[SOLVED] Networking issues w/ Dell Latitude laptop

Hey so im having an issue and if anyone who reads this knows anything about dell latitude laptops they know that linux/ubuntu os's don't agree with it. I still would like to use this laptop though with zorin. I am trying to run a website off of it with apache 2.0 but i cant set the static ip because it doesn't register after changing some info to set it.

when i do "sudo gedit etc/network/interfaces" and add in the info (that multiple websites have taught me to do so),then reboot and then i cant connect to the network and i have to revert the changed info in that file. https://www.howtoforge.com/debian-static-ip-address





if anyone else has had such issue i would like the help, if not i will move on to another option.
-Thanks Zaldimar

Hi, first off is this a wireless or ethernet connection issue? What results do you get from a terminal when you enter:

Code:

ifconfig -a

PLEASE NOTE - please ensure you do not include MAC addresses "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx' or IP addresses (127.0.0.1 does not count as it is a standard loop-back address!) when posting back the results.

I have had issues with Dell Latitude 610 - the wireless was showing up as 'hw1' instead of 'wlan0' or 'lo'! Had to use the MAC address of the wireless card showing as 'hw1' in the Wireless connection Edit fields.

Yeah so when i follow along with that website i linked along with others i looked at i have to edit "sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces" and add:

iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.0.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1

to the current code then reboot. when i reboot the wlan0 section of "ifconfig" is gone and i cant connect to the Internet. i feel like im just doing something wrong.

This is what it normally looks like then that whole wlan section is gone after editing etc/network/interfaces:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17

ham0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:xx.xx.***.xx Bcast:25.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/xx Scope:Link
inet6 addr: xxxx:xx::xxxx:xxxx/xx Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1404 Metric:1
RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:4958 (4.9 KB) TX bytes:20418 (20.4 KB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:178510 (178.5 KB) TX bytes:178510 (178.5 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:***.***.x.*** Bcast:***.x.x.*** Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: xxxx::***:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/x Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4883 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4797 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4609391 (4.6 MB) TX bytes:659850 (659.8 KB)

This works on my friends laptop and stuff he is running his website and i have had problems in the past just setting up this os.
Im somewhat new to linux/debian ubuntu operating systems so i don't know to much and I'm just trying to set up a website but i dont want hosting stuff so im doing it on here.

OK, please post back the results of the commands that madvinegar posted here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11477&p=51355#p51330

1st command came up with:

09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1673] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f9]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

2nd command:

*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f6cfc000-f6cfffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:21:70:96:e3:d4
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.134 firmware=5755m-v3.29 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:45 memory:f6bf0000-f6bfffff
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: ham0
serial: 7a:79:19:25:e0:32
size: 10Mbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=tun driverversion=1.6 duplex=full ip=25.37.224.50 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 3
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:19:7e:81:c4:40
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.13.0-77-generic firmware=666.2 ip=10.13.1.11 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

The 3rd command:

Module Size Used by
snd_hrtimer 12744 1
pci_stub 12622 1
vboxpci 23194 0
vboxnetadp 25670 0
vboxnetflt 27830 0
vboxdrv 414452 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci
rfcomm 69160 4
bnep 19624 2
bluetooth 391136 10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 17468 1
gpio_ich 13476 0
dell_wmi 12761 0
sparse_keymap 13948 1 dell_wmi
arc4 12608 2
dell_laptop 18133 0
dcdbas 14928 1 dell_laptop
dm_multipath 22873 0
scsi_dh 14882 1 dm_multipath
snd_hda_codec_idt 55084 1
coretemp 13435 0
snd_hda_intel 56531 3
snd_hda_codec 193017 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 102099 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
kvm 455843 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 62299 0
snd_seq 61560 3 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
b43 387371 0
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
joydev 17381 0
snd_timer 29482 3 snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
serio_raw 13462 0
bcma 52096 1 b43
mac80211 630728 1 b43
snd 69322 18 snd_hrtimer,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich 21080 0
cfg80211 484040 2 b43,mac80211
ssb_hcd 12869 0
yenta_socket 41027 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18407 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 23592 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
shpchp 37032 0
soundcore 12680 1 snd
mac_hid 13205 0
parport_pc 32701 0
ppdev 17671 0
lp 17759 0
parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
btrfs 840205 0
xor 21411 1 btrfs
raid6_pq 97812 1 btrfs
libcrc32c 12644 1 btrfs
dm_mirror 22135 0
dm_region_hash 20862 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18411 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
psmouse 106692 0
pata_acpi 13038 0
firewire_ohci 40409 0
i915 788212 4
tg3 166478 0
firewire_core 68769 1 firewire_ohci
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
ptp 18933 1 tg3
drm_kms_helper 55071 1 i915
pps_core 19382 1 ptp
ssb 62379 2 b43,ssb_hcd
drm 303102 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
video 19476 1 i915
wmi 19177 1 dell_wmi


Thats what they came up with hope that helps you help me.

Hi Please see if this works:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

If it does, thanks to this post here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... st12001985

Hey so i figured it out here was an issue with my code anyway thanks for taking your time to help me. -Thanks Zaldimmar

Does this mean your wireless is now working? Can this thread be marked as [SOLVED]?

yeah its solved