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Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

Well...
hwd -s displays:

Network: BCM4310 USB controller module: -

I tried the b43 module and the bcm43** module, but they didn't work, so I tried te ndiswrapper way:
Followed the instructions from here since I get driver installed but no device listed (just like the guy who posted the "hack")
Before the hack I got from ndiswrapper -l:

bcmwl5 : driver installed

After the hack I get:

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present

But when I try ifconfig I get just eth0 and lo, and if I try iwconfig I get:

lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions

And I have no idea what to do.

BTW The wi-fi switch is switched on and the bluetooth LED is glowing, but the wi-fi LED doesn't glow no matter what I do. They appear to be turned on in the BIOS (both bluetooth and wi fi) but only bluetooth's LED glows (I don't know if that's a hardware issue or not).

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iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

I tried the b43 module and the bcm43** module, but they didn't work, so I tried te ndiswrapper way:

What was wrong with those two?

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

Well the usual - no wlan0 interface detected, iwconfig spitting:

lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions

As if my wi fi card doesn't work (and that could be the case, although the notebook is brand new, I bought it seven hours ago). That's why I gave ndiswrapper a try, no luck, though...

EDIT:
BTW if it is of some help I'm running arch64 on that notebook.

Last edited by Dheart (2008-07-07 23:17:09)

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kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

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Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

I have been poking around on Google about this, and it seems like if you are running 64-bit linux, you need to grab a 64-bit Windows driver for ndiswrapper to use instead of a 32-bit one.

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z0phi3l

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From: Waterbury CT

Registered: 2007-11-26

Posts: 278

Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

I'm on 64bit Arch, on a Dell E1705, after some reading I managed to get the b43 module loaded and workking with netcfg2

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

Well the usual - no wlan0 interface detected, iwconfig spitting:

lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions

As if my wi fi card doesn't work (and that could be the case, although the notebook is brand new, I bought it seven hours ago). That's why I gave ndiswrapper a try, no luck, though...

EDIT:
BTW if it is of some help I'm running arch64 on that notebook.

Did you have them setup with firmware and everything?

After modprobing each, what did it say in dmesg?

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

Ok Thank you for the advices I'll try them arround lunch time since I'm at work now.
I'll write to you about the results.
@z0phi3l What exactly did you do?

EDIT:
@iphitus
I can't exactly remember, nor see it cause I'm at work now, I'll tell you what the exact output is later, but it was something like: "Usbcore new device...."

Last edited by Dheart (2008-07-08 05:02:34)

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Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

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Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

So... when I run
modprobe -r ndiswrapper I get (with dmesg)

usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper

When I run modprobe b43 (which is supposed to be the driver for my card) I get (with dmesg)

Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]

However as I read here USB wi-fi device (as is my card) is not supported. Nor it is supported by the b43 driver, so my only option appears to be ndiswrapper (but as I wrote to you - it doesn't work.)
I'm currently searching for x86-64 driver as someone suggested.

modprobe ndiswrapper gets me (dmesg gets me)

ndiswrapper version 1.52 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=yes)
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

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Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

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Re: Dell inspiron 1525n Wi-Fi issue.

IT WOOOORK (I haven't connected yey, but it is found now!!!!)
Here's the howto (although it's ubuntu specific if you miss half of the steps it suits arch)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD … ca757b2851

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