the desktop of the Ubuntu machine. Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' Now open a terminal and remove, in case it was erroneously installed, the proprietary driver:

Now we'll move the firmware to the location the driver expects to find it.

Now we'll unload the driver and reload it so it sees and uses the new firmware:

Now your wireless should be working correctly.

chili555chili555

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I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop and I just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04. However, now my wireless card doesn't work whereas it worked just fine in 10.10 and 10.04. Any ideas? It works fine when I hardwire.

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This link just got my wireless working on a inspiron 1501

Thanks to the author

He uses two commands

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dunno what that does exactly I am also a newbie but I would rather be lucky than good !

Ubuntu 12.04 Wireless Driver

Jorge Castro

open synaptic package manager, and install b43, do NOT install the driver from the Additional drivers. You'll need to start the wireless with Fn+F2 each boot, still looking for a solution for that issue. But that is the way I make my broadcom bcm4311 working in my Dell Inspiron 1501.

There is a problem some users are having with the new version 12.04 telling them it is a proprietary driver and it will refuse to load it. However, I have worked around this. Use the cutter above if you feel it will work, however if it doesn't just copy all of the files for your card into a brand new directory I'll put the commands below.

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In your text editor add the line b43 at the bottom, then save the file.Reboot your system and it will recognize your card and forget the warning.

Tom Brossman

Run these commands in terminal:

THEN UNPLUG ETHERNET AND REBOOT

Jorge Castro

it seems like you may need a non free wireless card driver. You may try the following: Connect to your ethernet , start the 'Additional drivers' program and search to find if it detects and non free drivers your wireless card.From the commnad line its

Hope this helps.

UbuntuserUbuntuser

I had the same problem with my Inspiron E1505 wireless card. What worked for me was I removed the driver using the Additional Drivers program and then installed the firmware-b43-installer package. Upon reboot the card worked beautifully

What worked for me, was using these commands:

Hope this helps.

Peachy

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