fedora 9 and broadcom wireless

[b0xx]

Please help this poor linux n00b.
I have installed on a md 64 fedora 9 live cd on box, it sees the card and recognizes it fine but will not connect. The card is one of those dreaded bcmxx.
I go through the setup manually menu, ssid (my network name), 128 hexabit (my password)
and the bottom green light just keeps flashing but just fails to connect. I was able to connect somehow in 7.04 ubuntu, so i know it is possible someone please point me in the right direction. there are so many post on this subject, but I don't know if version 9 takes care of all these things. Thank you in advance.
Somebody help

[Bslagowski]

I'll preface this by asking - you are aware that Fedora 9 is still in beta? It is slated to be released May 1st, though I saw a more experienced member saying to expect a one or two week delay, not sure if that's reliable or not. It might be best to just wait the two weeks or so and keep using your working Ubuntu setup if you're interested in a stable working system and not testing purposes.

What happens if you do:

su -
iwlist scan

Is there scanning output? Also, post the output of

lspci | grep Network

Are you using the native b43 drivers or ndiswrapper?

[bbfuller]

Hello b0xx

I won't intrude much on this thread, but it might also be worth your while posting back the result of:

/sbin/lspci

where it refers to your wireless card. I've got the b43 driver working on both F8 and F9 but it can depend on exactly what broadcom card you have.

Incidentally, the b43 driver has become very good now for the cards it supports but you must use the right firmware with it.

[b0xx]

This is what i get!


lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (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 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV41 [Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI] (rev a2)
05:06.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
05:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
05:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
[root@localhost ~]#

[bbfuller]

Hello b0xx

Well. I have a 4318 myself that works very well with the b43 driver built into Fedora 8.

Have you downloaded and cut the firmware for the card? If so which firmware was it.

Can you run:

rpm -q b43-fwcutter

so we can gauge how up to date your system is.