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I am not sure if my wireless card is detected, although it seems like it is from these settings: of ifconfig -a Code: rank # ifconfig -a eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu ...
  1. 12-30-2011 #1
    frank56
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    Is my broadcom 4306 wireless card detected? from this settings.

    I am not sure if my wireless card is detected, although it seems like it is from these settings: of ifconfig -a


    Code:
    rank # ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500  metric 1
        inet 192.168.1.3  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe1f:7b67  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:0d:56:1f:7b:67  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 4  bytes 1216 (1.1 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 18  bytes 1636 (1.5 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0




lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 16436  metric 1
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

sit0: flags=128<NOARP>  mtu 1480  metric 1
        sit  txqueuelen 0  (IPv6-in-IPv4)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500  metric 1
        ether 00:11:50:0c:0b:e4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

localhost frank #
    Also iwconfig

    Code:
    iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
    Also how do I get my Access point associated? But can I rest assured my wireless card does not need further configuration? I have wpa encryption and a netgear wireless router. My ethernet wired eth0 is working fine.
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  2. 12-30-2011 #2
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    wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
    This is your wireless card but you may need firmware for it to work properly. Post the output of
    Code:
    dmesg | grep -i firmware
    Code:
    ifconfig wlan0 up
    Code:
    iwlist wlan0 scan
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  3. 12-31-2011 #3
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    Thanks Mike first, what you ask me to try.

    Code:
    dmesg | grep -i firmware
[   11.790323] Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PLID, Firmware-ID: FW10 ]
[   14.748755] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[   56.868170] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   56.868175] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[   57.876884] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   57.876890] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[   84.707891] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   84.707897] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[   85.045908] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   85.045913] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[   87.194636] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[   87.194641] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[ 7173.771064] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 7173.771070] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
localhost frank #
    Code:
    ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory


    Code:
    iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
    I first tried emerging fw-cutter firmware. that seemed to put :

    Code:
    frank # cd /lib/firmware
localhost firmware # ls
b43
localhost firmware #
    I assumed that that had installed the correct firmware. I still show b43 in /lib/firmware. However, the system seems to prefer, or pull, b43legacy.
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  4. 12-31-2011 #4
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    Here is what else I have tried:

    Code:
    lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
01:08.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)

I have kernel-3.0.6 by the way

Gentoo

Gentoo systems supply a pre-compiled binary for b43-fwcutter. You need to:

Toggle line numbers

   1 emerge b43-fwcutter

and then follow the instructions below to download the Broadcom driver. The line that invokes b43-fwcutter will need to be changed to execute the program emerged above.

If you are using the b43legacy driver:

After installing b43-fwcutter, download version 3.130.20.0 of Broadcom's proprietary driver and extract the firmware from it:

Toggle line numbers

   1 export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
   2 wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
   3 sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o

Note that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is /lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different place.

b43legacy
	

3.130.20.0
	

295.14
	

b43-fwcutter-012 

http://gpo.zugaina.org/net-wireless/b43-fwcutter/euscan
    I used fw-cutter version 15, and could not cut the firmware. I still am not sure , though i listed a website how to configure/download fw-cutter-012. Which is what b43legacy requires. I also was not sure if that was a one as in 1 or an L as in l in apsta. I downloaded first to /home/frank/download, than also with wget. So I ended up with one apsta ending in 0.0 and another one ending in apsta 0.0.1. I may have a lot of broken/corrupt files, don/t know. I am not sure if this are the correct steps for my my kernel. 3.0.6.

    Also do I use the sudo command, and I am doing all this from root by the way.

    Here is my most recent try:

    firmware # sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
    This file is recognised as:
    filename : wl_apsta.o
    version : 295.14
    MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3
    Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/ucode5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/ucode11.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/pcm5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
    Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw

    I think that solved that. I probably need more config help. I was not making a space between INSTALL_DIR and wl_apsta. Here is my most recent.iwlist wlan0 scan:

    Code:
    iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=41/70  Signal level=-69 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"want to keep secret"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000001092076181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 157ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                    IE: Unknown: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F0101000EFF7F
                    IE: Unknown: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                    IE: Unknown: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    I excluded variables that may need to be kept confidential.
    Last edited by frank56; 12-31-2011 at 02:19 PM. Reason: new info
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  5. 01-01-2012 #5
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    Solved broadcom bcm 4306 nic on optiplex gx 270 kernel 3.0.6

    After few days of web searches, I finally got my broadcom 4306 wireless card running. I get a few errors with ethernet cable disconnected, but it seems to be running ok after boot.

    I did not follow, the step as recommended in this website, though still recommend reading. The step to emerge firmware, did not seem to help.

    Broadcom 43xx - Gentoo Linux Wiki

    Instead , I followed the steps in this website, and that did work.

    b43 - Linux Wireless

    I was having problems configuring wpa_supplicant, my connection was flaky turning on and off. this Arch wiki, helped a lot for that problem. It auto generated a wpa supplicant conf that wifie up and running. It offered some other steps, that I followed. Some did not work with my particular gentoo system., but in the end. my connection remains connected after an hour.

    here is my working wpa_conf that is working, with my Netgear Router. Generated by following steps in Arch wiki. I thought there might be a conflict with setting GROUP=wheel and GROUP=0 but so far there hasn't.

    Code:
    ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0


network={
        ssid="myssiduseyours"
        psk="mypassphraseuseyourgoeshere"

}
    I read so many posts in various distros, it would be hard to thank every one. But special thanks, to every one, here, for your help.
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