Wireless Problem. Help!!!!

[nightstrike2002]

Hey guys. I'm using openSUSE 10.3 and I'm using a 'Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)' wireless card. (thats exactly what lspci gives me)

this is what iwconfig gives me....

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lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
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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iwlist scan gives me the following...

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lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device
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So I tried dmesg and saw the following line being printed several times

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bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
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What do I do now?

If I'm not able to scan, how do I get the available ESSIDs? I very very much want my wireless device working and I am pretty much a Noob. So please help me out!!!

Thanks.

[deltaflyer]

if you are using bcm43xx cards,make sure you have the firmware installed. failing that, install the drivers with ndiswrapper

[waterhead]

To be more specific, you need to use the program bcm43xx-fwcutter. This is a terminal utility that will extract the firmware from the WindowsXP driver.

SDB:Bcm43xx - openSUSE
SDB:Broadcom (BCM4306) WLAN Installation under SUSE - openSUSE(Last half is about the bcm43xx driver)

The firmware that is extracted is then moved to the /lib/firmware folder

EDIT: According to THIS page, there is a script included with bcm43xx-fwcutter, that will get the firmware for you. The location of the script on my Suse 10.2 install is different than stated, mine is in /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware.

[jnike]

Hi All,


The following should be links to these sites as previously posted, slightly incorrectly....

SDB:Ndiswrapper - openSUSE

Novell: SUSE LINUX 10.1: ndiswrapper

I hope helpful

Jnike

[redbook]

Hi
Got exactly the same problem, ndiswrapper does not support the card as yet. Checking other distro's everybody seems to be having trouble with this card.

[deltaflyer]

what's the make/model of the card ?