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I've installed Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1545 and I'm not sure how to connect to my router wirelessly. It's asking for some information that I haven't seen before. In a window titled, Editing Wireless conenction 1 under the Wireless tab I see:

SSID (i know what this is) Mode BSSID Device MAC Address Cloned MAC Address MTU

If any of you could help me I'd greatly appreciate it!

Eddie Quezada
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In general, you only need to supply the SSID and security settings to connect.

For your Inspiron 1545, you need to install the Broadcom wireless drivers. Open up the Software Sources application click on the tab "Additional Drivers" in the window that appears. You should see a list of available drivers. Install the Broadcom wireless driver. You may need to restart your computer, but wireless should work after that.

If the additional drivers fail, see:

Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers

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  • I filled out the SSID and the security settings. I'm out of the box new to linux, but how do i connect to the wireless now? – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:04
  • Do you see the network icon in the top right corner? It is near the clock and volume control. Click on it and you should see your network. – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:05
  • I see: Wired Network (greyed out) disconnected (greyed out) VPN Connections Enable Networking (its checkec) Connection information (greyed out) Edit Connections – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:08
  • What type of wireless adapter are you using? Is it built-in to the computer or do you have another adapter?

    Can you also post the output of iwconfig?

     – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:10
  • built into the computer. how do i give you the output using iwconfig? Terminal? – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:12
  • Yessir, I just need to see if your adapter is being detected or not.

    While you're at it, can you post the output of lspci?

     – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:12
  • using Terminal it says etho no wireless extensions.

    lo no wireless extensions

     – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:13
  • 1spci says

    no command '1spci' found, did you mean: command '1spci' from package 'pciutils' (main) 1spci:command not found

     – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:14
  • Can you post the output of lspci -nn? – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:16
  • 1spci -nn says no command '1spci' found, did you mean: command '1spci' from package 'pciutils' (main) 1spci:command not found – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:18
  • lspci not 1spci. – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:21
  • No command '1spci' found, did you mean: Command 'lspci' from package 'pciutils' (main) 1spci: command not found orisci@orisci-Inspiron-1545:~$ 1spci -nn No command '1spci' found, did you mean: Command 'lspci' from package 'pciutils' (main) 1spci: command not found orisci@orisci-Inspiron-1545:~$ lspci – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:26
  • 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:27
  • 00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:27
  • 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:27
  • 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:28
  • thats the end of it – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:29
  • Ah just as I thought, you need to install the Broadcom drivers. See my updated post. – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:31
  • Where's your updated post? – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:33
  • I just updated my answer. :) – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:34
  • Alright I see your answer, but since i'm just this new... how do i get to Software Sources? – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:37
  • Click on the Ubuntu button in the top left corner of the screen and type Software Sources. Click on the icon when you see it in the dash. – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:40
  • okay when i try that and select Using broadcom then hit apply it will revert to Do Not use the device, even after restart. – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:42
  • In the 'Ubuntu Software' tab, is the Proprietary drivers box checked? – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:48
  • the checkbox on it is checked, yes – Eddie Quezada Mar 19 '13 at 04:50
  • See my updated post. You may need to install the drivers using the terminal with the link I have provided. – csnate Mar 19 '13 at 04:52