[SOLVED] Slackware 12.2 broadcom wireless problem

[waterhead]

Well, it compiled for me after installing those two patches. I can't test it because I don't have that wireless or the 2.6.29 kernel. That is up to you.

[waterhead]

Here is a thread on this subject from the Debian forums. If you haven't already read it, it may help you a little.

Debian User Forums :: View topic - New Broadcom driver for recent 43xx wireless devices

[TrashOverride]

i was also able patch the file with the same error from wl_iw_v2.patch
now i have eth1 wireless.

But still cannot connect.

I'll read the thred
10x

[waterhead]

Check the output of dmesg for error messages. Wireless messages are usually towards the end. Make sure that you don't have any interfering modules:

ndiswrapper
b43
ssb

Also, what does the output of iwconfig say? Since it is usung the eth1 name, maybe the netconfig comand will work on it.

[TrashOverride]

dmesg | grep Broadcom
[    2.354950] Bluetooth: Broadcom Blutonium firmware driver ver 1.2
[    3.247527] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[15488.673426] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.79.10

dmesg | grep module
[    0.640374] brd: module loaded
[    0.641878] loop: module loaded
[    2.806931] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[    2.807594] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[15488.634688] wl: module license '' taints kernel.

dmesg

[    2.810271] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers

b43, ndiswrapper ssb are blacklisted just in case.

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

tunl0     no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  Nickname:"amidamar"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:32 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Managementmode:All packets received
          Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=-34 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

[TrashOverride]

Ok, i think we are on going on the wrong track. I noteced that sometimes in the log it says

/sbin/dhcpcd: not running

I tried to use dhclient but it says that time out waiting for a valid DHCP server response...

I'm starting to think there is something wrong with the config of the router. I have two other networks with WPA2 and when i try to connect it stops at 2-3 seconds. (because i dont have the right password )

maybe if i try to add my laptop mac addres, but then do i have to add all the mac adresses of the other computers who use this network?

my router is Netgear Rangemax WPN824 v2 with updated firmware.

[TrashOverride]

SUCSESS!! I looked trough the router config and it saw it supports WPA + WPA2, so i changed it to WPA2 only and i was able to connect slowly. The connection i s a bit slow, but the point is that i connceted.

To sum up:
1. I used the original broadcom driver with the wl_iw_v2.patch ( which didnt patch anything ) and broadcom-sta-5.10.79.10-linux-2.6.29.patch.
2. ifconfig eth0 down (just in case)
3. Check router config to be WPA or WPA2 (not both)
4. Wicd

and now a bit slow connection. If you have any idea... I'll look around again, but i think that's it. If i dont find anytnig about the slow connection i'll mark it solved

Thank you very much waterhead!!!

[waterhead]

Well, at least it is working. I think this is where you were before I started to "help" you.

You can change the connection speed using iwconfig. But I see that it is already reporting 54 MB/s, so it may just be the router.

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

tunl0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" Nickname:"amidamar"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-34 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[TrashOverride]

OK, i didn't find anything about the connection, I am guessing it's the router too, so i mark it solved.

10x for stiking up with me.