[SOLVED] wifi driver for Dell latitude D630

Hi,

Installed zorin on dell latitude D630 with Intel Core 2 Duo T7300. Works fine except for internall wifi card. Doesn't even appear under settings.
How can i find/install/configure correct driver for this machine under Linux.
Been searching, but did not find any understandable explanation. Linux newbee.

thks

Please open terminal anx post back the results of the commands:

lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:8140 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 360 Bluetooth
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 0b97:7772 O2 Micro, Inc. OZ776 CCID Smartcard Reader
~$ sudo lshw -c network
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
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:fe8fc000-fe8fffff
*-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: 00:1c:23:0e:75:54
size: 100Mbit/s
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=3.128 duplex=full firmware=5755m-v3.29 ip=192.168.16.105 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:45 memory:fe7f0000-fe7fffff
~$ sudo rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

Hmmmm
Even if your card is BCM 4311, the ID of the card is 14e4:4312... However, the ID superseeds the name.

This card either works with the b43, or with wl.

Lets try first with wl, and see if it will work.
Plug your laptop to ethernet to get internet, open terminal and give:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

After the 2nd command, probably your wifi light will spring to life, however a reboot maybe required.

If the above will not work, we can try with the b43 driver.
To do this give the below commands (with internet connection).

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
sudo modprobe b43

A reboot maybe required.

Hi madvinegar,

Works perfect! Thank you very much for your help.
It's the b43 driver that does the job.

Once again, thank you very much for your help.

HI madvinegar, 120 more blue jewels to you sir! (You're just toooooo goooooood! )

Glad I helped. I will mark the topic as solved.

I have a dell latitude d630 also and I have tried this without success any other options?

Please provide the results of the following commands. You may have a different card ID.

lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

works fine for me and my Dell Inspiron 1501
thank you very much

Hi there

I have a Dell Latitude D631 and none of the above solutions help, any other tips? I've installed Zorin 9.

Here are the results

administrator@administrator-Latitude-D631:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
administrator@administrator-Latitude-D631:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0483:2016 STMicroelectronics Fingerprint Reader
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0b97:7772 O2 Micro, Inc. OZ776 CCID Smartcard Reader
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
administrator@administrator-Latitude-D631:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for administrator:
Beklager, prøv igen.
[sudo] password for administrator:
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=wl latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff
*-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: 00:1c:23:1e:62:db
size: 1Gbit/s
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 duplex=full firmware=5755m-v3.29 ip=10.117.1.203 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:43 memory:fe7f0000-fe7fffff

@mads802p

Download from here the b43 firmware: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n2tjz9jnj9xw5 ... ar.gz?dl=0
(I have uploaded it onto my dropbox account). (If you have ethernet connection do it on your own PC, otherwise you can download it from another PC that has internet connection, and then copy/paste it to your Zorin PC with the use of a USB stick).

As soon as it is downloaded, paste the b43.tar.gz firmware file you downloaded into your home folder.
Right click on it and select "extract here". A new file will be created named "b43".
Open terminal (ctrl+alt+T) and write the following commands, the one after the other, pressing <enter> after each one:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

Your wireless should start working.

Works like a charm

Thank you very much