No Wireless with Dell Inspiron 1501

Solution 1:

This link just got my wireless working on a inspiron 1501

http://blog.tech4him.com/2011/09/broadcom-wireless-on-ubuntu-11-04-and-11-10/

Thanks to the author

He uses two commands

sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

dunno what that does exactly I am also a newbie but I would rather be lucky than good !

Solution 2:

open synaptic package manager, and install b43, do NOT install the driver from the Additional drivers. You'll need to start the wireless with Fn+F2 each boot, still looking for a solution for that issue. But that is the way I make my broadcom bcm4311 working in my Dell Inspiron 1501.