Wireless network almost done, im a newbe and need help still

[VKGRP3]

i have had much help from a member of this forum but he is not around at the moment and this is driving me crazy.


/sbin/lspci

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
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
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
03:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
03:09.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
03:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
03:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
03:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)


i was then advised type this in terminal

yum -y install bcm43xx-fwcutter
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/source...80.53.0.tar.bz2
tar xvf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
cd broadcom*
cd kmod
/usr/bin/bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o
echo 'blacklist bcm43xx' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
modprobe -r bcm43xx
modprobe -r ieee80211softmac
modprobe -r ieee80211_crypt
modprobe -r ieee80211
modprobe -r bcm43xx_mac80211
modprobe bcm43xx_mac80211


then restart

you might want to use NetworkManager to connect to your network

su -
NetworkManager

how ever i find the network manager a little buggy, it crashes and sends bug reports etc. i still cant seem to get my wireless network to work.


if i type in ipconfig this is what i get

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



i have been told that read as my wireless nic is installed and ready to do, although where do i go from here. im am totally new to any form of linux but once i have the wireless sorted on this machine i am going to throw VISTA in the bin for good. please someone show me the light....

please go easy on me as im a noob. im not afraid to have a go though. step by step please

many many thanks in advance

[scotta3234]

I take it you've already read my post on broadcom wireless here: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=156282

I would suggest trying to recut the firmware as described in my original post (/usr/bin/bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o) if that firmware you used isn't working for you. worth a shot.... as I have the exact wireless card as you working.

-Edit- Although it's certainly not perfect, networkmanager is what I use to connect to wireless. I'm pretty sure they're aware of the problems that it's been having in fc7 so hopefully things will improve soon.

[VKGRP3]

thanx mate, ill lookinto it asap, thanks for your link, i will let you know how. its good to know someone out there has the same card working, with my limited knowledge i was starting to think its hopeless.

wish me luck