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**er_cake** · 05-20-2009

I can't not discover what is the anomaly that making it so I cannot connect to the wireless LAN. Everything I look at, seems to say to me that the wireless NIC should work. This is for Fedora 9. Maybe a new set of eyes on the situation may help.

lspci

Code:

05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

So I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper. I used that ndiswrapper to install bcmwl5.ini.

ndiswrapper

Code:

bcmwl5 : driver installed
	device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: ssb)

Fine. I added an alias in modprobe.conf with "ndiswrapper -m", I blacklisted ssb in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, and then used "modprobe ndiswrapper."

So now, when I try to activate it in network configuration, it just suggests to me to "check cable?" Obviously if I wanted to use a cable, I wouldn't be bothering with the wireless.

iwconfig comes up with this

Code:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm   
          RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

It doesn't work though, and I'm not sure why. Everything seems gravy to me. If you can help, or add suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

**jayd512** · 05-20-2009

Welcome to LinuxForums!

I've not used ndiswrapper... and I don't think you should need it either.
Could you post the output of

Code:

lspci -nn

I'm pretty sure there is a native driver that should work for you, instead or wrapping a Windows driver (yuck)

*EDIT*

I was right... and found it just a few moments too late!
Check this page:
b43 - Linux Wireless

I run Fedora 10, and this page got me going quite easily with my wireless.

**er_cake** · 05-20-2009

Code:

[root@localhost Cake]# /sbin/lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller [1002:4378] (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) [1002:5955]
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8031]

**er_cake** · 05-21-2009

I went through those steps, still can't bring wlan0 up. Still wants me to check the cable.

**jayd512** · 05-21-2009

So yo installed the b43 drivers? Let's see if they show up. post the output of

Code:

lsmod
ifconfig -a

**er_cake** · 05-21-2009

lsmod

Code:

[Cake@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   49436  2 
bridge                 43796  0 
stp                     6148  1 bridge
bnep                   14848  2 
rfcomm                 33936  4 
l2cap                  21504  16 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth              48608  5 bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                156052  3 
ipt_REJECT              6656  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv4      11528  7 
iptable_filter          6528  1 
ip_tables              13840  1 iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT             7296  2 
xt_tcpudp               6656  12 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      15864  7 
xt_state                5888  14 
nf_conntrack           51424  3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter         6400  1 
ip6_tables             14736  1 ip6table_filter
x_tables               15236  6 ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand        9868  1 
powernow_k8            18692  0 
loop                   17164  0 
dm_multipath           17292  0 
scsi_dh                 9476  1 dm_multipath
radeon                119172  2 
drm                   146276  3 radeon
ipv6                  230644  24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
8139cp                 21504  0 
snd_atiixp_modem       15496  0 
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_atiixp             18828  3 
snd_ac97_codec         95140  2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
ac97_bus                5504  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_oss            30492  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9600  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48576  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
ndiswrapper           155284  0 
snd_seq_device          9996  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42496  0 
pcspkr                  6272  0 
8139too                24708  0 
joydev                 12736  0 
k8temp                  7936  0 
yenta_socket           24972  1 
snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                65924  4 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
hwmon                   6300  1 k8temp
snd_timer              22024  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
rsrc_nonstatic         13696  1 yenta_socket
mii                     8192  2 8139cp,8139too
snd                    50744  17 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_seq_dummy,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9416  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         11016  3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
sr_mod                 17064  0 
cdrom                  32792  1 sr_mod
video                  20496  0 
output                  6528  1 video
sg                     31156  0 
wmi                     9640  0 
i2c_piix4              12688  0 
mos7720                20484  0 
i2c_core               21396  2 drm,i2c_piix4
usbserial              30252  1 mos7720
dm_snapshot            19364  0 
dm_zero                 5632  0 
dm_mirror              19968  0 
dm_log                 12164  1 dm_mirror
dm_mod                 48692  10 dm_multipath,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror,dm_log
pata_acpi               7680  0 
ata_generic             8452  0 
pata_atiixp             8320  2 
libata                135148  3 pata_acpi,ata_generic,pata_atiixp
sd_mod                 32668  3 
scsi_mod              123772  5 scsi_dh,sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif              5632  1 sd_mod
ext3                  109192  2 
jbd                    43284  1 ext3
mbcache                10244  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               23312  0 
ohci_hcd               24336  0 
ehci_hcd               33164  0

ifconfig -a

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:9F:DB:82:8F  
          inet addr:192.168.1.149  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fedb:828f/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:18490 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:14492 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:18593526 (17.7 MiB)  TX bytes:1972434 (1.8 MiB)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:6454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:328858 (321.1 KiB)  TX bytes:328858 (321.1 KiB)

pan0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 56:C0:33:FE:21:16  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:A5:1A:52:13  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:c0204000-c0206000

***MikeTbob*** · 05-21-2009

You might want to try bringing eth0 down first, then try bring up wlan0

**waterhead** · 05-21-2009

You need to install the firmware for the b43 to work. That is all there is too it. I made a rpm package that will easily install the firmware in most Fedora versions. You can download it using this link.

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/att...5-0.noarch.rpm

Install it with this command.

Code:

rpm -ivh b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm

You need to remove the ndiswrapper module before the b43 will work. It is conflicting with the b43 driver. Just uninstall it and reboot.

**er_cake** · 05-22-2009

I uninstalled drivers that I installed with ndiswrapper. I then uninstalled ndiwrapper. I then installed the rpm provided. I brought eth0 down. I tried to put wlan0 up. The console told me that wlan0 doesn't seem to be present. Any other ideas? And if anyone would like to play with it, pm me and I'll let you ssh in. I'm fed up with it. It makes me want to hit something.

**waterhead** · 05-22-2009

You should reboot.

When you installed ndiswrapper, I assume that you followed a guide of some kind. That guide most likely told you to blacklist the b43 driver. Now you need to remove it from the blacklist. If this was the case, reboot again after removing b43 from the blacklist file.

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