Comments on: Ubuntu How to: Enable Your Wireless Card [Dell Broadcom BCM4311]

By: dom

dom — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:07:04 +0000

i have the IEEE 802.11bg and Im having the same problem but when i type the first command it states that FATAL: Module wl not found.

i cant get any further than there.

any thoughts?

By: Rizz

Rizz — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:18:06 +0000

I was really struggling to get the wireless card working but it works now thank you!!!!

By: vamsi

vamsi — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:55:21 +0000

That ws really helpful…:-)
though v didnt gt wat we actually did it fiXed my problem ………..
ThanXXXX A LOTTTT!!!!

By: Linux Frustrations

Linux Frustrations — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:17:04 +0000

[...] then, for some reason, went back to Ubuntu. More googling led me to this post. The sequence [...]

By: s0ul

s0ul — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:23:03 +0000

Thank you so much for this post! I have been searching for weeks on how to get my wireless working but to no avail. I stumbled across this and it works perfectly. If you are like me and just learning Ubuntu this is for you..

Dell XPS M1330
broadcom wireless card

By: Myron

Myron — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Adam,

Thank you for resolving this dreadfully time-consuming nuisance. But in my case (9.04 on a Dell XPS M1330 with a WUBI install under Vista 64-bit) the Hardware Drivers display for my Broadcom BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/h version 3 with a b43-pci-bridge driver read that it was already activated. Taking a hint from your suggestion, I deactivated, then reactivated and waited… not so long. Then rebooted and all became well.

By: roner70

roner70 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:50:11 +0000

Thanks a lot, saved me some time. I reinstalled my laptop today (Ubuntu 9.04 desktop) and got this problem, strange that I didn’t got it when I first installed 9.04?!

By: FV

FV — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:44:43 +0000

Adam,

Just a big thank you!! the information you put was spot on. I was searching for solution for days! and for once I didn’t have to open the terminal!!
shame this straightforward info was nowhere on ubuntu help pages!

thanks again!

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:27:23 +0000

Adam,

I went down the same road and you are correct. I tested it with the live CD before installing to my drive. It works great, I didn’t need to reboot. My security is WPA-PSK, I choose WPA Personal.

Thanks.

By: Anil

Anil — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:51:53 +0000

Hello Adam Bernstein

Thanks a million for the post above. worked like a charm. Just couldn’t believe there was such an easy option after working all day long to get this issue resolved. After reading your post it took less than 5 minutes get my problem solved. Once again thanks.