Unable to enable wireless in ubuntu 12.04
- by Joe
I have a Vostro 2520 and not sure how to enable wireless on my machine. The details are given below, would appreciate any pointers to resolving this issue.
lsmod returns
Module Size Used by ath9k 132390 0
ath9k_common 14053 1 ath9k ath9k_hw 411151 2
ath9k,ath9k_common ath 24067 3
ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw b43 365785 0 mac80211
506816 2 ath9k,b43 cfg80211 205544 4
ath9k,ath,b43,mac80211 bcma 26696 1 b43 ssb
52752 1 b43 ndiswrapper 282628 0 ums_realtek
18248 0 usb_storage 49198 1 ums_realtek uas
18180 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32474 1 snd_hda_codec_cirrus
24002 1 joydev 17693 0 parport_pc
32866 0 ppdev 17113 0 rfcomm
47604 0 bnep 18281 2 bluetooth
180104 10 rfcomm,bnep psmouse 97362 0 dell_wmi
12681 0 sparse_keymap 13890 1 dell_wmi snd_hda_intel
33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 3
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_cirrus,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep
13668 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 97188 3
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_seq_midi
13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq
61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990
2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3
snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq wmi 19256 1
dell_wmi snd 78855 16
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_cirrus,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac_hid 13253 0 i915 473240 3
drm_kms_helper 46978 1 i915 uvcvideo 72627 0
drm 242038 4 i915,drm_kms_helper videodev
98259 1 uvcvideo soundcore 15091 1 snd dell_laptop
18119 0 dcdbas 14490 1 dell_laptop i2c_algo_bit
13423 1 i915 v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17128 1 videodev snd_page_alloc
18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm video 19596 1 i915
serio_raw 13211 0 mei 41616 0 lp
17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp r8169
62099 0
sudo lshw -class network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Broadcom Corporation
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7c00000-f7c07fff *-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 07
serial: 78:45:c4:a3:aa:65
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd
autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4
03/27/12 ip=192.168.1.5 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII
speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:41 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
rfkill list all
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1:
dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes