dell inspiron 1501 broadcom 4311

English Network/Internet
#1

hi,

I did find many answers to that problem already and tried several times to fix it, but I still can’t find any network connection.

I’ve got wireless lan. the dsl router is an acer 11g.
my desktop pc easily connects to that network.

but I am not able to install the right drivers on my notebook.

I did use this archive broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
then I installed the firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o with fw-cutter.
but nothing did change.

when I type iwlist scan:

lo - Interface does not support scanning
eth0 - Interface does not support scanning
wmaster0 - Interface does not support scanning
wlan0 - Interface does not support scanning : Network is down

YaST2 shows the network card as BCM4311b/G WLAN.
It is in “none IP” mode. It does start automatically on bootup.

Have I forgot to do something important?

Thanks in advance

#2

i did reinstall my system with gnome.
just installed the linux drivers (name of the archive in post). and it did run. sorry. its obselete.

#3

On 10/09/2009 05:16 AM, mwi2808bt wrote:
>
> i did reinstall my system with gnome.
> just installed the linux drivers (name of the archive in post). and it
> did run. sorry. its obselete.

For the record, your initial problem was due to you not configuring
the network. That is why the network was down.