I have the broadcom 4318 wireless device. I can not connect to the Internet would someone please help me through this process?
here are somethings I have checked:
linux-5lnz:/ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D4:9B:3D:DC
inet addr:192.168.1.24 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:d4ff:fe9b:3ddc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:27157 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:19525308 (18.6 Mb) TX bytes:2769361 (2.6 Mb)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0x4400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:340 (340.0 b) TX bytes:340 (340.0 b)
linux-5lnz:/ # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:A5:A3:AB:8D
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
linux-5lnz:/ # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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
linux-5lnz:/ # lspci
06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
06:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
I do not know if networkmanager is install.
linux-5lnz:/ # /sbin/service NetworkManager start
service: no such service NetworkManager
Please help me to get this device working I would like to use the native drive if possible.
Thank
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