Dell Latitude D630 Wireless

Matthew Polashek matt at tinysongs.net
Wed Jun 1 22:16:58 UTC 2011


Nah, Wcid wasn't the solution, it was the backports installation.  That 
put in a bunch of no-longer-included kernel modules. (depreciated?)

On 06/01/2011 06:12 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
> 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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