Thread: Enable Wireless is unavailable

hi all,

when first installed ubuntu 11.10, enable wireless located directly above enable networking. greyed out , inaccessible. installed broadcom sta wireless driver additional drivers<system settings, , enable wireless has been removed menu.

when check device wired connection.

code:

benjamin@blah:~$ sudo lshw -c network    *-network                        description: network controller         product: bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan         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:f9ffc000-f9ffffff    *-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: 00:1c:23:9c:bf:85         size: 100mbit/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=full ip=192.168.1.73 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100mbit/s         resources: irq:17 memory:f9bfe000-f9bfffff

this when check wireless device without wired connection.

code:

benjamin@blah:~$ sudo lshw -c network    *-network                        description: network controller         product: bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan         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:f9ffc000-f9ffffff    *-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: 00:1c:23:9c:bf:85         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:f9bfe000-f9bfffff

this when check connections without wired connection

code:

benjamin@blah:~$ iwconfig  lo        no wireless extensions.    eth0      no wireless extensions.

idea how can wireless working? can change on windows xp , works without issue.

in case helpful, laptop having issue dell vostro 1500

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