Linksys WPC54G v 1.2, bcm43xx, ubuntu 6.06 - module fails - no wireless
Hi there.
I am using Ubuntu 6.06 and have Linksys wpc54g pcmcia wireless-g adapter that I cannot get to load with the bcm43xx module like I should be able to. When I plug in the card dmesg reports [17187879.940000] bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed. lsmod: bcm43xx 124044 0 ieee80211softmac 29696 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 37064 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac ifconfig doesn't show my device, which should be eth2. It only lists eth0 and lo. So I do ifup eth2 ifup: me@mymachine:~$ sudo ifup eth2 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Listening on LPF/eth2/00:0f:66:xx:xx:xx Sending on LPF/eth2/00:0f:66:xx:xx:xx Sending on Socket/fallback receive_packet failed on eth2: Network is down DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 send_packet: Network is down ifdown: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth2/00:0f:66:xx:xx:xx Sending on LPF/eth2/00:0f:66:xx:xx:xx Sending on Socket/fallback the Ubuntu Device manager identifies my card correctly by calling it a WPC54G Wireless-G with Broadcom BCM4306 chip. But for some reason the module fails. I can go into monitor/managed mode manually with sudo iwconfig eth2 mode monitor/managed just fine and then eth2 will show up in ifconfig. I cannot get connected to any networks though. I am using kernel 2.6.15-26-386 |
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hello google. thanks, didn't even think of the firmware. i'll try the links in your sig
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You'll need fwcutter and wl_apsta.o as the source of the firmware.
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I'm using the same exact card (version 1.2, even) in Debian Sarge with the BCM43xx driver at the moment, actually. Myself, I extracted the firmware from the bcmwl5.sys file on the CD (if this is a dual boot with Windows, you can also find it in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers), and it's worked beautifully for me. So if you have problems with wl_apsta.o, I'd try running bcm43xx-fwcutter on the .sys that came with it.
Good luck! Edit: Also, I've heard that there's a bcm43xx-fwcutter package in one of the Ubuntu repositories. You could try that to make things simpler, if you want. |
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