I got an ancient laptop with a BCM4318 chipset and installed the drivers using:
/usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
After that the networks do show up in the list when confuring ifup, however it does not seem to connect properly.
Well it’s getting the IP from my router…
spamming f5 on my routers wireless status page I see the .67 ip most of the time, but not all of the time.
So I guess it’s stuck in some sort of loop?
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Bakhuis"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
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
**cat /etc/resolv.conf **
### /etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
#
# Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
# static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
# /etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
# NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
# NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
# NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
# or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
# NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=''
#
# See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
#
# Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
# may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
# only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
# file and in case of a "netconfig update -f" call.
#
### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
search arnhem.chello.nl
nameserver 192.168.1.254
Axeia wrote:
> iwconfig
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“Bakhuis”
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> 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
> --------------------
>
>
> *cat /etc/resolv.conf *
> Code:
> --------------------
> ### /etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
> #
> # Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
> # static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
> # /etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
> # or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
> # NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’
> #
> # See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
> #
> # Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
> # may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
> # only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
> # file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.
> #
> ### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
> search arnhem.chello.nl
> nameserver 192.168.1.254
> --------------------
>
>
>
> Can’t ping it.
According to this output, it has not associated. How you got an IP is
a mystery.
Look at the output of dmesg for additional clues. Do NOT post the
entire output, only sections that concern wlan0, b43 or ssb.
<NITPICK>
The script /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware does not install the
driver - it installs firmware. Q. What is the difference? A. The CPU
on which it runs. The driver runs on the CPU of your computer. The
firmware runs on the CPU of the BCM4318.
</NITPICK>
You didn’t mention if you are using NetworkManager or the traditional
ifup method. If the former, you should also look at
/var/log/NetworkManager for clues.
Axeia wrote:
> Unable to ping the router, can ping it from another PC in the same
> network perfectly fine though.
>
> dmesg | grep wlan0
> ‘pastebin - collaborative debugging tool’
> (http://pastebin.com/f28913d4e) (too long to post here and probably the
> problem at hand)
>
> grepping ssb and 443 came up blank.
>
> Using ifup btw.
9…staReqAssociationWithoutAuth…Client not authorized yet, still
attempting to associate with an access point.
In plain language, you are not specifying the correct encryption key.
If you are using WEP, you cannot use a passphrase, but must specify
the hexadecimal key.
I probably did, installed openSUSE 11.0 now as it seems to be a better match for the laptop, wireless running within seconds and the graphics driver doesn’t cause all kinds of psychedelic effects.
(Was running 11.2 Milestone 2 before ;))
Already reported the nice effects, when I’ve time I’ll probably install 11.2 alongside 11.0 and if that causes issues again I’ll report that as well… cause it seems this ancient beast was still missed during its downtime.