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opform249

New Member

Registered: 2011-08-10

Posts: 1

Howto configure wifi on Dell Mini 110

Hello all,
   Well this is my first post so hello!  I got a used Dell Mini 110 from a freind and it had #! on it.  I played around with this flavor a couple of time on a couple of computers but it was only through USB and never "installed" on said computer.  I really fell in love it's simplicity and the quickness of it.  Long story short becuause you all here love #! it is "installed" on the new Mini.  It runs great but the Wifi didn't work...
I scoured the internet and these forums but didn't find anything that exactly matched what I was experienceing. 
Basically I did an iwconfig and it said l0, eth0 and pan0 all had "no wireless extentions".  So now what...
I found a website that walked me through some steps because I am still pretty new to Linux but I know my way around so I just had to find the "commands" that I needed. 
I needed to know exactly which wireless network card I had in this thing so I used from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo

sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

and

lspci | grep Network

and got Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller

Now comes the fun part, GOOGLE!!!  I searched Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller Linux drivers and found this website: http://wiki.debian.org/wl#Installation

I followed everything step by step and bingo!  I know have wireless connectivity!

Well I just wanted to post this incase anybody else comes across the same problem.  I am also going to post this in the Master List How To for #!.

l8tr

slowdriver

#! Member

From: upper carboniferous era

Registered: 2010-12-31

Posts: 64

Re: Howto configure wifi on Dell Mini 110

Hi opform,
I was wondering which release of C#! you are using. AFAIK I have also a BCM43 wifi device in my Lenovo S10-3 - but is is detected automatically by C#! 10 aka Statler and the appropriate driver is installed out of the box.
Anyway thx for posting your solution and perhaps you could add a reference to your release of C#!
Cheers