Cannot connect with Access Point using Broadcom 4313 on Dell Inspiron Laptop

yaakovy · January 10, 2013, 9:51am

Wireless card is PCI - Broadcom 4313
Only connection to the Internet is wireless
Wireless works correctly with Windows 7
My AP is not
hidden and can be seen with Windows 7 1. Under Opensuse 12.2 I can see various APs - but not
my own 1. I am using Network Manager
When I try to connect to my AP it always fails
I have tried connecting to the AP with encryption turned off, but this made no difference
Firewall is turned OFF while dealing with this issue

Tests Performed

/usr/sbin/iwlist scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 54:E6:FC:B5:37:7C
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=22/70  Signal level=-88 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"TP-LINK_B5377C"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000039abc92b7
                    Extra: Last beacon: 641ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000E54502D4C494E4B5F423533373743
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010002
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101860003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33CE111BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1ACE111BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C34010D0800000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D16010D0800000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010000004000
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
          Cell 02 - Address: 58:6D:8F:2C:ED:90
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=22/70  Signal level=-88 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"LinkSYS"
                    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
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000941b2df185
                    Extra: Last beacon: 87ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00074C696E6B535953
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D160B080400000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          Cell 03 - Address: 58:6D:8F:2C:ED:91
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=22/70  Signal level=-88 dBm  
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"LinkSYS-guest"
                    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
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000941b2df96a
                    Extra: Last beacon: 86ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000D4C696E6B5359532D6775657374
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D160B080400000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00


/usr/sbin/iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"tal"  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=19 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off


/sbin/lspci -vnn
12:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300 [1028:0010]
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at fbc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
    Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
    Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
    Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-c4-ff-ff-10-68-a3
    Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
    Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge


/sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
brcmsmac              568746  0 
brcmutil               14755  1 brcmsmac
crc8                   12893  1 brcmsmac
cordic                 12535  1 brcmsmac
b43                   386979  0 
mac80211              555559  2 brcmsmac,b43
cfg80211              208286  3 brcmsmac,b43,mac80211
bcma                   35637  2 brcmsmac,b43
rfkill                 26009  5 cfg80211,bluetooth,dell_laptop


/sbin/modprobe -c |grep  bcma
alias bcma:m04BFid0812rev11cl* b43
alias bcma:m04BFid0812rev17cl* b43
alias bcma:m04BFid0812rev17cl* brcmsmac
alias bcma:m04BFid0812rev18cl* b43
alias bcma:m04BFid0812rev18cl* brcmsmac
alias bcma:m04BFid0812rev1Dcl* b43
alias pci:v000014E4d00000576sv*sd*bc*sc*i* bcma
alias pci:v000014E4d00004331sv*sd*bc*sc*i* bcma
alias pci:v000014E4d00004353sv*sd*bc*sc*i* bcma
alias pci:v000014E4d00004357sv*sd*bc*sc*i* bcma
alias pci:v000014E4d00004727sv*sd*bc*sc*i* bcma
alias symbol:__bcma_driver_register bcma
alias symbol:bcma_chipco_chipctl_maskset bcma
alias symbol:bcma_chipco_gpio_control bcma
alias symbol:bcma_chipco_pll_maskset bcma
alias symbol:bcma_chipco_pll_write bcma
alias symbol:bcma_chipco_regctl_maskset bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_disable bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_dma_translation bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_enable bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_is_enabled bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_pci_irq_ctl bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_pll_ctl bcma
alias symbol:bcma_core_set_clockmode bcma
alias symbol:bcma_driver_unregister bcma
alias symbol:bcma_find_core bcma

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knurpht · January 10, 2013, 9:55am

Please post output of

rpm -qa | grep broadcom

deano_ferrari · January 10, 2013, 10:04am

This thread may be of interest concerning the 4313 chipset

https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/478780-can-t-connect-wireless-b4313.html

yaakovy · January 10, 2013, 10:42am

Thank you very much for your almost instant reply. I really appreciate it!

There was no output from the grep command.

yaakovy · January 10, 2013, 10:48am

Thanks for the quick reply. I’ll look at the thread.

yaakovy · January 10, 2013, 11:18am

I tried adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf:

#Trying to get wifi to work 10-01-2013
blacklist b43

but it had no obvious effect.

knurpht · January 10, 2013, 12:40pm

You need to install the broadcom-wl, broadcom-wl-YOUR_KERNEL_FLAVOR and b43-firmware packages.

yaakovy · January 10, 2013, 1:17pm

In another thread I saw that someone had claimed success when running from a live KDE CD. Naturally I tried that, but the results were just the same - no connection with the AP, and my AP didn’t appear among the list of APs. There was one new piece of information, and that was that the driver was listed in the KDE wlan0 details as being ‘brcmsmac’.

All in all it was basically a waste of time burning the KDE CD and playing around with it.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

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knurpht · January 10, 2013, 1:19pm

Did you already do this? You need a reboot after this.

yaakovy · January 10, 2013, 1:29pm

I missed seeing your post. Any suggestions how I can get these packages onto the computer since its only got the nonfunctional wireless and no ethernet lan connection?

Thanks.

lwfinger · January 10, 2013, 4:35pm

On 01/10/2013 05:46 AM, Knurpht wrote:
>
> You need to install the broadcom-wl, broadcom-wl-YOUR_KERNEL_FLAVOR and
> b43-firmware packages.

Let me state the obvious here. The broadcom-wl driver has NO need for the
b43-firmware packages. Only b43 needs the b43 firmware.