so I think ndiswrapper is loaded and using the correct driver files, however, KNetworkManager is not connecting, and the network card light on my machine is off, the card will not turn on.
The computer is a HP Pavillion dv5115nr, Suse 10.3 x86 64x.
I have done some mucking around in KNetworkManager, tried blacklisting bcm43xx, and have had no luck getting it to work.
I’m at a loss for what I should do, if anyone else has had this problem and knows how to fix it please let me know
sschlaefli wrote:
> 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>
> I have ndiswrapper installed and possibly working, getting the message
> Code:
> --------------------
> linux-p8vy:/home/sschlaefli/tecpages.com-bcm4318 # ndiswrapper -l
> bcmwl5 : invalid driver!
> bcmwl5a : driver installed
> device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
> linux-p8vy:/home/sschlaefli/tecpages.com-bcm4318 # ndiswrapper -r bcmwl5
> linux-p8vy:/home/sschlaefli/tecpages.com-bcm4318 # modprobe -v ndiswrapper
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
> )
> --------------------
>
>
> so I think ndiswrapper is loaded and using the correct driver files,
> however, KNetworkManager is not connecting, and the network card light
> on my machine is off, the card will not turn on.
>
> The computer is a HP Pavillion dv5115nr, Suse 10.3 x86 64x.
With an x86_64 system, you need a 64-bit Windows driver. These are
usually called bcmwl564, or something like that.
>
> 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>
> I have ndiswrapper installed and possibly working, getting the message
> Code:
> --------------------
> linux-p8vy:/home/sschlaefli/tecpages.com-bcm4318 # ndiswrapper -l
> bcmwl5 : invalid driver!
> bcmwl5a : driver installed
> device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
> linux-p8vy:/home/sschlaefli/tecpages.com-bcm4318 # ndiswrapper -r bcmwl5
> linux-p8vy:/home/sschlaefli/tecpages.com-bcm4318 # modprobe -v
> ndiswrapper insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
> )
> --------------------
>
>
> so I think ndiswrapper is loaded and using the correct driver files,
> however, KNetworkManager is not connecting, and the network card light
> on my machine is off, the card will not turn on.
>
> The computer is a HP Pavillion dv5115nr, Suse 10.3 x86 64x.
>
> I have done some mucking around in KNetworkManager, tried blacklisting
> bcm43xx, and have had no luck getting it to work.
>
> I’m at a loss for what I should do, if anyone else has had this problem
> and knows how to fix it please let me know
>
>
Like ndiswrapper, b43-fwcutter is included in the OpenSUSE 11.0
distribution; earlier releases provide bcm43xx-fwcutter but instructions
for that are also on the same page under “You are using the deprecated
bcm43xx driver”.
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This is the solution to this particular wireless card,
BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g], on HP dv5115nr. BCM4318 is a fairly old card, may explain why I couldn’t get it working with BCM43-cutter.
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/bcm43xx-fwcutter-006.tar.bz2
tar xjf bcm43xx-fwcutter-006.tar.bz2
cd bcm43xx-fwcutter-006
make
cd ..
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
sudo ./bcm43xx-fwcutter-006/bcm43xx-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
