Lost wireless connection when upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10

[sam R]

I did install "linux-backports-modules-generic". But it didn't fix the problem

sudo lshw -C network


  *-network

       description: Ethernet interface

       product: NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express

       vendor: Broadcom Corporation

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0

       logical name: eth0

       version: 02

       serial: 00:16:d3:e0:95:ad

       size: 100MB/s

       capacity: 1GB/s

       width: 64 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd
autonegotiation

       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3
driverversion=3.99 duplex=full firmware=5787m-v3.23 ip=192.168.1.6
latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s

       resources: irq:28 memory:d6000000-d600ffff

  *-network UNCLAIMED

       description: Network controller

       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN

       vendor: Broadcom Corporation

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0

       version: 01

       width: 32 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list

       configuration: latency=0

       resources: memory:d8000000-d8003fff





















On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> sam R wrote:
>> Lost wireless connection when upgraded from 9.04  to 9.10
>>
>>
>> I was running Ubuntu 9.04 with no problems all, but when I  upgraded
>> to 9.10 I lost wireless connection (Ethernet works fine).
>
> What is your wireless card? You can find it out with the command
>
> sudo lshw -C network
>
> in a terminal. Furthermore you could install the linux-backports-modules
> package for your kernel. E.g. if you have the package linux-image-
> generic installed, it is the package "linux-backports-modules-generic".
>
>
> Nils
>
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