Problem with Netgear WN311 PCI card

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#1

Hi,

I’ve just installed linux for the first time, and I’ve come across a problem with my wireless PCI network card. It’s a Netgear WN311 and it doesn’t seem to be recognised.
I’ve read the stickies, and here’s some information that they recommended I supply.
I hope it’s enough, but if not please let me know.

PCI 500.0: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4329
Unique ID: Ddhb.u_CXsbUJLa8
Parent ID: 6NW+.rH3rArjV8aF
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:05:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Broadcom BCM43XG”
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
Device: pci 0x4329 “BCM43XG”
SubVendor: pci 0x1385 “Netgear”
SubDevice: pci 0x7d00
Revision: 0x01
Driver: “b43-pci-bridge”
Driver Modules: “ssb”
Memory Range: 0xfebfc000-0xfebfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 16 (no events)
Module Alias: “pci:v000014E4d00004329sv00001385sd00007D00bc02sc80i00”
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: #28 (PCI bridge)

05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43XG (rev 01)

05:00.0 0280: 14e4:4329 (rev 01)

b43-phy1: Broadcom 4321 WLAN found
b43-phy1 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 5, Type 4, Revision 1)
b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘pid’
Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:radio
Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:assoc
Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:quality
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
vendor=8086 device=2e21

Hope you can help

Cheers
Hamish

#2

hami5h wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’ve just installed linux for the first time, and I’ve come across a
> problem with my wireless PCI network card. It’s a Netgear WN311 and it
> doesn’t seem to be recognised.
> I’ve read the stickies, and here’s some information that they
> recommended I supply.
> I hope it’s enough, but if not please let me know.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> PCI 500.0: 0280 Network controller
> [Created at pci.318]
> UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4329
> Unique ID: Ddhb.u_CXsbUJLa8
> Parent ID: 6NW+.rH3rArjV8aF
> SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0
> SysFS BusID: 0000:05:00.0
> Hardware Class: network
> Model: “Broadcom BCM43XG”
> Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
> Device: pci 0x4329 “BCM43XG”
> SubVendor: pci 0x1385 “Netgear”
> SubDevice: pci 0x7d00
> Revision: 0x01
> Driver: “b43-pci-bridge”
> Driver Modules: “ssb”
> Memory Range: 0xfebfc000-0xfebfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
> IRQ: 16 (no events)
> Module Alias:
> “pci:v000014E4d00004329sv00001385sd00007D00bc02sc80i00”
> 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: #28 (PCI bridge)
> -----------------------------------------------
> 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43XG (rev 01)
> -----------------------------------------------
> 05:00.0 0280: 14e4:4329 (rev 01)
> -----------------------------------------------
> b43-phy1: Broadcom 4321 WLAN found
> b43-phy1 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 5, Type 4, Revision 1)
> b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95
> Broadcom 43xx driver loaded Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
> phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘pid’
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:radio
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:assoc
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:quality
> usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
> vendor=8086 device=2e21
> -----------------------------------------------

I don’t know where the rt73usb stuff comes from, but the Broadcom device with
PCI ID of 4329 is not yet supported by any in-kernel driver. The reverse
engineering is in progress.

Your best option is to install the Broadcom wl package from the Packman repository.

Larry

#3

Okay, thanks very much for your help.
I’ll have a look for that broadcom stuff.

Cheers
Hamish

#4

Get it here PackMan :: Package details for broadcom-wl or add the packman repo &do it via YaST - software management

Andy

#5

Thanks for the help.
I followed the link and installed the broadcom-wl package. It generated an error of some sort, but nevertheless it seems to have worked. I am now online with my PCI card.

Thanks again
Hamish