Ultimate Edition Forum

Hey i just downloaded Ultimate Edition 2.9 and i must say it is very impressive, beautiful smooth however, i can not get an internet connection by either a wired connection or wireless....i can not seem to get anything at all....also i see that i have 2 separate terminals....anyway...what can i do to fix this....i am running linux 10 along side of Ultimate Edition 2.9 and everything works fine with the b43 firmware but i can not install the any updates or firmware for Ultimate Edition without an internet connection....can anyone help me?

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sudo modprobe b43
dmesg | grep b43
iwconfig

system/administration/additional drivers/ active the b43 driver

sudo su
echo b43 >> /etc/modules
exit

b43-fwcutter needs to be installed first. If it is, this will activate and install the b43** series drivers.

as for ethernet, we need to know the card in question.

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lspci

Post the output.

Will i be able to do this without an internet connection?

As long as fw-cutter is installed yes.

To my recollection it comes preinstalled in Ultimate Edition 2.9.

oops forgot a step. put this between steps 1 and 2.

activate via additional drivers then run last set of commands.

ok i did as you said however after the system command i get a msg no such file or directory....

As for my ethernet card:
BCM4401-B0 100Base-tx(rev 02)

Did i do something wrong?

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sudo modprobe b43
dmesg | grep b43
iwconfig

post the output please

i can't post this easy i have to go back and fourth between computers because i do not have an internet connection on the one with Ultimate Edition so here goes

lo no wireless extension.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=) dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS the:off Fragment the:off
Power Management:off

Before i got this after the dmesg | rep b43 command i got
b43 firmware not found

check synaptic package manager and see if b43-fwcutter is installed please

your ethernet I know is native ubuntu 11.04 and related distro's supported

I have gotten it to work via updated kernel and updated linux firmware in Ultimate Edition 2.9 but wasn't supported out of the box.

What system is this ?



I know your wireless is supported just fine. Might need to install bcmkernel source thou.



I always keep a USB wifi card on hand for times like these that is supported out of the box. So you can download and install the needed drivers.

found this for your ethernet and ubuntu 10.10

same will work for Ultimate Edition 2.9
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1717586

According to Syn. Package manager, the b43 cutter is installed, so i checked to see if the bcm kernel source was installed and its not....without an internet connection i can not download anything....so I checked out the thread that you sent me and well the command "dmesg | rep eth0" did nothing.....The system i'm running is a dell insprion 1501 2gb ram and 64x2.......Also i did an 'rfkill list' check and it stated

dell-wifi: wireless LAN
soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes

1: phy0: Wireless LAN
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: no