Wlan0 is Recognized, but can't find connections. Broadcom wireless
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Wlan0 is Recognized, but can't find connections. Broadcom wireless
Okay, I have an older dell laptop, and as miserable as it is, the wireless interface is broadcom. System info
slackware 12.2
Chipset = intel and broadcom.
Now I have compiled the wl.ko broadcom module for my kernel. I currently have it working on 2 other laptops. the problem is that this one it's displaying that the card is there, however it can't find any access points. I'll post the iwconfig and ifconfig, and the LSPCI info I don't know as you will need all of it but I figure it's better to give too much information than not enough, of course if you guys need more than I can provide it, thank you for you time the information is as follows.
Code:
~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:b8:53:93
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:cf:4d:6a:c6
inet6 addr: fe80::216:cfff:fe4d:6ac6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xc000
~# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: b44
Kernel modules: b44
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: ohci1394
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl, ssb
Okay, I have an older dell laptop, and as miserable as it is, the wireless interface is broadcom. System info
slackware 12.2
Chipset = intel and broadcom.
Now I have compiled the wl.ko broadcom module for my kernel. I currently have it working on 2 other laptops. the problem is that this one it's displaying that the card is there, however it can't find any access points. I'll post the iwconfig and ifconfig, and the LSPCI info I don't know as you will need all of it but I figure it's better to give too much information than not enough, of course if you guys need more than I can provide it, thank you for you time the information is as follows.
[code]
have you tried:
# iwlist wlan0 scanning
(you might want to pipe a less)
then if you found a suitable essid
did you install the firmware for the kernel module?
For the wl module you don't need firmware installed, however you may be pointing to a problem. If b43 is loading, it may conflict with wl. Maybe look at the output of lsmod and see if both are loading.
Thank you all for your help, I had already blacklisted B43, and b43legacy, and the BCM43xx modules that are built into slackware. I did however fix the problem and now have connectivity, I decided to play the the /etc/udev/ files, I set the "wlan0" to "eth1" just to see what would happen I don't know what gave me the idea to try it, but I changed that and then changed the preferences in Wicd under the wireless field to read "eth1" as well when I rebooted the laptop it found my network, the connection strength isn't great but the built in wi-fi in this computer always sucked even with the default windows configuration and the drivers from broadcom for it, it still didn't have good range. so it's working as well as it ever had really, once again thank you for your help.
so any ideas why when I set it to name the wireless card "eth1" that it can find it but can't see it when set to "wlan0"? I didn't think the naming would make a big difference but apparently with this laptop it does.
Last edited by OrexisGrimm; 06-16-2009 at 02:50 AM.
so any ideas why when I set it to name the wireless card "eth1" that it can find it but can't see it when set to "wlan0"? I didn't think the naming would make a big difference but apparently with this laptop it does.
I have edited my
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
so that it has these entries
# Config information for eth0
....
IFNAME[1]="wlan0"
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
....
# Config information for eth1
....
#############
In other words, IFNAME[1] which is by default eth1,
has been set to wlan0
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