I recently did a clean installation of Ubuntu 10.10 and lost the settings for mywireless connection. I had this problem before and it was resolved on its own. Iknow I am using the correct driver, it looks like it is connected but the nameof the wireless connection is gray out. I am using a Dell Inspirion laptop, thewireless chip is the Broadcom type. Any suggestions?
How does it "look like it is connected"?For my 10.10 installation, I had to manually load the correct"specialty" driver. Then set up the wireless, also by hand. I haveseen that 10.10 does not start-up and connect to wireless automaticallyevery time - does not work sometimes on return from hibernation. Youmight try starting it manually - there should be a hard-to-see icon onyour task panel - it will "spin" if the driver is searching. You canalso click on the icon and go to the appropriate selection (mine is"connect to hidden wireless network"). You can also create a newwireless network.
I mean the name of the wireless connection appear, and it also said the name ofthe wireless connection and connected, but nothing happen.How did you manually load the speciality driver? it gave 2 options, played withboth of then, no luck
Try: System > Administration > Additional Drivers
Broadcom wireless chipsets have always been a problem but are nowincluded in the standard updates so connecting via Ethernet andgetting those updates should sort it. You could also temporarily plugin a USB Wi-Fi adapter and get on-line with that if the Ethernet isalso Broadcom !
It sounds like you need to install the Broadcom proprietary driver. Tryrunning Hardware drivers (now called Additional Drivers).
I tried both Broadcom B43 wireless driver and Broadcom STA wireless driver, bothare proprietary drives, and none work. It says the name of my wirelessconnection and connection stablished, but when I open the browser it doesn'twork
From no apparent reason to me it works nowThank you to everybody for ALL your helpIt is fun to learn more about Ubuntu-Kubuntu in a Microsoft-free computer