No link detected Why??? Broadcom 802.11g adaptor BCM94311 MCG WLan Mini PCI

Hello all,

I tries to get this wireless card working, but cannot find why no link is
detected.

The output of hwinfo command is the following while there should have been a
wireless connection. The wired nic was not connected.
Both network cards are configured in Yast with "Connect as wired" and for
the wireless card the needed firmware is loaded via a script in the
bcm43xx-fwcutter package. I have run as root the command
install_bcn43xx_firmware in the /usr/sbin directory as described in the URL
http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card


19.04.2008 01:26
HWINFO

62: None 01.0: 10701 Ethernet
Â* [Created at net.124]
Â* Unique ID: L2Ua.ndpeucax6V1
Â* Parent ID: JNkJ.wZtoJ4c7zyA
Â* SysFS ID: /class/net/eth1
Â* SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:10:00.0
Â* Hardware Class: network interface
Â* Model: "Ethernet network interface"
Â* Driver: "bcm43xx"
Â* Driver Modules: "bcm43xx"
Â* Device File: eth1
Â* HW Address: 00:00:00:21:00:00
Â* Link detected: no Â* Â* Â*Â*!!!!!!!!!!**************!!!!!!!!!!
Â* Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Â* Attached to: #30 (WLAN controller)


30: PCI 1000.0: 0282 WLAN controller
Â* [Created at pci.301]
Â* UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4311
Â* Unique ID: JNkJ.wZtoJ4c7zyA
Â* Parent ID: qTvu._Y5kuEY+GiC
Â* SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:10:00.0
Â* SysFS BusID: 0000:10:00.0
Â* Hardware Class: network
Â* Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI"
Â* Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Â* Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI"
Â* SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
Â* SubDevice: pci 0x1375
Â* Revision: 0x02
Â* Driver: "bcm43xx"
Â* Driver Modules: "bcm43xx"
Â* Device File: eth1
Â* Features: WLAN
Â* Memory Range: 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Â* IRQ: 17 (196 events)
Â* HW Address: 00:00:00:21:00:00
Â* Link detected: no
Â* WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Â* WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452
2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
Â* WLAN bitrates: 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 1 2 5.5 11
Â* WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
Â* WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Â* Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004311sv0000103Csd00001375bc02sc8 0i00"
Â* Driver Info #0:
Â* Â* Driver Status: bcm43xx is active
Â* Â* Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe bcm43xx"
Â* Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Â* Attached to: #20 (PCI bridge)


20: PCI 1c.1: 0604 PCI bridge (Normal decode)
Â* [Created at pci.301]
Â* UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2841
Â* Unique ID: qTvu._Y5kuEY+GiC
Â* SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1
Â* SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1c.1
Â* Hardware Class: bridge
Â* Model: "Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2"
Â* Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Â* Device: pci 0x2841 "82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2"
Â* Revision: 0x03
Â* Driver: "pcieport-driver"
Â* IRQ: 222 (no events)
Â* Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00002841sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc0 4i00"
Â* Driver Info #0:
Â* Â* Driver Status: shpchp is not active
Â* Â* Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe shpchp"
Â* Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

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Regards,

Frans Leerink

F.Leerink a écrit :
> Hello all,
>
> I tries to get this wireless card working, but cannot find why no link is
> detected.

did you copy the firmware? the opensuse wiki gives the method

jdd


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jdd wrote:
> F.Leerink a écrit :
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I tries to get this wireless card working, but cannot find why no link is
>> detected.
>
> did you copy the firmware? the opensuse wiki gives the method

What does the output of dmesg have to say about bcm43xx? Depending on
which revision of the 94311 that you have, you may need to run a newer
kernel than the 2.6.22 found in openSUSE 10.3.

Larry

jdd wrote:

> F.Leerink a écrit :
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I tries to get this wireless card working, but cannot find why no link is
>> detected.
>
> did you copy the firmware? the opensuse wiki gives the method
>
> jdd
>
>
Hello jdd,

Yes I copied the firmware that is needed for the wireless card. It was
loaded via a script in the bcm43xx-fwcutter package. I have run, as root,
the command install_bcn43xx_firmware in the /usr/sbin directory as
described in the URL:
http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card

Unfortunately its still not working.

What is the URL of the openSuse wiki page you refered to. Did you use
Knetworkmanager?
--
Regards,

Frans Leerink

F.Leerink a écrit :

> http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card
>
> Unfortunately its still not working.

the page sounds good, however I copied the firmware myself, all the bcm..

ls /lib/firmware/
3CCFEM556.cis ipw2100-1.3.fw ipw-2.4-ibss.fw
3CXEM556.cis ipw2100-1.3-i.fw ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw
bcm43xx_initval01.fw ipw2100-1.3-p.fw ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw
bcm43xx_initval02.fw ipw2200-bss.fw ipw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw
bcm43xx_initval03.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw3945.ucode
bcm43xx_initval04.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
bcm43xx_initval05.fw
(...)
>
> What is the URL of the openSuse wiki page you refered to. Did you use
> Knetworkmanager?
yes

but broadcom is know for using different chipsets for similar cards,
so may be I was lucky?

anyway this card was really bad (no sensitivity), the intel one is
much much better, end really cheap...

jdd

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Larry Finger wrote:

> jdd wrote:
>> F.Leerink a écrit :
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I tries to get this wireless card working, but cannot find why no link
>>> is detected.
>>
>> did you copy the firmware? the opensuse wiki gives the method
>
> What does the output of dmesg have to say about bcm43xx? Depending on
> which revision of the 94311 that you have, you may need to run a newer
> kernel than the 2.6.22 found in openSUSE 10.3.
>
> Larry

Hello Larry, jdd,

The bcm43xx part of dmesg:

bcm43xx driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:10:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:10:00.0 to 64
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x2
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Unsupported 80211 core revision 13
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 4, Type 2, Revision 9
bcm43xx: Invalid PHY Revision 9
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off


bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled =
1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0
SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up?
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 Â*02:36:27)
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: 64-bit DMA initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
audit(1208689248.527:3): audit_pid=3793 old=0 by auid=4294967295
bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
frans@hp6720s-linux:~>


The content of my /lib/firmware

frans@hp6720s-linux:~> ls -la /lib/firmware/
totaal 196
drwxr-xr-x Â*2 root root Â*4096 apr 18 11:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root Â*4096 apr 14 03:15 ..
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 137 sep 22 Â*2007 3CCFEM556.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 134 sep 22 Â*2007 3CXEM556.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*3504 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval01.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*16 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval02.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*3504 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval03.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*16 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval04.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*2536 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval05.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 248 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval06.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*2536 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval07.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*2536 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval08.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 248 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval09.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 248 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_initval10.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root 21672 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_microcode11.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root 16352 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_microcode2.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root 20088 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_microcode4.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root 22272 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_microcode5.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*1312 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_pcm4.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â*1312 apr 18 11:27 bcm43xx_pcm5.fw
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 109 sep 22 Â*2007 COMpad2.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*76 sep 22 Â*2007 COMpad4.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 136 sep 22 Â*2007 DP83903.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*53 sep 22 Â*2007 E-CARD.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 253 sep 22 Â*2007 LA-PCM.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 107 sep 22 Â*2007 MT5634ZLX.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*54 sep 22 Â*2007 NE2K.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* 210 sep 22 Â*2007 PCMLM28.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*68 sep 22 Â*2007 PE-200.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*74 sep 22 Â*2007 PE520.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*86 sep 22 Â*2007 RS-COM-2P.cis
-rw-r--r-- Â*1 root root Â* Â*85 sep 22 Â*2007 tamarack.cis
frans@hp6720s-linux:~>

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Regards,

Frans Leerink

F.Leerink a écrit :

> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 02:36:27)

so firmware found

> bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR

IRQ errior. try to change the IRQ options in your bios?

I don't see anything else wrong??

jdd

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F.Leerink wrote:
> Larry Finger wrote:
>
>> jdd wrote:
>>> F.Leerink a écrit :
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I tries to get this wireless card working, but cannot find why no link
>>>> is detected.
>>> did you copy the firmware? the opensuse wiki gives the method
>> What does the output of dmesg have to say about bcm43xx? Depending on
>> which revision of the 94311 that you have, you may need to run a newer
>> kernel than the 2.6.22 found in openSUSE 10.3.
>>
>> Larry
>
> Hello Larry, jdd,
>
> The bcm43xx part of dmesg:
>
> bcm43xx driver
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:10:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:10:00.0 to 64
> bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x2

The answer is here. A 4311/2 chip NEEDS kernel 2.6.25. The default
openSUSE 2.6.22 kernel will not work with this device. Furthermore,
the you need to use driver b43, not bcm43xx, which means that you will
also need new V4 firmware.I thought I remembered that openSUSE
provided rpm's with newer kernels, but I couldn't find the reference.
Perhaps someone else can provide it, otherwise, you will need to
download and build a 2.6.25 kernel.

For anyone else reporting problems with a Broadcom device, the dmesg
output is absolutely necessary in diagnosing the problem.

Larry

jdd wrote:
> F.Leerink a écrit :
>
>> http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card
>>
>> Unfortunately its still not working.
>
> the page sounds good, however I copied the firmware myself, all the bcm..
>
> ls /lib/firmware/
> 3CCFEM556.cis ipw2100-1.3.fw ipw-2.4-ibss.fw
> 3CXEM556.cis ipw2100-1.3-i.fw ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw
> bcm43xx_initval01.fw ipw2100-1.3-p.fw ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw
> bcm43xx_initval02.fw ipw2200-bss.fw ipw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw
> bcm43xx_initval03.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw3945.ucode
> bcm43xx_initval04.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
> bcm43xx_initval05.fw
> (...)
>>
>> What is the URL of the openSuse wiki page you refered to. Did you use
>> Knetworkmanager?
> yes
>
> but broadcom is know for using different chipsets for similar cards, so
> may be I was lucky?
>
> anyway this card was really bad (no sensitivity), the intel one is much
> much better, end really cheap...

That is BS. I have a BCM4311/2 on my computer and get much faster
throughput than my wife's ipw3945 with exactly the same wireless
conditions!

Larry

Larry Finger a écrit :

>> but broadcom is know for using different chipsets for similar cards,
>> so may be I was lucky?
>>
>> anyway this card was really bad (no sensitivity), the intel one is
>> much much better, end really cheap...
>
> That is BS. I have a BCM4311/2 on my computer and get much faster
> throughput than my wife's ipw3945 with exactly the same wireless
> conditions!

probably a result of the first note (different chipset)

jdd

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