Unable to connect to my wireless network
So i just installed trisquel and i really like the system. I still have a dual boot with windows 7 but im hoping that with time i will move completly away from that. However my main issue is that i am trying to connect to the internet on my Dell Inspiron 1764. I can't find any networks and upon looking some stuff up i found out about the lspci command which i ran. Here is what popped up
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
04.00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semicondictor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
I understand that these may not be compatible with Linux or something but seing as i am new to this i would love to get this resolved and start my libre experience with trisquel. Any solutions up to and including getting a new wireless card would be appreciated
You could have a look through the FSFs h-node hardware directory?
There actually are three Linux drivers that support your card! One of them looks proprietary ( http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php ) and, unfortunately, the two free drivers ( http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 and http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 ) still need a proprietary firmware: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmware
Magic bannana thank you. since trisquel without internet connection wont work for me i will have to settle for the proprietary software. however my problem is that one i download the 64 bit driver i have no idea what to do with it since i am so new to linux. I unzipped the tar.gz file and within the directory i have a lib and src directory with a bunch of stuff in it. None of that helps me as i am not to big on code and all that since i am just learning. If you could (or anyone) could walk me through what to do so i can get connected to the internet and get the driver installed i would be very thankful as i can really start using linux and not rely on windows which, as we all know, is full of restrictions and proprietary software around every corner. Thank you
Again, none of the solution involves a Free firmware. Anyway, if you want to ignore this freedom issue, it is a matter of following the documentation of http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 or http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 (remembering that Trisquel being based on Ubuntu, downloading a DEB package usually is the easiest way to go when the package manager is of no help). You will not receive any more help from the Trisquel community (but a list of USB dongles that works out of the box on Trisquel).
I think this mini-PCI wireless card works with GNU/Linux, although it's a/b/g not n, so a bit slower, $18.48: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/z-com-ag-623c-100mw-802-11a-b-g-high-power-wireless-mini-pci-card-33934
I think ll look into getting a new wireless card, thank you for your help!