Telkom ADSL on Ubuntu Linux - please help

[chickenpie]

I should be able to do this as soon as i get to my laptop again as, like i said, the internet works perfectly fine when my ethernet cable is connected.

Thanks a lot now this response i actually understand. And i'm a "she" and it's and acer

Okay, so i've installed the driver but it still isn't picking up my wireless network. Are they any other settings that i need to add/change?

 

[AntiThesis]

Hmm... does it tell you anything or are there just no networks showing in Network Manager?

 

[milomak]

Go to your terminal (like Veroland directed), and also run the following command:

lspci

Then paste the out put here. We will then see what type of hardware you are using.

Give us the above, or post the full specs of your laptop

 

[chickenpie]

Give us the above, or post the full specs of your laptop

Okay, i did the above and got the following:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
0f:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
0f:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
0f:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller

 

[Pada]

Yup. its a Broadcom Wireless adapter:

...
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
...

If the wireless isn't working, you have to activate/enable the proprietary Broadcom driver first. To do that, go to System menu -> Administration -> Hardware drivers. The "Broadcom STA wireless driver" should be listed there. Select it and then click the Activate button. The green circle next to "Broadcom STA wireless driver" should now turn green.

Here's a graphical article on how to activate it: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/09/configure-broadcom-wireless-drivers.html

 

[_TrXtR_]

I though this nonsense was supposed to work outa the box.... haha

 

[Nod]

I though this nonsense was supposed to work outa the box.... haha

It mostly does