dell latitude D531 and wireless

I just installed suse 11 64bit on a latidude D531 laptop and I try to make wireless work with no result. The chipset is according to hwinfo -wlan

hwinfo --wlan
04: PCI b00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4311
  Unique ID: y9sn.CvS0RaMGsb1
  Parent ID: CvwD.qyF1y8c+Nk9
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/0000:0b:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0007
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfe8fc000-0xfe8fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:1e:4c:29:86:78
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

Can anyone help me please?

have you seen the stickies at the start of the wireless section ? lots of good info there to help

Andy

geologos wrote:
> I just installed suse 11 64bit on a latidude D531 laptop and I try to
> make wireless work with no result. The chipset is according to hwinfo
> -wlan
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> hwinfo --wlan
> 04: PCI b00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
> [Created at pci.310]
> UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4311
> Unique ID: y9sn.CvS0RaMGsb1
> Parent ID: CvwD.qyF1y8c+Nk9
> SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/0000:0b:00.0
> SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0
> Hardware Class: network
> Model: “Broadcom BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI”
> Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
> Device: pci 0x4311 “BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI”
> SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
> SubDevice: pci 0x0007
> Revision: 0x01
> Driver: “b43-pci-bridge”
> Driver Modules: “ssb”
> Device File: wlan0
> Features: WLAN
> Memory Range: 0xfe8fc000-0xfe8fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
> IRQ: 17 (no events)
> HW Address: 00:1e:4c:29:86:78
> WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
> WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
> WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
> WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
> Module Alias: “pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00”
> Driver Info #0:
> Driver Status: ssb is active
> Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe ssb”
> Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

You should look at the output of dmesg for messages about b43. I’m quite sure
that you have not installed the firmware. If that is the case, if you have
Internet access you should open a console and enter the command

sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

That script will download and install the firmware. After that, the BCM4311
should work. If you don’t have Internet access when in Linux, we have a workaround.

If not, please post the lines from dmesg that relate to b43 and wlan0.

Larry

Had I posted here, I would have seen it.But I posted in the wrong place:)
Thank you, but the problem persists.
I see there is an alternative driver loaded and i don’t know how to unload it

ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)

It is also loaded in network card setup in module name section.

if you are using wired at the moment, open a console & type this

sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

that should install the firmware & get you on wireless fairly quickly. Don’t forget to set it up in YaST

Andy

Thank you A lot Andy!!:slight_smile: This line is what I needed… It works! I Am online now wireless!!! Thank you again!!

Excellent, glad you got it sorted,now enjoy :slight_smile:

Andy

Thank you! I am right now!!:D:D:)