Dell E5520 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Wireless networking

dschild · 10-16-2011, 11:22 AM

The title pretty much says it. Yes, I'm totally new to ubuntu. So please keep your instructions very detailed.

I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my Windows 7 64bit Dell E5520 Laptop. When I boot into Ubuntu I'm unable to get wireless networking to work. I think I found that the hardware I'm using is a BCM5761 card. But I could be wrong there.

Could someone please tell me what I need to do to get wireless networking working on this laptop?

Thanks.

yooy · 10-16-2011, 12:09 PM

try your luck with linux mint instead, it's similar to ubuntu and have wi-fi drivers pre-installed.

4 ways to get wifi working on linux

etech3 · 10-16-2011, 01:28 PM

To check your wireless:

Code:

lspci | grep -i wireless

Then chek out:
http://linuxwireless.org
or
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-...fi-networking/
and
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-f...river-chipset/