cant get wireless on Dell 1764

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i have looked through countless forums and websites to try and get my wireless to work and nothing has helped here is the results of my lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

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Please try this
Install Broadcom Drivers from Packman

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that worked on getting the wireless driver to work but now that it is working it detects my wireless network but wont connect to it it just hangs on activating

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Does it connect from Windows? I assume you have windows as well. I was thinking - is there MAC access control set in the router

Is the connection WPA2?

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yes it does connect in windows as far as i know there isnt i havent ever had to mess with the MAC and the connection is WEP

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You could check through this:
Getting Your Wireless to Work

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thank you for your help i finally got it working lol!

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Good news then. well done.

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How to make a wirelesslan with openSUSE11.3 Gnome & DELL laptop vostro1710.

I am Linux beginner just 1 week. I found how to make a wireless connection.
Basically there are 2ways. With/without ndiswrapper.
My way is with ndiswrapper.

My DELL vostro1710 has intel dual core cpu,WLAN 1395 mini-card (windows wireless driver)& karnel-2.6.34.7-0.2-desktop.

If sudo xxxx is not available during following procedure,please try sudo su + enter key and xxxx.

1: Download windows driver (1395 WLAN MiniCard Driver A17) on XP
Dell_multi-device_A17_R174291.zip is file for me.Find your zip file
as your PC.

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/NETWORK-CARD/OTHER-NETWORK-CARDS/Dell- Latitude-XFR-D630-Wireless-1395-WLAN-MiniCard-Driver-A17.shtml

Some Dell-driver files (from other URL)are zipped by LHA (like Rxxxxx.exe). My SUSE11.3 has no iha-command(for unzip LHA files).
That’s why, I unzipped and extracted files on XP.

There are 3 drivers DRIVER_JPN,ROW & US in Dell_multi-device_A17_R174291.Mine is DRIVER_JPN.
You can select one as your location.

2: Put file on tmp/DRIVER_xxx by USB memory transfer.
Please check; tmp/DRIVER_xxx/bcmwl5.inf is there?

3: Download & install ndiswrapper 1.56.tar.bz.
Even if you found ndiswrapper in your software install/uninstall manager window,you should install new one.

In my case, I set as follows.
Ndiswrapper (1.55-8.12) ON
ndiswrapper-kmp-default OFF
ndiswrapper-kmp-desktop ON (because my karnel is desktop-type)
ndiswrapper-kmp-pae OFF
pm-utils-ndiswrapper ON

ndiswrapper | Download ndiswrapper software for free at SourceForge.net

Put ndiswrapper 1.56.tar.bz. in any directory.

---------“sudo zypper tar ndiswrapper 1.56.tar.bz”---------
---------”cd sudo zypper tar ndiswrapper 1.56”------------
---------”sudo ./configure” (I did not do this)------------
---------”sudo make”------------------
---------“ make install”------------
4: Disable the bcm43xx, bc43, ssb drivers on your system
“echo 'blacklist bcm43xx bc43, sbm ’ | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist”
"sudo rmmod bcm43xx bc43, ssb “

5:install 1395 WLAN MiniCard Driver by ndiswrapper

---------“sudo ndiswrapper -i /tmp//DRIVER_xxx/bcmwl5.inf”------

6:Load the ndiswrapper module

---------“sudo depmod -a”----------------
---------“sudo modprobe ndiswrapper”--------------
At this moment. If you put your SSID in VPN setting window.You can enjoy wirelesslan already.But…
7:setting ;ndiswrapper modules should be loaded to kernel automatially on next-booting.
Otherwise ndiswrapper cannot work on next-booting.
For this purpose,you must configure karnel.
Rewrite your etc/systemconfig/karnel

-------“sudo gedit etc/systemconfig/karnel”------------
gedit editor is appeared.
and add the line like this.

MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=""

#MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=“ndiswrapper”

Of cause you must save & close file.

and re-boot!!After re-booting the system can make a wireless connection automatically.

Thanks