So i read the stickies and followed said instructions. I have…
06:02.0 Network Controller Broadcom Corporation Bcm4318
[AirForce One 5487 802.11] Wireless Lan Controller (Rev 02)
Upon running dmesg I see that it did not install the firmware
Broadcom 43xx Driver loaded
b43-phy0 error: Firmware file “b43/ucode5.fw” not found
b43-phy0 error: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode5.fw” not found
Then it tells me to open the terminal and get the driver from suse, and if i cant do that to get it directly from the repository and then install via rpm. So, it might seem like a silly question, but i am assuming i should follow this advice?
All reply’s appreciated.
On 12/21/2012 06:16 PM, StrangeBrew79 wrote:
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> So i read the stickies and followed said instructions. I have…
>
> 06:02.0 Network Controller Broadcom Corporation Bcm4318
> [AirForce One 5487 802.11] Wireless Lan Controller (Rev 02)
>
>
> Upon running dmesg I see that it did not install the firmware
>
> Broadcom 43xx Driver loaded
> b43-phy0 error: Firmware file “b43/ucode5.fw” not found
> b43-phy0 error: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode5.fw” not found
>
> Then it tells me to open the terminal and get the driver from suse, and
> if i cant do that to get it directly from the repository and then
> install via rpm. So, it might seem like a silly question, but i am
> assuming i should follow this advice?
You need to run the command
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
The logged message is for general users as all distros use the same kernel.
Yes, I did run that command, and I have made it to the point of being able to see the ssid’s and it also appears that i am connected to the ssid on my network. Yet i am unable to ping the router. Double and triple checked that I have the correct security key.
IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“fang1”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 50:46:5D:CE:0B:90
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:55 Missed beacon:0
After iwconfig
On 12/21/2012 08:26 PM, StrangeBrew79 wrote:
>
> Yes, I did run that command, and I have made it to the point of being
> able to see the ssid’s and it also appears that i am connected to the
> ssid on my network. Yet i am unable to ping the router. Double and
> triple checked that I have the correct security key.
>
>
> IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“fang1”
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
> 50:46:5D:CE:0B:90
> Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:55 Missed beacon:0
You are authenticated and associated. You could also have seen that in the dmesg
output.
At this point, we need more information. You said you have a “new” installation,
but you did not state what version. For all we know, you grabbed an openSUSE
11.2 installation disk. What one are you using?
What desktop?
Are you using NetworkManager or ifup? If ifup, static or dynamic IP?
Please post the output of ‘/sbin/ifconfig’ and ‘/sbin/route -n’.
As you cannot ping the router, I suspect that you do not have an IP address
assigned.
Well after reading your post I remembered that i had done ifup while trying to screw around with it before i got the firmware installed. So I switched back to network manager, and i am happy to say I am a wireless penguin. I’m not entirely sure what changed, as I did have it set up to get a dynamic ip address under ifup. Thanks for your help lw, very much appreciated.
12.2/kde
On 12/21/2012 09:56 PM, StrangeBrew79 wrote:
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> Well after reading your post I remembered that i had done ifup while
> trying to screw around with it before i got the firmware installed. So I
> switched back to network manager, and i am happy to say I am a wireless
> penguin. I’m not entirely sure what changed, as I did have it set up
> to get a dynamic ip address. Thanks for your help lw, very much
> appreciated.
Well, ifup with wireless is difficult to get setup correctly. Glad you got it
working.