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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Broadcom Wireless Trouble
 Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 10:38 AM
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| i've been looking for one of last years releases but cannot seem to find one. Any idea where one is available? |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Broadcom Wireless Trouble
Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 10:49 AM
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| ok...I was able to install kernel 2.6.23.16 by doing the dist update in siduxcc. I skipped the updates and went straight to kernel install and then advanced install. It gave me a list of about 8 kernels. There are even some older then 2.6.23.16. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Broadcom Wireless Trouble
Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 09:55 PM
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| it is possible to install older kernels after the d-u part in smxi. |
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Post subject: Configuring Ceni
Posted: Apr 26, 2008 - 01:29 AM
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I installed the broadcom driver onto my sidux linux computer and turned on the wifi card, wlan0, and turned off the eth0 card. Then launched Ceni and configured the wlan0:
Here is some info:
root@siduxbox:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"belkin54g"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:11:50:D3:D7:5A
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:3B5D-3C7D-207E-37DC-EEED-D301-E3
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
root@siduxbox:~# fw-detect
root@siduxbox:~# dmesg |grep -i wireless
root@siduxbox:~# lspci -vv |grep -i wireless
02:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
This is what Ceni reports when wlan0 was configured for DHCP:
root@siduxbox:~# ceni
Configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/virtualbox-ose
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/whereami
Continuing at if-pre-up,wlan0
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant
dhclient3 -pf /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.wlan0.leases wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.0
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:60:be:10:de
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:60:be:10:de
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/openssh-server
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant
What is wrong here. Why can't I connect to the web? One thing I do see is Ceni wants the subnet to be 255.255.255.255. I think this should be 255.255.255.0 but how do I change this? |
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Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 08:23 PM
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I recently had difficulty with a broadcom wireless card for my laptop. It seemed no matter what modules/drivers I loaded for the card it just would not work. Here is what I did:
1. install ndiswrapper
2. find a the proper driver. I found mine on the sourceforge.net ndiswrapper page. Install it into ndiswrapper application.
3. black list the drivers which are currently being loaded automatically at start up. For example one might be" bcm43xx".
4. Hopefully it will work for as it did for me but I am truly no expert with wireless networking. Google would help you to find more detailed tutorials. I am also sure if I made any mistakes/oversights others will correct me.
5. Just as an aside I believe the upcoming kernel release 2.6.25 will have native broadcom support so perhaps all the ndiswrapper stuff may not be needed. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 01:20 AM
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Location: dayton, ohio, usa
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mine was working with kernel 2.6.23, and it works on 64-bit 2.6.24, but with 32-bit 2.6.24 the wireless won't work. The native driver won't find wlan0 and doesn't allow me to reinstall the firmware, and ndiswrapper shows the driver is installed, but it shows alternate driver ssb (which is needed by ohci_hcd, and the system doesn't work at all without ohci_hcd). In ndiswrapper I can't bring up wlan0 -- it doesn't connect to my access point.
This is HP L2000 laptop with RTL-8139 ethernet and Broadcom BCM-4318 wireless (Air Force One 54g)
Ethernet works fine, and wireless worked with older kernels. I really don't want to use older kernel because fglrx video driver works better with 2.6.24
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Mike |
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Posted: May 04, 2008 - 01:43 AM
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| Thanks mdmarmer, I will wait until kernel 2.6.25 is released and then try to reinstall the wifi. I'm not sure what to do next? I will wait to see what some of you linux pros conclude when 2.6.25 is tested and keep reading this post. Thanks. |
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Post subject: Broadcom 4328
Posted: May 21, 2008 - 04:49 AM
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Has anyone got broadcom 4328 rev 3 to work? I have tied everything I found in the forums and cant get it work. I am new to linux and do not know any commands hardly. I need help as my laptop doesnt have a regular pcmia slot and need wireless to work.
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Posted: May 31, 2008 - 11:24 PM
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| I just reinstalled sidux nyx (32bit) and then dist-upgraded it and installed kernel 2.6.25 as previously recommended. I have to get my Broadcom 4318 wifi to work. Now what? Do I use ndswrapper or fwcutter? RuralRob wrote: "If your machine is relatively new and has a draft-N Wifi chip, like the BCM4328, then you will need to go with method #2, as the Linux native (b43) driver does not yet support the newer chips." Any suggestions? |
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Posted: May 31, 2008 - 11:36 PM
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| BCM4318 should be well supported by native drivers. |
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Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 09:24 AM
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| I currently am using kernel 2.6.25.4 and using fwcutter I installed the b43 driver. Using the Control Panel, I deactivated my eth0 and activated wlan0. The wifi beacon icon on my task bar shows red but blinking. When I mouse over it it says it is communicating with my wifi router, belkin54g, but there is no actual data being transferred back and forth. I set up the wifi card to DHCP and WEP encryption using HEX. I still can't get a web page to show up in my browser, meaning I am not connected to the internet. Anyone have any suggestions what went wrong? Thanks for your support! |
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Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 06:27 PM
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I still cannot get my Broadcom BCM4318 wifi to work. Does anyone know if I need to blacklist the ndiswrapper or am I missing something? If so, how is this actually done. Thanks for all your help and patience with us newbies  |
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Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 06:57 PM
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| If you installed ndiswrapper windows drivers for broadcom in the past, you might have still blacklisted b43/ ssb somehow - additionally you need to install b43-fwcutter. |
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Posted: Jun 28, 2008 - 01:17 AM
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Hi slh. I did not use ndiswrapper. I used fwcutter to install the b43 driver.
root@siduxbox:~# lspci -vv |grep -i wireless
02:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
The wifi beacon icon on my task bar shows red but blinking. When I mouse over it it says it is communicating with my wifi router, belkin54g, but there is no actual data being transferred back and forth. I set up the wifi card to DHCP and WEP encryption using HEX. I still can't get a web page to show up in my browser, meaning I am not connected to the internet.
root@siduxbox:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"belkin54g"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:11:50:D3:D7:5A
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:3B5D-3C7D-207E-37DC-EEED-D301-E3
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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Post subject: Wifi LAN
Posted: Jun 30, 2008 - 12:57 PM
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