How to use wireless in Dell Latitude e4300?

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aim
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How to use wireless in Dell Latitude e4300?

#1 Post by aim »

Hi there! So I've upgraded my laptop to something with a monstrous battery, light/small form factor, nice screen, docking station and slick aluminium exterior (wow this laptop is nice :D ) and I'd like to stick with puppy. Now I'm currently using Ubuntu as I cannot get my wireless to work! I'm unsure what chip I have, I'm 99% sure it's intel and is capable of wireless 'N'.

lspci returns much information, including the following line;

Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300

Is there some way I can download a module for puppy to enable this hardware? The derivative I prefer is turbopup 1.0 (based on 4.20). Probably because my old PC is a compaq armada.

Any help much appreciated!

Cheers,
Hamish

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Béèm
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#2 Post by Béèm »

Run the network wizard and tell us exactly what you see.
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aim
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#3 Post by aim »

Hi, thanks for your reply!

I recieve the following message;

"Report on loading: No module was loaded

Puppy cannot see any active network interfaces"

It then gives me an option to load modules, however, loading the intel drivers does not work.

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#4 Post by rjbrewer »

It might help to try something newer than a 4.2 version.
Something that has iwlagn wireless driver.
Maybe Wary, Quircky, Lupu.

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#5 Post by stray_dog »

Hey, I also have one of those Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300's - in this laptop I'm on right now, an HP Elitebook. I've been using Slacko 5.6 and 5.7 & those seem to select the iwlwifi driver. Seems to be working alright for me. Sometimes it's slow to connect to an open, unencrypted wifi network - slower than accessing an encrypted signal w/password etc. Using simple SNS didn't get a result, but using Frisbee usually works ok. Once connected, dropouts are rare for me.

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