Broadcom bcm4310 wireless chipset - Page 2

dckrinke · #16 3rd July 2008, 04:20 AM

Sorry I was offline for a few days.

Wow, bbfuller, you are a genius.

When you wrote that ndiswrapper didn't work with Vista driver, I realized that that was exactly what I had been trying to do. So, I thought, I will just load download the XP driver from Broadcom and be online in 15 minutes. However, I found that Broadcom doesn't have drivers for the bcm4310. I even searched the Broadcom site for bcm43 and for bcmwl, but I couldn't find the driver.

But you were right, I downloaded
http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/Dell...A17_R174291.exe
and unzipped it and found bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys.
I installed these into ndiswrapper and modprobe ndiswrapper.
Then I could select my wireless network from the Gnome Network Manager icon.

I am posting this reply through my BCM4310 USB Controller.

Thank you very much,
Dennis Krinke

bbfuller · #17 3rd July 2008, 09:39 AM

Hello Dennis,

That's not genius, just way too much time spent reading various posts on the forum and putting it all together! Glad it's working now.

Just a word of warning, don't be surprised if you now decide to update your system and the wireless stops working even though you have updated the ndiswrapper parts from Livna.

Several people have been reporting that wireless doesn't connect using the latest kernel:

2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686

It certainly fails on my broadcom setup, haven't had time to try it on any of the others yet.

Just continue to boot with the earlier kernel if it does fail, it's sure to be sorted out in a few days.

Bernard

lisa3214 · #18 3rd July 2008, 05:58 PM

/usr/bin/bcm43xx-fwcutter

I can't remember what version of the driver I had to use, but I'll attach the contents of my /lib/firmware/b43 directory if that helps....

Lisa

sleetm · #19 4th July 2008, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbfuller

Hello sleetm

It's got to be to do with permissions or paths.

I presume you are logged in as an ordinary user and have used a variant of the su command to obtain your root privileges?

Did you use:

Code:

su -

the space and the minus sign are important, without them you only get root privileges over your ordiary users area, with them you get control over the whole machine.

Alternatively, try issuing the modprobe command from somewhere other than in your Download directory.

[sean@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4328) present (alternate driver: ssb)
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
[root@localhost ~]#

I used su - and I did it from a dif directory... whats going on

bbfuller · #20 4th July 2008, 10:47 PM

Hello sleetm

How did you install ndiswrapper? Was it from the Livna repository or from source?

Can you try running the command:

Code:

/sbin/lsmod |grep ndis

and seeing what the result is? If there is one perhaps you could copy and paste it back.

sleetm · #21 4th July 2008, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbfuller

Hello sleetm

How did you install ndiswrapper? Was it from the Livna repository or from source?

Can you try running the command:

Code:

/sbin/lsmod |grep ndis

and seeing what the result is? If there is one perhaps you could copy and paste it back.

I ran that and had no results... I dont remember where i got ndiswrapper from but I did not compile it

bbfuller · #22 4th July 2008, 11:15 PM

Hello sleetm

Run the command:

Code:

locate ndiswrapper.ko

and see if it is found. That's the kernel module you are trying to load with modprobe.

If it's not there try:

Code:

updatedb

to do just that before trying the command again.

sleetm · #23 5th July 2008, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbfuller

Hello sleetm

Run the command:

Code:

locate ndiswrapper.ko

and see if it is found. That's the kernel module you are trying to load with modprobe.

If it's not there try:

Code:

updatedb

to do just that before trying the command again.

thanks for the help thus far, much appreciated:

[root@localhost ~]# locate ndiswrapper.ko
[root@localhost ~]# updatedb
[root@localhost ~]# locate ndiswrapper.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686/extra/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
[root@localhost ~]#

though i did modprobe after this and still got that same fatal error..

bbfuller · #24 5th July 2008, 01:25 AM

Hello sleetm

I'm just off to bed, but I think you now need to run

Code:

uname -a

to ensure that the kernel that you are running is the same version as the kernel module you are seeing from the locate command, including the kernel architectire. (The i686 part)

If it doesn't then you need to update your ndiswrapper and that will depend on how you installed it.

If it does then I don't know, but I'm still going to need to know how you got your ndiswrapper.

sleetm · #25 5th July 2008, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbfuller

Hello sleetm

I'm just off to bed, but I think you now need to run

Code:

uname -a

to ensure that the kernel that you are running is the same version as the kernel module you are seeing from the locate command, including the kernel architectire. (The i686 part)

If it doesn't then you need to update your ndiswrapper and that will depend on how you installed it.

If it does then I don't know, but I'm still going to need to know how you got your ndiswrapper.

good news, i was booting into the wrong kernel. my card can detect all networks and they are displayed through network manager, but i cant connect to it (its wpa and wpa_supplicant is installed). what should i do from here?

[sean@localhost ~]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:130 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

bbfuller · #26 5th July 2008, 09:26 AM

Hello sleetm

So what is the output of the command:

Code:

su -

and then:

Code:

iwlist wlan0 scan

sleetm · #27 5th July 2008, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbfuller

Hello sleetm

So what is the output of the command:

Code:

su -

and then:

Code:

iwlist wlan0 scan

[sean@localhost ~]$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:10:04:E0:A0
ESSID:"DESIRED AP!"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality:85/100 Signal level:-41 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:39:76:30:BB
ESSID:"Golf Linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality:32/100 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 03 - Address: 00:18:F8:B5:BF:9D
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:21/100 Signal level:-82 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 04 - Address: 00:0C:41:F4:4E

9
ESSID:"PrivateGetLost"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:18/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 05 - Address: 00:18:39:FD:84:13
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:18/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 06 - Address: 00:12:88:36:52:E1
ESSID:"2WIRE006"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
Quality:25/100 Signal level:-80 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 07 - Address: 00:1F:33:34:B1:48
ESSID:"SteveLeah"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:18/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0

bbfuller · #28 5th July 2008, 04:45 PM

Hello sleetm

Then your card has all the necessary software and firmware installed and is happily scanning the airwaves at your command and finding seven wireless networks.

What do you see if you look in NetworkManager on the top Gnome Panel near the clock?

Do you see the same list of access points?

If you do, what happens if you left click on yours?

What kernel are you actually running on now?

Code:

uname -r

will tell us.

One of the recent kernels does have trouble with wireless but we'll need to see which one you are trying to use to see if that has a bearing.

sleetm · #29 5th July 2008, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbfuller

Hello sleetm

Then your card has all the necessary software and firmware installed and is happily scanning the airwaves at your command and finding seven wireless networks.

What do you see if you look in NetworkManager on the top Gnome Panel near the clock?

Do you see the same list of access points?

If you do, what happens if you left click on yours?

hi bbfuller,

NM shows all my networks correctly. When I click on mine, it prompts me for my WPA password and I provide it, the GUI spins around for a few secs and then asks me for the PW again

bbfuller · #30 5th July 2008, 04:53 PM

Hello sleetm

Sorry, I've been editing my previous post as you were writing.

Can you look at your running kernel version please?

Also, can you check the driver you have used with ndiswrapper. Ndiswrapper will not work with Vista drivers, only the XP ones.