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hi installed ubuntu on dell inspiron 6400 , says "wireless network device not ready (firmware missing),,,,,so plug in ethernet , updated it, still not working open terminal , type lspci , got this....can me?

*-network
description: network controller
product: bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan
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=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:ecffc000-ecffffff
*-network
description: ethernet interface
product: bcm4401-b0 100base-tx
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:b9:60:90:3a
size: 10mbit/s
capacity: 100mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10mbit/s
resources: irq:17 memory:ecbfe000-ecbfffff
robert@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 host bridge: intel corporation mobile 945gm/pm/gms, 943/940gml , 945gt express memory controller hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 pci bridge: intel corporation mobile 945gm/pm/gms, 943/940gml , 945gt express pci express root port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 audio device: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family high definition audio controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 pci bridge: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family pci express port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 pci bridge: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family pci express port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb2 ehci controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 pci bridge: intel corporation 82801 mobile pci bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 isa bridge: intel corporation 82801gbm (ich7-m) lpc interface bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 ide interface: intel corporation 82801gbm/ghm (ich7 family) sata ide controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 smbus: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family smbus controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 vga compatible controller: nvidia corporation g72m [quadro nvs 110m/geforce go 7300] (rev a1)
03:00.0 ethernet controller: broadcom corporation bcm4401-b0 100base-tx (rev 02)
03:01.0 firewire (ieee 1394): ricoh co ltd r5c832 ieee 1394 controller
03:01.1 sd host controller: ricoh co ltd r5c822 sd/sdio/mmc/ms/mspro host adapter (rev 19)
03:01.2 system peripheral: ricoh co ltd r5c592 memory stick bus host adapter (rev 0a)
03:01.3 system peripheral: ricoh co ltd xd-picture card controller (rev 05)
0b:00.0 network controller: broadcom corporation bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan (rev 01)

this both 11.04 , 11.10

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wi...11_natty_11.04


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