Dell Latitude D630 Wireless

Gustin Johnson gustin at meganerd.ca
Wed Jun 1 22:12:23 UTC 2011


wicd is just a software layer that manages various connections.  The
hardware itself is still supported by the kernel and is not going
anywhere anytime soon.  I am not sure what the problem was, but if
wicd works for you then great.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Matthew Polashek <matt at tinysongs.net> wrote:
> lsmod
>
> mac80211              269003  2 iwl3945,iwlcore
> cfg80211              167809  3 iwl3945,iwlcore,mac80211
>
> This does have the hardware switch.
>
> I resolved the problem by installing backports and Wicd.  Interesing.  They
> must have phased out the support for the Intel WIFI I have.
>
> Now to get the cell working.....
>
>
>
> On 06/01/2011 05:35 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
>>
>> OK, that is weird since I have not had problems with the Intel wifi
>> for years now.  Does your Latitude have a hardware switch that turns
>> off your wifi?  I know my current Latitude E6400 does as does the D830
>> I had before.
>>
>> What modules are loaded?  "lsmod |grep 80211", is there an interface?
>> "sudo iwconfig"
>>
>> For me the Intel wifi devices have just worked.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Matthew Polashek<matt at tinysongs.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
>>> [Golan]
>>> Network Connection (rev 02)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/01/2011 01:46 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Matthew Polashek<matt at tinysongs.net>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I'm a pretty smart guy, but I can't seem to get wireless working on my
>>>> Dell Latitude D630.  Anyone have an idea to try or a HowTo to point me
>>>> to.
>>>>  (yeah, I'm THAT old-school.)
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks!
>>>> Matt
>>>
>>> is it a broadcom chip?
>>> check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
>>> AFAIK theres a bug that keeps the additional drivers dialog from popping
>>> up,
>>> but you should be able to determine from that link if its applicable to
>>> your
>>> hardware, and how to deal with the issue if it is... also, if you have
>>> some
>>> live CD's such as ubuntu 10.04 laying around, see if you can get it
>>> working
>>> in there easily, and note what driver the device uses, and that should
>>> help
>>> you with whatever version you are struggling with now.
>>>>
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