I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 on my machine, but I am not able to use wi-fi in ubuntu. Actually there is a toggle button to turn on the wifi and when the wifi is ON an LED will glow. But all the time I presses that button it don't glow.
So I tried installing the driver form the solution suggested in question: How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560
since the wifi device on my machine is also Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365]
. I got the driver successfully installed but still I am not able to turn on the wifi means the LED not glows.
Also here are the output of some commands which might be helpful
lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Broadcom Corporation
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f1900000-f1907fff
and iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
usb0 no wireless extensions.
here usb0 is what I am using with my mobile connected with data cable to access internet.
And rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Also one more thing when I toggle the wifi button off the rfkill list
gives both in blocked mode.
Please help... Thanks.
modprobe <driver_name>
or reboot. :) – Web-E Mar 19 '13 at 16:14