LiveUSB cannot connect to non-broadcast SSID wireless network

I’ve got openSUSE 11.3 running via liveUSB on a netbook and no matter how many times I try, I cannot get wireless to connect to my network. My network is:

  • non-broadcast
  • WPA2 Personal
  • G

The netbook is fairly recent from Asus and wireless works perfectly with Fedora 11 and Windows XP.

We’re going to need more info about your network card. (These and additional commands are in the sticky post at the top of the forum)
Post output from…

lsusb

Post output from… (This may not show any output)

dmesg |grep firmware

Are you using network manager?

I have similar problem with wireless being not available in LiveUSB. Hardware info after probing is displaying wireless card but it is not listed either in Yast or network manager

linux@linux:~> lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:63f8 Microdia Sonix Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1307:0165 Transcend Information, Inc. 2GB/4GB Flash Drive
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 413c:8156 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:5802 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
linux@linux:~>

35: PCI c00.0: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: zb5c.gyef+lfqPY1
Parent ID: qTvu.36Gp0JTfhB3
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0c:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:0c:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card”
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
Device: pci 0x432b “BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller”
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
SubDevice: pci 0x000d “Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card”
Revision: 0x01
Driver: “b43-pci-bridge”
Driver Modules: “ssb”
Memory Range: 0xf1ffc000-0xf1ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 17 (3 events)
Module Alias: “pci:v000014E4d0000432Bsv00001028sd0000000Dbc02sc80i00”
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)

linux:/home/linux # dmesg |grep b43
32.998432] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
32.998477] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
33.697308] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4322 WLAN found (core revision 16)
33.718182] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 8, Type 4, Revision 4)
33.718234] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95
linux:/home/linux #

Thanks for your help
Kamenko

Kamenko, refer to this thread. You’re going to need a wired connection temporarily.

Problems with broadcom 4322 (Dell Studio 1510)

Thanks Rodney,
After installing broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop my boot got messed up and couldn’t fix it. Created new LiveUSB and tried again and same thing happened - couldn’t boot.
I’m officialy giving up.
Thanks again for your help.
Please say hello to Marv
Kamenko

It would probably work better on an actual install. If you go to all that trouble on a live cd and then reboot, all your work will go away anyway. Plus, you’ll be able to update everything on the actual install.