All,

I have followed JamesGru's advice and I have installed a bcmwl5 from Dell for my HPdv2945 with a Broadcomm 4310 USB card. (No it's not USB?)

Anyways, it seems to have worked. When I do depmod -a and modprobe ndiswrapper, I get the WiFi manager to see several neighborhood netyworks, including mine. It gives me an access address but no IP address. I have used the network manager in the Control Panel and applied DHCP. Still no IP. I tried to use Fire Fox to access the router (192.168.etc etc) It won't access it either.

Also I have blacklisted bcm43xx, b43, and b43-legacy. Just in case.

Finally, I'm using SlamD64. It's a new installation.

In short, is this telling me that the driver is just not going to work with my machine? (hp dv2000 series with AMD Turion 64)

Thanks
Ace

Is the router configured for DHCP?
try using a fixed IP in the range of the router, and the router as GW

Is wep, wpa, or wpa2 enabled. If so then turn it off on the router and try connecting. Once you can do that enabled security and configured computer for it.

Brian

No, its a nonsecure setup. I'm guessing the driver just isn't going to work. I'm going to surf for ndiswrapper upgrades.

Any additional help would be appreciated. Thanks

Also, even though the system "sees" the linksys router and seems to see the MAC address, it isn't allowing me to communicate with it. I believe thats why I'm not getting an IP address, The notebook and the router aren't comunicating.

Anyone had this issue before?

Ace

Seems like there may be another module that may need to be blacklisted. Post the loaded modules.
/sbin/lsmod

Also output of
ndiswrapper -l

Brian

I use ndiswrapper with my Broadcom card. I have the B43 mod loaded and everything works. I'm wondering if you blacklisted the wrong mod?

b43, b43-legacy, and b43xx are the wireless driver moduless.. (b44 is a wired ethernet driver module)
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 I think hios blacklist is correct.

lsmod | grep b4

I've never had too much difficulty with the broadcom Linux drivers, personally I'd rather not have to bother with ndiswrapper.






too bad that's not a 4311 or 4312 then you could have used the new Broadcom_STA Linux Driver..

I hope this helps,

ndiswrapper -1
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present


lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
01:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
01:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
01:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
01:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)

lsmod
Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 238688 0
snd_seq_dummy 7428 0
snd_seq_oss 36736 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11520 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 59136 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 11412 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 45728 0
snd_mixer_oss 20480 1 snd_pcm_oss
appletalk 39664 0
ipv6 277288 18
lp 16068 0
parport_pc 31912 0
parport 40716 2 lp,parport_pc
fuse 51248 5
snd_hda_intel 372516 0
battery 16776 0
ac 9480 0
snd_pcm 85000 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
nvidia 7810216 0
sdhci 21252 0
rtc_cmos 12344 0
snd_timer 25608 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 12688 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 22804 0
mmc_core 54280 1 sdhci
snd_hwdep 12424 1 snd_hda_intel
output 7552 1 video
ricoh_mmc 7680 0
rtc_core 21900 1 rtc_cmos
snd 60008 9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwd ep
k8temp 9472 0
thermal 19488 0
processor 37576 1 thermal
psmouse 46620 0
rtc_lib 7040 1 rtc_core
hwmon 6920 1 k8temp
forcedeth 52876 0
evdev 14976 6
soundcore 11168 1 snd
button 11680 0
serio_raw 10372 0
sg 35608 0

iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"MSHome"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:36:24:95
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:71/100 Signal level:-50 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:652 Missed beacon:0

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"MSHome"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:36:24:95
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:70/100 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:904 Missed beacon:0


BTW I get a /sbin/named error upon boot up if that meanse anything.

Thanks again all for the attention
Ace

Farslayer,

I took a stab and tried the Broadcomm STA driver for the 4311. It installed and does the same as the ndiswrapper. My signal even went from 60avg to 100.

However, I still can't get an IP address and I can't contact the router. (192.168.1.1). So I'm in the same boat but I figure if I can get the ndiswrapper to work eventually, then maybe this linux driver might be made to work.

Thanks
Ace

so with the card up when you do iwlist wlan0 scanning it can see the AP but won't get an Address ??

When testing the STA driver you removed (unloaded) the ndiswrapper modules and loaded the two modules for hte STA driver per the how-to ?



personally if both the broadcom driver and the ndiswrapper bring the card up part way I would work on the native drivers and give ndiswrapper the heave ho.. but them I am biased against having to use windows drivers on my Linux boxes..

I hope this helps. I have worked with both ndiswrapper and the STA driver. It was the same either way. I can see the linksys router, but I can't access it or get out over the internet.

I feel like there is something that I haven't blacklisted but I don't know what it would be.

Could any of this have to do with the ndivia either net controller? I'm going to try and get on with my wired hook up to at least see if SlamD will get on at all.

Thanks again all.


wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:10:36:24:95
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:64/100 Signal level:-55 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:10:36:24:95
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:70/100 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 02 - Address: 00:11:95:0B:A2:42
ESSID:"default"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:23/100 Signal level:-81 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 03 - Address: 00:21:29:A5:7A:61
ESSID:"Viper-Net"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:15/100 Signal level:-86 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0

well from the directions..

do you see a module like that loaded ?

I was able to get my wireless it to work. Just to update everyone. I have…

-HPdv2945se AMD Turion 64
- Broadcom 4310 USB (rev1)
- Running SlamD64 12.1

I tried everything bcmwl5 (The dell driver as many suggested) with ndiswrapper. I tried my Vista driver bcmwl6 and ndiswrapper. I even tried the Broadcom Linux STA drivers (for 4311 and above) without ndiswrapper. I netconfiged, iwconfiged, modprobed, blacklisted, the whole shooting match with no results. The best I could get was a signal and the system telling me it saw all the neighborhood routers. I couldn’t get an IP from my router and I couldn’t tap in to the router (192.168.1.1). I even tried the wired ethernet aspect of my system and it wouldn’t work either. I concluded my new laptop with it’s nvidia controller s just wasn’t going to be able to get online with Linux. However I eventually seen someone mention the dhcpcd command. So I tried “dhcpcd wlan0” and it worked. I got on line with bcmwl5 and ndiswrapper. Then to boot, I dropped the ndiswrapper and retried the Broadcom STA Linux driver so I could eliminate a layer and so far it’s working as well. I haven’t run it for long so I can’t swear it will hold, but as for now it’s looking good.

Thanks for all the help people.
Ace