New to linux and can't get Internet to connect.

[Kitty_King]

Ok. Lets hope I did this right.

1) lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge

00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller

00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge

00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller

(rev 02)

00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)

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 Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet

Controller (rev 10)

05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless

LAN Controller (rev 02)

05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller

05:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

05:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller

05:09.4 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621

Secure Digital Controller


2) lsmod
Module Size Used by

rfkill_input 12800 0

binfmt_misc 16776 1

radeon 342816 2

drm 96296 3 radeon

ppdev 15620 0

bridge 56340 0

stp 10500 1 bridge

bnep 20224 2

joydev 18368 0

lp 17156 0

parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp

arc4 9856 2

ecb 10752 2

snd_atiixp_modem 20360 0

snd_atiixp 24204 3

snd_ac97_codec 112292 2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
ac97_bus 9856 1

snd_ac97_codec

snd_pcm_oss 46336 0

b43 131484 0

snd_seq_dummy 10756 0

snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 37760 0

mac80211 217208 1 b43

snd_pcm 82948 4 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm _oss

snd_seq_midi 14336 0

snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi

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_mid i_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

pcmcia 44748 0

snd 62628 17

snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm _oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm,snd

_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 38032 1 mac80211

soundcore 15200 1 snd

tifm_7xx1 13824 0

led_class 12036 1 b43

pcspkr 10496 0

ati_agp 14988 0

snd_page_alloc 16904 3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
k8temp

12416 0

tifm_core 15900 1 tifm_7xx1

sdhci_pci 15232 0

sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
yenta_socket 32396 1

rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket

pcmcia_core 43540 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
input_polldev

11912 1 b43

i2c_piix4 18448 0

agpgart 42696 2 drm,ati_agp

psmouse 61972 0

shpchp 40212 0

serio_raw 13316 0

video 25360 0

output 11008 1 video

ohci1394 38576 0

ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394

ssb 41220 1 b43

sky2 54916 0

fbcon 46112 0

tileblit 10752 1 fbcon

font 16384 1 fbcon

bitblit 13824 1 fbcon

softcursor 9984 1 bitblit


3) dmesg | grep firmware
[ 25.432070] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw

[ 25.504751] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to

[LINUXWIRELESS.ORG/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the latest

firmware (version 4).

[ 25.564076] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw

[ 25.566486] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to

[LINUXWIRELESS.ORG/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the latest

firmware (version 4).

[ 50.028059] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw

[ 50.084293] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to

[LINUXWIRELESS.ORG/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the latest

firmware (version 4).


4) uname -r
2.6.28-11-generic




**IN ORDER TO POST THIS i HAD TO MODIFY THE URL LINKS SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE REAL LINKS

[Kitty_King]

What is the latest firmware version 4 that I need? I found the website, but there are a lot of choices.

[reed9]

Here is where a wired connection makes it easier. To get this working is a one line command.

Ah, well. First you need to download the b43-fwcutter package to your usb stick. (The download link is at the bottom of the page. Looks like you want the i386.)

Then you need to download the firmware. This is the download link.

Transfer these files to your Ubuntu box and to make things easy, put them in your home folder.

EDIT: Whoops, first you need to install the b43-fwcutter package. You should be able to do this just by double clicking on it.

Open a terminal and type

export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-012/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o

That should do it. (You may need to restart.)

**IN ORDER TO POST THIS i HAD TO MODIFY THE URL LINKS SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE REAL LINKS

If you use code tags, you can avoid that problem.

[Kitty_King]

after downloading and installing, I am getting an error message that say command not found for sudo ../..b43-fwcutter-012/b43-fwcutter

and command not found for

wl apsta_mimo.o

[reed9]

Whoops, my fault. The way we did it, you should just use

sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o

[Kitty_King]

hmm.... slightly different error message this time.


cannot open input file wl_apsta_mimo.o

[Shutdown]

Reed9,

I have just configured my CentOS. I will start a new thread concerning my own wireless issues. I did a quick lspci and saw it detected the DLINK card as Atheros.

I'll try to get the info off of my machine and post it here in the wireless forum.

[Kitty_King]

Hello shutdown,

It seems Reed9 and I have almost solved my wireless issue. I have follows all the instructions to the best of my ability, but I am still getting an error message when I type in that last command into the terminal. Do you know what could be causing this?

[Kitty_King]

cannot open input file wl_apsta_mimo.o

[Shutdown]

Hello shutdown,

It seems Reed9 and I have almost solved my wireless issue. I have follows all the instructions to the best of my ability, but I am still getting an error message when I type in that last command into the terminal. Do you know what could be causing this?

I'm just about in the same spot as you. Maybe a little bit behind.

Give me some time to see if I can figure this thing out.

Good thing I got my wireless card today!