How do I get wireless working on a Dell Inspiron 510m?

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Published on 2011-05-12T22:43:29Z Indexed on 2011/06/23 0:32 UTC
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Why WiFi don't work in my Dell Inspiron 510m with Ubuntu 10.04?

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inspiron@Inspiron:~$ rfkill list all 
inspiron@Inspiron:~$ sudo lshw -C network 
[sudo] password for inspiron: 
  *-network:0 DISABLED    
       description: Wireless interface 
       product: PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter 
       vendor: Intel Corporation 
       physical id: 3 
       bus info: pci@0000:01:03.0 
       logical name: eth1 
       version: 04 
       serial: 00:0c:f1:5b:5d:40 
       width: 32 bits 
       clock: 33MHz 
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless 
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2100 driverversion=git-1.2.2 firmware=712.0.3:3:00000001 latency=32 link=no maxlatency=34 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated 
       resources: irq:5 memory:fcffe000-fcffefff 
  *-network:1 
       description: Ethernet interface 
       product: 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller 
       vendor: Intel Corporation 
       physical id: 8 
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0 
       logical name: eth0 
       version: 81 
       serial: 00:11:43:41:d8:b8 
       size: 10MB/s 
       capacity: 100MB/s 
       width: 32 bits 
       clock: 33MHz 
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation 
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.2 latency=32 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s 
       resources: irq:11 memory:fcffd000-fcffdfff ioport:ecc0(size=64) 

inspiron@Inspiron:~$ iwconfig wlan0 
wlan0     No such device 

inspiron@Inspiron:~$ ifconfig -a 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  Endereço de HW 00:11:43:41:d8:b8  
          inet end.: 192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Masc:255.255.255.0 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Métrica:1 
          pacotes RX:0 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0 
          Pacotes TX:0 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0 
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  Endereço de HW 00:0c:f1:5b:5d:40  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Métrica:1 
          pacotes RX:0 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0 
          Pacotes TX:0 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0 
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) 
          IRQ:5 Endereço de E/S:0xe000 Memória:fcffe000-fcffefff 

lo        Link encap:Loopback Local  
          inet end.: 127.0.0.1  Masc:255.0.0.0 
          endereço inet6: ::1/128 Escopo:Máquina 
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Métrica:1 
          pacotes RX:628 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0 
          Pacotes TX:628 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0 
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:50104 (50.1 KB) TX bytes:50104 (50.1 KB) 

inspiron@Inspiron:~$ nm-tool 

NetworkManager Tool 

State: connected 

- Device: eth1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Type:              802.11 WiFi 
  Driver:            ipw2100 
  State:             unavailable 
  Default:           no 
  HW Address:        00:0C:F1:5B:5D:40 

  Capabilities: 

  Wireless Properties 
    WEP Encryption:  yes 
    WPA Encryption:  yes 
    WPA2 Encryption: yes 

  Wireless Access Points 


- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Type:              Wired 
  Driver:            e100 
  State:             unmanaged 
  Default:           no 
  HW Address:        00:11:43:41:D8:B8 

  Capabilities: 
    Carrier Detect:  yes 
    Speed:           10 Mb/s 

  Wired Properties 
    Carrier:         off 


inspiron@Inspiron:~$ 

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