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| jam...@btguk.org | Nov 16, 2007 12:44 pm | |
| Stephen Drake | Nov 16, 2007 1:03 pm | |
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| Stephen Drake | Nov 17, 2007 2:43 am | |
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| jam...@btguk.org | Nov 17, 2007 12:35 pm |
| Subject: | Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell laptop latitude D420 | |
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| From: | Stephen Drake (stev...@googlemail.com) | |
| Date: | Nov 17, 2007 2:43:32 am | |
| List: | com.ubuntu.lists.ubuntu-uk | |
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 21:21 +0000, jam...@btguk.org wrote:
Steve,
Sadly I have no idea what the chipset is, I would presume it is Dell's?
I have made no changes to it. How do I find out?
James.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Drake" <stev...@googlemail.com> To: <ubun...@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell laptop latitude D420
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 20:45 +0000, jam...@btguk.org wrote:
At long last I can run my Dell Latitude D420 with Ubuntu on it, and everything is recognised, I think. But when I go to connect to my WiFi, it keeps on asking for the pass key, I put it in, it searches and comes back asking for the passkey, I put it in......... etc.
Yet it will connect with no problems with an unsecure network somewhere near to me? Can you advise what I can do?
Cheers.
James.
Does this laptop have the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset or Dell's own Truemobile 1390 with the Broadcom *shudder* chipset?
This wiki page might be useful. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
Regards, Steve
Hi James,
The link I provided will tell you how to find out. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
The quickest way involves using a cli command, lspci.
E.g.
:~$ lspci | grep Network 01:0a.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
If you see something like the above then you have a Broadcom card and need to download some firmware to get it working. So if you're on Ubuntu 7.10, then you should be able to install it in the System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager, with a wired connection.
There is a wiki page about this at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
Regards, Steve