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Something is missing
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!
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Welcome to LinuxForums!:D
I've not used ndiswrapper... and I don't think you should need it either.
Could you post the output of
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.
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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]
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I went through those steps, still can't bring wlan0 up. Still wants me to check the cable.
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So yo installed the b43 drivers? Let's see if they show up. post the output of
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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
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You might want to try bringing eth0 down first, then try bring up wlan0
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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.
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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.
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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.
