INSTALLING Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card , UBUNTU
May 3, 2014 1 Comment
HI ALL,
Since I had always some problems in installing my Dell 1564 wireless driver on linux , Ubuntu; I have decided to put it here the method I used for mine. Maybe useful for others too 😉
Ok this is my Laptop, DELL 1564 , somehow old no?! 🙂
This is my Wireless card type:
Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
Device ID: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4315&SUBSYS_000C1028&REV_0
I got this info from Windows ( I think 🙂 ) from system info, but do not remember exactly how 🙂
Anyway you can get these info in Linux , UBUNTU by the following Command:
( In Terminal )
lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
This is the result I got:
sam@sam-Inspiron-1564:~$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Ok, Then my PCI-ID ;or whatever they call it; is BCM4315, as you see in the result.As it is explained in
” http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 ”
In b43 drivers’ section for linux drivers; which refers to BCM43xx drivers; For my Wireless with PCI-ID of 14e4:4315 my Chip ID is BCM4312. In the link below is some info From Ubuntu about how to install wireless Drivers.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#b43%20- %20No%20Internet%20access
ANYHOW, After referring the Link above to see what I need to do I installed my Wireless in this way:
Since I have had installed my Ubuntu 14.04 from USB Key I went to these to addresses below and installed these packages and easy , it started working. 😉
In my usb key I Had these folders ( But not the others indicated ):
Pool >Main and Pool > Restricted
1- From Pool > Main > d > dkms I installed this package ” dkms_2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5_all.deb “
2- From Pool > Main > f > Fakeroot I installed this Package too ” fakeroot_1.20-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb “
FRANKLY I DON’T REALLY KNOW IF I HAD TO DO THESE TWO OR NO :))
Then finally after installing the following package my wireless started working
3 – From Pool > Restricted > b > bcmwl an I installed the package inside ” bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb “
May be only doing the 3rd step be satisfactory if you already know your wireless card type, Although I did The above steps.
———————————————————————————————————————–
INFO OF PACKAGE : These packages contain Broadcom’s IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux® device driver for use with Broadcom’s BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-based hardware. http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
Good Luck!
