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11-30-2008
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| Driver for WUSB54GC
I just bought a WUSB54GC wireless NIC. It worked out of the box and whats more is that I can generally configure it beyond what I expected. i.e put it in monitor mode etc. But, I want to find out what driver it is using. How can I do this?
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12-02-2008
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| i usually can tell which it is using. Post the output of these two commands, and I should be able to tell.
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| Code: ?> lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
and Code: ?> lsmod
Module Size Used by
af_packet 23812 4
ipv6 267780 10
nf_conntrack_ipv4 19080 2
xt_state 3328 2
nf_conntrack 66752 2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
xt_tcpudp 4096 9
binfmt_misc 12808 1
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
rfkill_input 5760 0
ppdev 10372 0
powernow_k8 16704 1
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
freq_table 5536 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
container 5632 0
dock 11280 0
iptable_filter 3840 1
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 3 xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13120 0
arc4 2944 2
ecb 4480 2
blkcipher 8324 1 ecb
snd_hda_intel 344856 3
b43 144548 0
rfkill 8596 3 rfkill_input,b43
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
mac80211 165652 1 b43
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
cfg80211 15112 1 mac80211
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
led_class 6020 1 b43
input_polldev 5896 1 b43
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
wl 1073940 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
fglrx 1555468 20
bcm43xx 127720 0
ieee80211softmac 30976 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 35528 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ieee80211_crypt 7040 2 wl,ieee80211
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
sdhci 19076 0
snd 56996 17 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ricoh_mmc 4352 0
serio_raw 7940 0
i2c_piix4 9612 0
mmc_core 51460 1 sdhci
psmouse 40336 0
ac 6916 0
battery 14212 0
i2c_core 24832 1 i2c_piix4
button 9232 0
soundcore 8800 1 snd
dcdbas 9504 0
ati_agp 9996 0
evdev 13056 7
k8temp 6656 0
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
agpgart 34760 2 fglrx,ati_agp
pcspkr 4224 0
ext3 136840 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
ide_cd 32544 0
cdrom 37408 1 ide_cd
pata_atiixp 8960 0
ata_generic 8324 0
pata_acpi 8320 0
sg 36880 0
sd_mod 30720 3
ehci_hcd 37900 0
atiixp 5648 0 [permanent]
ahci 28548 2
ohci_hcd 26640 0
b44 28432 0
mii 6400 1 b44
ide_core 113996 2 ide_cd,atiixp
libata 159344 4 pata_atiixp,ata_generic,pata_acpi,ahci
scsi_mod 151436 3 sg,sd_mod,libata
usbcore 146412 3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ssb 34308 2 b43,b44
thermal 16796 0
processor 37384 2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3
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| Code: ?> lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
It's not showing anything. Was the wireless plugged in ?
I do see a few Broadcom wireless modules loading. Code: Module Size Used by
rfkill_input 5760 0
b43 144548 0
rfkill 8596 3 rfkill_input,b43
mac80211 165652 1 b43
cfg80211 15112 1 mac80211
led_class 6020 1 b43
input_polldev 5896 1 b43
bcm43xx 127720 0
ieee80211softmac 30976 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 35528 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ssb 34308 2 b43,b44
The b43 module is the current driver module for Broadcom wireless. It replaces the bcm43xx driver, which I surprisingly see is also loading. I don't believe you would need both of them loading.
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| HA - forget to connect it, it does look like a rt73
[CODE]
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys
[CODE] Code: usbcore 146412 5 rt73usb,rt2x00usb,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
How about the bcm43xx - anyway to remove it. I had a hell of a time getting wireless working without the ndiswrapper - so I might have at one point installed the xx driver but I cannot remember. By the way, bcm43xx is unblacklisted could that be the reason? | |
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| I don't understand why any of the Broadcom wireless modules are loading. Do you have a built-in wireless device? Post the output of this command.
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| yeah, I have a built-in broadcom. results from lspci are Code: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
08:01.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by notgeekenough  yeah, I have a built-in broadcom. results from lspci are Code: 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
| This wireless has full support in Linux. It can do AP, ad-hoc, mesh and Monitor modes. The only catch is that you need to install proprietary firmware before it will work properly. Info on that can be found here: b43 - Linux Wireless
You don't say what Linux distro you are using, but the b43-fwcutter app can sometimes be downloaded from third party repositories.
As for the bcm43xx module, I wouldn't do annything yet. If the Broadcom wireless works, leave it alone. Otherwise you may want to blacklist it, by putting it in the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file.
After making these kinds of changes, please reboot, so that the system can straighten things out during boot.
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