Broadcom BCM4312 WiFi Problem when using DHCP

English Network/Internet
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Hi Guys,

I am having a problem while connecting to a D-Link Access Point with Multiple ESSID.

It keeps saying activating but in the end nothing. I am using KnetworkManager & there is no Encryption on the Access Point. I am able to get connected with another machine using windows.

Here is my hardware info:

0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

& the logs:

Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 316.188245] wlan0: authenticate with f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 (try 1)
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 316.191262] wlan0: authenticated
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 316.191501] wlan0: associate with f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 (try 1)
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 316.194008] wlan0: RX AssocResp from f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 316.194012] wlan0: associated
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium.
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: All rights reserved.
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient:
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/70:f1:a1:f9:f5:9b
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/70:f1:a1:f9:f5:9b
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback
Feb 3 15:44:00 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Feb 3 15:44:03 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.497244] No probe response from AP f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 after 500ms, disconnecting.
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.501632] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507693] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507697] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507702] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507707] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507711] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507715] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb 3 15:44:05 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 321.507719] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb 3 15:44:06 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 322.910038] wlan0: authenticate with f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 (try 1)
Feb 3 15:44:07 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 323.110315] wlan0: authenticate with f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 (try 2)
Feb 3 15:44:07 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 323.310253] wlan0: authenticate with f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 (try 3)
Feb 3 15:44:07 Shiraz-Suse kernel: 323.510238] wlan0: authentication with f0:7d:68:17:e5:a4 timed out
Feb 3 15:44:11 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
Feb 3 15:44:18 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
Feb 3 15:44:33 Shiraz-Suse dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19

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At first i thought it was due to DHCP, because i was able to connect if i assign an IP Address manually.
But i wasn’t able to ping the gateway!

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Did you do this already

sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

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Yup already done, infact my wireless is working, i am able to connect on my netgear wireless router at home, it’s just at office i am not able to connect on this access point.
another piece of information, it doesn’t have any mac address filtering enabled.

ESSID at home is 18 Digits long & at office it’s just 16 digits, so i don’t think this can be a problem.

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With a response like that, it sounds a little like you have been reading some of the other threads on this subject.

Anyway, I’m not sure what the problem is. Hopefully @lwfinger will see this. (I apologise Larry :smiley: As I’m always recommending you)
He our resident wireless and networking guru.

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Yes, i have been looking into this kind of threads and apart from that i have been reading lots of threads which sounds interesting (not just wireless but global)

Found a thread will try to follow the instruction (it wouldn’t hurt atleast :D)
Trouble connecting to AP via wireless. openSUSE 11.3
Sounds a bit simillar.

& thanks for looking into it Caf, hopefully @lwfinger will look into soon :slight_smile:

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actually that did hurt :smiley: lost wlan0 :stuck_out_tongue:
anyway got something urgent to do with this lappy so will install winxp for the moment, and later do the dual boot and let u know the update…
Thanks in advance.

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On 02/03/2011 11:06 AM, shiraz tharani wrote:
>
> actually that did hurt :smiley: lost wlan0 :stuck_out_tongue:
> anyway got something urgent to do with this lappy so will install winxp
> for the moment, and later do the dual boot and let u know the update…
> Thanks in advance.

When you get back to this thread, try to connect with DHCP and post the output of


/usr/sbin/iwconfig
/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf
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Hi Folks,
I need your help.
I have a problem also on my Broadcom conection, but different of our friend, my card identify and connect on my router, but doesn’t get IP address.
I tried to assign IP address manually, but this procedure didn’t work.
(see below some details)

linux-cxba:/home/emerson # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:5A:B6:EA:D8:D3
inet addr:192.168.2.10 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::725a:b6ff:feea:d8d3/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:20858 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13198 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:27976999 (26.6 Mb) TX bytes:1184048 (1.1 Mb)
Interrupt:16

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:E4:00:04:8A:A9
inet6 addr: fe80::7ae4:ff:fe04:8aa9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:35430 (34.5 Kb)

emerson@linux-cxba:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:“EMERSON”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: B0:E7:54:F3:DA:19
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=19 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-15 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:574 Missed beacon:0

I don’t know linux, but right now I am able to change my concepts.
Please, let me know what I can do to fix this issue.

Thanks.

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Please start your own thread. Use a thread title that hints at your problem.

When posting command output, place between code tags, as in
(code)
output
(/code)
except use “” and “]” instead of the parentheses that I used in that example.

Also indicate which version of opensuse, and whether you are using NetworkManager or “ifup” (via Yast) to configure your connection.

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OK!!!
I used an opened thread to avoid multiples topics about the same issue (despite different solution).