Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card for Dell Inspiron 1545: How to Drive It!

[Temlakos]

On 06/18/2014 04:37 PM, poma wrote:
> On 18.06.2014 19:11, Temlakos wrote:
>> On 06/18/2014 12:05 PM, poma wrote:
>>> On 18.06.2014 17:13, Temlakos wrote:
>>>> Everyone:
>>>>
>>>> I have a three-year-old Dell Inspiron 1545. It came with the Dell
>>>> Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card.
>>>>
>>>> The current output of lspci -k |grep -iA5 wire gives "Dell Wireless 
>>>> 1397
>>>> WLAN Mini-Card" as a subsystem. The relevant kernel module is "ssb."
>>>
>>> $ lspci -k |grep -iA5
>>> Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
>>> Try 'grep --help' for more information.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Currently this card will not connect. Nor can I force it to connect by
>>>> directly editing the network interface. I've tried several times, 
>>>> but I
>>>> can't get to a MAC address for it.
>>>>
>>>> What driver(s) or other kernel module(s) should I install, and 
>>>> where can
>>>> I get them?
>>>>
>>>> Broadcom has a 32-bit and a 64-bit tarball for what they say is a 
>>>> driver
>>>> for this card. Should I install that on my system?
>>>>
>>>> Please advise. It seems a shame to operate any laptop without wireless
>>>> connectivity.
>>>>
>>>> Temlakos
>>>>
>>>
>>> The complete output of this command:
>>> $ lspci -knn | grep -A100 Wireless
>>>
>>>
>>> poma
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> The output, after a couple of module installations, now reads:
>>
>> Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
>> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
>> Kernel modules: ssb, wl
>>
>> Still no wireless connection available on that laptop.
>>
>> Temlakos
>>
>
> Whence is "wl"?
>
> OK, to get to Vendor&Device ID, hit this command:
> $ lspci -knn | grep -A10 BCM4312
>
> Output could look like this:
> <bus>:<dev>.<func> Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation 
> BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
>     Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
>     Kernel driver in use: wl
>     Kernel modules: wl, ssb
>
> "ssb" is a specific bus module, i.e. "Sonics Silicon Backplane driver"
> Your "BCM4312" is attached to it.
>
> BTW do you have the firmware installed?
>
>
> poma
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Earlier I installed the broadcom-wl and kmod-wl packages.

Output reads: 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: broadcom Corporation 
BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14d4:4315] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb, wl

In that order.

Temlakos