BCM4328 chipset nic (appletv) cant get onto my wireless network

h2sammo · 12-14-2009, 01:52 PM

i can scan and see my network but i cannot hop onto it, cant grab an ip address. pls keep in mind i am not running X yet, everything is from console. also, no ssh so i have to hand type everything. I am running gentoo, vanilla-kernel 2.6.31

here is some troubleshooting i have so far:

Code:

ifconfig -a 
eth0     Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:23.... 
           UP BROADCAST MULTICATS MTU:1500 Metric:1 
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eth1     Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:23.... 
           inet addr: 169.254.178.193 Bast: 169.254.255.255  Mach: 255.255.0.0 
           UP BROADCAST MULTICATS MTU:1500 Metric:1 
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lo         Link encap: Local Loopback 
            inet address: 127.0.0.1 Mark: 255.0.0.0 
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iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extension 
eth0    no wireless extension 
eth1    IEEE 802.11 abgn ESSID:"" Nickname: "" 
          Mode: Managed  Freq:2.412ghz    Access Point: Not Associated 
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lspci -k 
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       00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11 abgn (rev05) 
              Kernel driver in use: wl 
              Kernel modules: wl 
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 dmesg | grep -i broad 
eth1: Broadcom4328 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9 

iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extension 
eth0    no wireless extension 
eth1    IEEE 802.11 abgn ESSID:"" Nickname: "" 
          Mode: Managed  Freq:2.412ghz    Access Point: Not Associated 
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iwlist scan 
lo     interface doesnt support scanning 
eth0  interface doesnt support scanning 
eth1  Scan Completed: 
         Cell  01 - Adress: 00:21:00:6D:E5:0F 
                 ESSID: Motorola 
                 Mode: Managed 
                 Freq: 2.412 Ghz (Channel 1) 
                 Quality: 3/5 Signal level: -69 dBm Noise level: -84dBm 
                 IE: WPA Version 1 
                      Group cipher: TKIP 
                      Pairwise Cipher (1): TKIP 
                      Authentication Suites (!): PSK 
                 Encryption Key: on 
                 Bit Rates: 1 Mb/s...............54 Mb/s 
         Cell 02 - neighbour's, unprotected network, lol 

dmesg | tail 
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eth1: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9 
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eth0: link down 

ping www.google.com 
ping: unknown host www.google.com 

nano /etc/conf.d/net
config_eth1=( "dhcp" ) 
modules=("wpa_supplicant") 
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant 
ctrl_interface_group=0 
update_config=0 
fast_reauth=1 
ap_scan=1 
network={ 
     ssid="Motorola" 
     psk="My passphrase Key Here" 
}

pls help.
i think it has to do with the configuration of the wpa_supplicant. can anyone tell me if i have the proper wpa_supplicant driver selected in conf.d/net (wext?!)

if you see other things awry or you can help me troubleshoot this further pls pithc in.

thank you.

Hangdog42 · 12-16-2009, 06:16 AM

Quote:

network={
ssid="Motorola"
psk="My passphrase Key Here"
}

I think this is too lean an entry. If I remember correctly, you need to tell it what kind of encryption to use. Have a look here for examples. As a complete alternative, you might consider installing wicd. The latest versions have a console based interface which is very slick.