Problem Connecting to Internet

[yomama07024]

Hi can someone please help me connect to the intenet? I have a Dell Inspiron 1504. My wireless card is a Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller. When I try to go online, it doesn't work. When I go to the Wifi something- it's not the Manager...the other Wifi tool in the Internet menu, it says there is no network adapter detected. What do I do?

[geedub]

what OS are you using?

i've got an e1705 (your's big fat brother). but all the internals are the same... i haven't had a problem w/ the wifi driver.... are you sure you've connected to the right AP with the right WEP or WPA key?

[yomama07024]

what OS are you using?

i've got an e1705 (your's big fat brother). but all the internals are the same... i haven't had a problem w/ the wifi driver.... are you sure you've connected to the right AP with the right WEP or WPA key?

Well my computer came with Vista but I am using BT2. When I go to Wireless Assistant, it says "no usable adapter found". When I type iwconfig in a shell, it says:
lo no wireless extensions found
eth0 no wireless extensions found

Also, I cannot CONNECT to an AP because it's as if I don't have a wireless adapter.

[hhmatt]

Why are you bumping your post soo quickly after your last one?

Try looking at ifconfig instead.

[yomama07024]

Why are you bumping your post soo quickly after your last one?

Try looking at ifconfig instead.

ifconfig just says something about my local ip: 127.0.0.0
everything else if full of 0's

[Archangel-Amael]

ifconfig just says something about my local ip: 127.0.0.0
everything else if full of 0's

When I go to the Wifi something

Do try and be a bit more specific when you tell us that a command does something and not like the above.

Boot BT do a dmesg and then post the results, if it is to long to post here which I think it is then you can also try and use http://pastebin.com
and give us the link.

[yomama07024]

Do try and be a bit more specific when you tell us that a command does something and not like the above.

Boot BT do a dmesg

Where do I do this? where you type startx or in a shell?

[Thorn]

Where do I do this? where you type startx or in a shell?

If you're asking those kinds of questions, you might want to start off getting the basics of Linux down. Here are some sites to do that:

http://www.linux.org/lessons/
http://www.linux.ie/newusers/beginners-linux-guide/
http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squadron/

[.lonewolf]

Where do I do this? where you type startx or in a shell?

Read these pages... and understand.

Basic Linux Commands


Commands For Guru Wanna-bees

Linux Commands for
Beginning Server Administrators Updated

[theprez98]

See also...

If you're a Linux noob, read this thread.