Not able to Access Wireless Connection from Ubuntu

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 21:39 +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 12:44 -0600, Deepak Gupta wrote:
> > It is XPS 13 model. I am still working with the WiFi troubleshooting
> > link. when I run lsmod command it does show the drivers(firedeth)
> >  listed under module but under Used By column it shows 0. Does that
> > mean that drivers are installed but are not communicating with the
> > device?
> > 
> 
> This page:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_XPS#Studio_XPS_13_.28M1340.29
> 
> 
> mentions that your wireless card is: Dell Wireless 1510
> 802.11a/b/g/draft/n half-mini card.
> 
> 
> This page:
> http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/Direct2Dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2008/10/03/linux-driver-available-for-dell-wireless-cards.aspx
> 
> mentions: "As a result of this effort, Broadcom released an updated
> Linux wireless driver that supports cards based on the Broadcom 4311,
> 4312, 4321, and 4322 chipsets, which include the Dell 1490, 1395, 1397,
> 1505, and 1510 Wireless cards".
> 
> 
> The link for the latest driver provided in that page is:
> 
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
> 
> 
> I am pretty confident that this driver will work for you, give it a try.


And also its README.txt:

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt


mentions:


"4322 Dualband  0x14e4  0x432b  Dell 1510"




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