WPA Broadcom 4306 Issues

[khaji00]

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Hello, I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop and cannot get my Broadcom BCM4306 to work with a WPA encrypted network. The wifi works fine on unencrypted networks, however my primary network is WPA encrypted so i need help solving this issue.

Here are the details of my configuration via a script provided on this forum:

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: intelfb
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: b44
	Kernel modules: b44
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
	Kernel modules: ssb
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

============ lsusb ============
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
rfkill_input           12800  0 
binfmt_misc            16776  1 
i915                   65668  2 
drm                    96424  3 i915
ppdev                  15620  0 
bridge                 56212  0 
stp                    10500  1 bridge
bnep                   20224  2 
lp                     17156  0 
parport                42220  2 ppdev,lp
joydev                 18368  0 
snd_intel8x0           37532  3 
arc4                    9856  2 
snd_ac97_codec        112292  1 snd_intel8x0
ecb                    10752  2 
ac97_bus                9856  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            46336  0 
snd_mixer_oss          22656  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                83076  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy          10756  0 
snd_seq_oss            37760  0 
b43                   131484  0 
snd_seq_midi           14336  0 
snd_rawmidi            29696  1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia                 44748  0 
mac80211              217592  1 b43
snd_seq_midi_event     15104  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                56880  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29704  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14988  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
yenta_socket           32396  1 
cfg80211               38288  1 mac80211
iTCO_wdt               19108  0 
iTCO_vendor_support    11652  1 iTCO_wdt
rsrc_nonstatic         19328  1 yenta_socket
led_class              12036  1 b43
snd                    62756  16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              15200  1 snd
pcmcia_core            43540  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
input_polldev          11912  1 b43
psmouse                61972  0 
dcdbas                 15264  0 
snd_page_alloc         16904  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pcspkr                 10496  0 
serio_raw              13444  0 
shpchp                 40212  0 
video                  25360  0 
intel_agp              34108  1 
output                 11008  1 video
agpgart                42696  3 drm,intel_agp
b44                    35984  0 
ssb                    41220  2 b43,b44
mii                    13312  1 b44
fbcon                  46112  0 
tileblit               10752  1 fbcon
font                   16384  1 fbcon
bitblit                13824  1 fbcon
softcursor              9984  1 bitblit

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[   27.024091] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[   27.208937] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[   27.276062] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[   27.444824] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[   27.708098] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)

============ kernel version ============
2.6.28-14-generic

Can you guys guide me through solving this issue or pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks for your time.

[waterhead]

It looks like you have the Broadcom firmware installed, so that's not a problem.

What method are you using to handle the connections? Are you using a connection manager, like NetworkManager or Wicd? Or are you connecting using terminal command iwconfig? Or some other way?

[khaji00]

I'm using the built in wireless manager in ubuntu, i see the encrypted networks and when it prompts me for the password i enter it, and it can never connect tot he network.

[waterhead]

Install the Wicd connection manager, and see if that works better. Use Synaptic to install it, and it will uninstall the default NetworkManager.

You will need a wired connection, or a wireless connection.

[khaji00]

waterhead, worked perfectly with the substitution of wicd, thanks a lot!

not sure why ubuntus built in network manager couldnt handle it but this new one works great.

[waterhead]

There seems to be some bugs in the current version of NetworkManager. It has worked flawlessly for me in previous versions, so let's hope they work things out.