BC4311 on Arch linux

rstein6516 · 01-12-2016, 06:05 PM

I have just installed arch linux and I can get the wireless going. When I use lspci I can see the wireless card
lsmod | grep | b43
b43legacy 110592 0
ssb 57344 1 b43legacy
mac80211 581632 1 b43legacy
cfg80211 418888 2 mac80211,b43legacy
led_class 16384 2 b43leagacy,input_leds
rng_core 16384 1 b43legacy

when I ip link only shows loop back and ethernet port
how do I get the wlan to load

ardvark71 · 01-12-2016, 06:36 PM

Hi...

You may be missing the firmware for your particular driver. Please see the information under "b43," particularly in the blue box, here.

Also, if you would, please open a terminal and post the output from...

Code:

lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2

Regards...

rstein6516 · 01-12-2016, 08:10 PM

Thanks in advance the output for the wireles card is below there is also output for the ethernet but I did not include it.
(standard input):6:00.0 Network controller [0280] : Broadcom Corporateion BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN[14e4:4311] (rev01)

One more quick question is there a way to copy from terminal to this window it would make my life alot easier

ardvark71 · 01-12-2016, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rstein6516

Thanks in advance the output for the wireles card is below there is also output for the ethernet but I did not include it.
(standard input):6:00.0 Network controller [0280] : Broadcom Corporateion BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN[14e4:4311] (rev01)

Thanks, I just wanted confirm the device ID. Take a look at the information (from the link) I mentioned above.

Let us know how it goes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rstein6516

One more quick question is there a way to copy from terminal to this window it would make my life alot easier

Yes, using your mouse, just copy and paste the information on the terminal to here or wherever you wish to put it. Hopefully, your terminal supports this particular function. If not, you can use another terminal program, like "Sakura," that does.

Regards...

rstein6516 · 01-12-2016, 09:52 PM

thanks the termial does not support it I will try Sakura.
I installed the broadcom-wl-dkms drivers using yaourt and still no dice. What am I missing.

ardvark71 · 01-12-2016, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rstein6516

I installed the broadcom-wl-dkms drivers using yaourt and still no dice. What am I missing.

Did you reboot the system? If so and it still doesn't work, please post the entire results from these commands...

Code:

lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2

Code:

lsmod

Code:

iwconfig

Also, is Arch installed on your hard drive?

Regards...

ondoho · 01-14-2016, 12:25 PM

have you tried:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless
???

rstein6516 · 01-16-2016, 07:58 PM

Sorry I have taken so long to repost. But I did a reinstall and got the card to be recognized. Now I am trying to configure it. I am reading up about wpa_supplicant. Hopefully I will get it going if I don't I will be back thanks for all the help.