<> = Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 = Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card is used in "Dell Inspiron 1501" == How To find out if you're using Wireless 1390 == In a terminal, type `lspci `, which lists the PCI devices in your system. The output might include something like {{{ 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) }}} in which case you've got a 1390. You can find out a bit more information about the driver by typing `lspci -n`, which in my case includes the line {{{ 05:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01) }}} == How To install Wireless 1390 driver to Feisty & Edgy == Get rid of the old ndiswrapper and bcm43xx driver,then restart your computer. {{{ $sudo rmmod ndiswrapper $sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils $sudo su $sudo echo blacklist bcm43xx >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist $sudo shutdown -r now }}} Get the latest version of ndiswrapper {{{ $wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.42.tar.gz }}} Create a driver directory like "~/.driver", and move ndiswrapper to it. Install new ndiswrapper. {{{ $sudo apt-get update $sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` $cd ~/.driver $tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.42.tar.gz $cd ndiswrapper-1.42 $sudo make uninstall $make $sudo make install }}} Create wifi directory like "~/.driver/wifi",then get R140747.EXE from dell.com {{{ "$wget http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R140747.EXE" }}} Or you can pick up the r129832.EXE file from Dell driver disc,and unzip the file. {{{ $cd ~/.driver/wifi $unzip -a r129832.EXE # or $unzip -a R140747.EXE }}} Install the driver and restart again. {{{ $sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/.driver/wifi/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf $sudo ndiswrapper -l $sudo ndiswrapper -m $sudo modprobe ndiswrapper $sudo shutdown -r now }}} You're all set! Try running this to see if your wireless card is functioning properly: {{{ $sudo iwlist scanning }}} You may get the information like this: {{{ lo Interface doesn't support scanning. eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:46:CE:F7:02 ESSID:"lab2" Protocol:IEEE 802.11g Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality:76/100 Signal level:-47 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Extra:atim=0 }}} == References == [1]http://ubuntu1501.blogspot.com/2007/01/fixing-wifi-on-dell-1501.html ---- CategoryHardware