Wireless connection problem in Ubuntu 9.10?

Question

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ THE POST BEFORE YOU ANSWER

For those suggesting any sudo apt-get install command, please don't. I have no internet. That's the problem I'm having in the first place.

I have been trying to gain access to the internet using Ubuntu and I just started to use Ubunutu so I'm still a complete novice at this. I tried making sense of the URL that the DMESG gave me. This was part of DMESG thing I typed in the terminal.

[ 16.240049] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 16.242681] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 16.247491] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.247496] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.247499] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

Can anyone help make sense of what the URL is trying to say? And if so, how will I know which driver to download?

I looked at the following URL and don't know how to figure out which one to download by reading the previous URL. How do I know which one to download.

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/

Also, how would I go about installing those wireless kernels once I get them? And I do mean step by step. Don't just tell me to open up the terminal. Tell me applications>accessories>terminal. Assume I know nothing.

I have already typed in the lspci -vnn | grep 14e4 command and all it did was highlight the 14e4 in red, and I have no idea what it means.

And if anyone suggests to go to the Hardware Drivers window under Administrator, I have already done that. It yielded absolutely no results.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i161/Zeppelin5080/Screenshot.png

Again. Please NO suggestions of sudo apt-get install commands. I have no internet to begin with.

And does anyone have any answers that don't involve me looking into other forums which I have been doing? I have been getting absolutely no where with them because they just keep telling me to install something when I don't have the internet to do the sudo apt-get install command. And please don't tell me to type in lspci lsmod dmesg or lshw because they yield no more results than what I'm posting. I posted anything of importance that I retreived from those things.

And to make clear it. I have just ALMOST NO knowledge of the Unix system and I want to learn more about it. So don't assume I know how to fetch and install anything into any location. If I do have to install something, please tell me the exact location. My username is caleb so If I have the extension (i.e. a windows path - c:programs/documents and settings/user/caleb) please try to give me the exact extension and a step-by-step instalation process.

Answer 1

Here is the Official Ubuntu Wireless Documentation



Cards Supported

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported



Troubleshooting/Howto/General

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo



In the event of your Wifi card being unsupported you can use Ndiswrapper Here is the Official Ubuntu Ndiswrapper Documentation

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper



Ubuntu Installing packages without an Internet connection

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/offline.html



Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) User Guide

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Karmic





LUg.

Answer 2

I'm not real familiar with wireless devices under Linux, so this is general advice. If you go the wireless.kernel.org URL you mentioned, I'd download the latest stable source that's not a release candidate, namely compat-wireless-2.6.32.3.tar.bz2. Follow the instructions on that page to install it (and yes, you to do all that from the command line in a terminal). You must have a compiler, so you need to install a development system on your box if you don't have one. It should be available on an installation disk or whatever you used to install Ubuntu.



If you don't have an internet connection to download packages, you can always use sneakernet. Download the package on another computer, copy to a flash drive, move it to the first computer and install from there.



Can't you just hook up a wired Ethernet cable to your router? It would give you a temporary connection to do apt-get until the wireless is working.

Answer 3

If you can’t find the right drivers manually I would recommend just getting a software program that can do it for you. There is a program I use which will find drivers for just about all hardware devices. The best part is it takes a snapshot of your system specifications and matches the right driver to go with it. Perform a free driver scan at:

http://www.drivers-updates.net/

You can also search by the following link:

http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&rlz=1T4KCTA_zh-CNCN364&newwindow=1&q=site%3Awww.drivers-updates.net&aq=f&oq

Answer 4

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