Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n

[venumus]

ive gone thru a few threads tryin to get this to work this time. when i installed FC8 the first time a couple weeks ago i got it to work. had some troubles, had to reinstall, got everything else worked out but i cant get it to work for some reason

cant use bc43xx, not supported. and for some reason ndiswrapper, which i got to work last time, isnt workin now.

[root@exactor ~]# ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4328) present (alternate driver: ssb)
bcmwl564.sys : invalid driver!
bcmwl5.inf : invalid driver!
[root@exactor ~]#

i removed ndiswrapper now. so yeah.

[Bslagowski]

Ok.

First thing is to clean out all your old installs. I'd do this by:

su -
rmmod b43
ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -r driver (replace driver with drivers listed above. Repeat for all)
rmmod ndiswrapper

Then try this. I've taken it directly from here: http://www.micahcarrick.com/11-04-20...all-notes.html

su-
wget http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R151517.EXE
mkdir driver
unzip -a R151517.EXE -d driver/
cd driver/DRIVER/
ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper

Paste the output of: "dmesg | tail" if this doesn't work.

[venumus]

[root@exactor DRIVER]# dmesg | tail
PM: Finishing wakeup.
Restarting tasks ... done.
eth0: no link during initialization.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: link up.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Machine check events logged
ndiswrapper version 1.52 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[root@exactor DRIVER]#


yeah that didnt work theres the out put of the dmesg | tail

[meowdin]

maybe another su -

iwconfig

ifconfig

and try

ifconfig wlan0 up


or whatever alias it has....

[venumus]

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

eth0      no wireless extensions.

i dont think its been aliased

[meowdin]

possible problem i could think of:

- kernel version and ndis not match
- wrong driver
- broken / switched off wireless card
- others ^^"

But surely there should be some errors shown during

ndiswrapper -l

or

modprobe ndiswrapper

right?

The initial error message on ndiswrapper -l suggest either it's a wrong driver or a unmatched kernel ... (or others , i play with ndis < 1 yrs)

and Here are some ppl struggling with something similar.. whopping lots to try

[Bslagowski]

Make sure that in /etc/modprobe.conf there is a line that says something like "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper." Remove any other aliases for wlan0.

Reboot your system.

1,) Try "ifconfig wlan0 up"
2.) If that doesn't work type "modprobe ndiswrapper" and paste the dmesg | tail output here again.
3.) "Ifconfig wlan0 up" again and dmesg output.

[venumus]

yeah none of that worked. and

dmesg | tail only output an onther unrelated problem im dealing with. ill try again later. i gotta go to school for now. i appreciate your help

[Bslagowski]

You can consider trying this if your connection is encrypted by WEP. Actually that reminds me - what kind of encryption does your network use? WEP, none, WPA?

http://www.micahcarrick.com/11-04-20...sy-ubuntu.html

[venumus]

i follwed what that guy did. i think im one step closer, as i have one less error but here's the out put

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4328) present (alternate driver: ssb)
bcmwl564.sys : invalid driver!
[root@exactor DRIVER]# sudo ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

[root@exactor DRIVER]# sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@exactor DRIVER]#

[Bslagowski]

The sudo's aren't necessary if you're already root (which is what happens when you use su).

ndiswrapper -m adds a line to your /etc/modprobe.conf. Check this file and make sure there is only one line saying "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" where wlan0 is the cards device name (might be ath0 or something).

Remove the second driver (bcmwl564.sys). Rmmod and re-modprobe the ndiswrapper driver. Post the dmesg output.

[venumus]

ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled
usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper version 1.52 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:576): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,10/12/2006, 4.100.15.5) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
wlan0: ethernet device 00:1a:73:e3:ff:d7 using NDIS driver: bcmwl5, version: 0x4640f05, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 14E4:4328.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[root@exactor ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@exactor ~]#

i think we are close friends

[venumus]

[root@localhost ~]# cd driver/DRIVER/
[root@localhost DRIVER]# sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
[root@localhost DRIVER]# sudo ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4328) present (alternate driver: ssb)
[root@localhost DRIVER]# sudo ndiswrapper -m
adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...
[root@localhost DRIVER]# sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@localhost DRIVER]#

so i reinstalled. allmost there.....anyone??

[meowdin]

Long ago i would suggest
ifconfig wlan0 up

then add this ifconfig thing in the boot.local....

but now you just need to go to
system->administrator->network (this sounds awfully familiar)

click on the new then choose wireless, forward choose your card ... etc....
(eventually just add that card)

and reboot

everything should be fine

[venumus]

the status light hasnt changed, and my wireless card doesnt come up when i go do that.