hp probook 4520s brcm4313

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#1

Hi, I cannot get my wifi to work. Ive tried using ndiswrapper and it says that it is installed correctly but still the connection manager is unable to discover a network. here are my lspci outputs

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)

43:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

44:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev

ff:
00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)

ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)

ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)

ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)

ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

linux-4b5b:/home/taintedclarity # ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl6 : driver installed

device (14E4:4727) present (alternate driver: brcm80211)

any help would be appreciated

#2

On 03/23/2011 12:36 PM, taintedclarity wrote:
>
> Hi, I cannot get my wifi to work. Ive tried using ndiswrapper and it
> says that it is installed correctly but still the connection manager is
> unable to discover a network. here are my lspci outputs
>
> lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller
> (rev 02)
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
>
> 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400
> Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
>
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
> USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
>
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
> High Definition Audio (rev 05)
>
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
> Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
>
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
> Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
>
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
> Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
>
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
> Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
>
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
> USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
>
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
>
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC
> Interface Controller (rev 05)
>
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
> 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
>
> 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400
> Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
>
> 43:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
>
> 44:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev
>
> 03)
> ff:
> 00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath
> Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
>
> ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath
> Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
>
> ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev
> 02)
>
> ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0
> (rev 02)
>
> ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev
> 02)
>
> ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev
> 02)
>
>
>
> linux-4b5b:/home/taintedclarity # ndiswrapper -l
> bcmwl6 : driver installed
>
> device (14E4:4727) present (alternate driver: brcm80211)
>
>
> any help would be appreciated

Uninstall ndiswrapper and use the native driver. At the moment, brcm80211 is not
perfect, but it is a lot better than the Windows driver. In fact, ndiswrapper
should only be used for those devices for which no Linux driver is available.

You will need to install the kernel-firmware package using zy6pper or YaST.

#3

I have an Asus EeePC 1015PN with a Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727].

On openSuse 11.4 it worked out of the box for me. Like larry said it uses the brcm80211 driver. I haven’t seen any issues with it so far. I use WPA2 for the encryption. It’s been a rock solid connection.

Everything else on the netbook works also as far as I can tell.

Good luck.

#4

so i’ve uninstalled and blacklisted ndiswrapper, as well as installed broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop and modprobed brcm80211 however, network manager still does not pick up a wireless network

#5

On 03/26/2011 09:36 AM, taintedclarity wrote:
>
> so i’ve uninstalled and blacklisted ndiswrapper, as well as installed
> broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop and modprobed brcm80211 however, network manager
> still does not pick up a wireless network

Does one show up with ‘/usr/sbin/iwconfig’?

Does ‘dmesg’ have anything to say about your device and firmware? Note: I DID
NOT ASK FOR YOU TO POST THE DMESG OUTPUT!!!

What does ‘sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan’ say?

Wht does ‘/usr/sbin/rfkill list’ say?

#6

hp probook 4520s brcm4313

Did you install this package along with the others?

b43-firmware

Hope that fixes it for you, also let me know how your bluetooth is working.