Help install wireless driver without Internet connection

[aronnirmal]

I don't have a wired connection to internet. I have only a wifi connection. Is there any I could download a driver and install or myself in fedora 14??

[stoat]

Is there any I could download a driver and install or myself in fedora 14??

Probably so. Start by identifying the wireless adapter's chipset. If it's using the PCI bus, this may do it...

lspci

If it is a USB device, this may give some useful information...

lsusb

From that, maybe someone will know what you need to download, transfer to the wireless computer, and install.

[aronnirmal]

I am having the following wifi chipset can somebody tell me what are the things I've to download

Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

[stoat]

That Broadcom chipset is known to work with the Broadcom 802.11 STA Linux driver. The binary version available from RPM Fusion is commonly used and easy to install. I recommend that you do that. Even though the computer does not have a wired connection, you still can install the driver in an offline situation. To do that, return and report the running kernel...

uname -r

From that, I or someone will tell you which files to download, transfer to the wireless computer, and manually install.

[aronnirmal]

When I enter command this is the output I'm getting
2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686

[stoat]

On another computer, navigate back to this page and download these three files...

kmod-wl-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.1.i686.rpm
kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.1.i686.rpm
broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch.rpm

Somehow transfer them to a directory of the Fedora system on the wireless computer. Open a terminal in Fedora. Change directories in the terminal to the location of the three files. Install them all at once with these terminal commands...

su
rpm -ivh *.rpm

After that runs successfully, reboot and check the NetworkManager panel applet icon for available networks and connect.

If all of that worked, then good. But you still need to install the RPM Fusion repos before you attempt to update the system...

http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

But if it's still not working, then return here with the bad news. There are some things to try for that.

[aronnirmal]

Thank you very much Now I'm able to connect to wireless networks. I posting this reply from my fedora machine

[kamol00]

Hi Stoat,
I am having similar problem about installing wireless driver but, don't have wired connection.

Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN Controler (rev 01)

When I enter command (uname -r).this is the output I'm getting
2.6.32-28-Generic


Would you please put some instruction or suggestion for me, so that i can download something to make my wireless work?

I tried to download those three files that you mentioned above and tried to install it.
It replied me (Package rpm has no instalation candidate).

[celeste]

Hi guys!

I have the same exact problem with my wireless configuration. I am running Fedora14 under a Macbook and I am finding it difficult to configure it.

My wifi chipset is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03). My output is 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686

Since it is quite similar to the one posted above I also tried downloading those 3 files. When I am about to install the Broadcom package, terminal prints out the following line:

error: Failed dependencies:
wl.kmod >= 5.60.48.36 is needed by broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch

Similar errors with the kmod packages :S

EDIT:

I've finally done it, but there was no freaking way of installing it without ethernet. I've cheated : )

[stoat]

...there was no freaking way of installing it without ethernet.

When I am about to install the Broadcom package, terminal prints out the following line:

error: Failed dependencies:

When you're attempting to manually install those three inter-dependent rpms, you must install them all at once in the same yum or rpm command.

Like this...

yum localinstall package1 package2 package3

Or this...

rpm -ivh package1 package2 package3

Or, change directories in the terminal to the folder with the three rpms and then this...

yum localinstall *.rpm

Or this...

rpm -ivh *.rpm

[stoat]

When I enter command (uname -r).this is the output I'm getting
2.6.32-28-Generic

That's not an output I would expect for a Fedora kernel. That looks like an Ubuntu or Debian kernel version to me.

[celeste]

Thank you for the feedback stoat I will take that into account for the next time.

I am newbie in Linux so I am gonna make a pretty stupid question... How do I know when rpm are inter-dependent? Because of the failed dependencies output? If that output happens to me again do I have to automatically guess that I have to install them at once?

[stoat]

How do I know when rpm are inter-dependent? Because of the failed dependencies output? If that output happens to me again do I have to automatically guess that I have to install them at once?

Yes, but that situation is sort of rare IMO. It comes up mostly with these RPM Fusion kmods, especially the wireless packages. Generally, you should use yum or one of its front-ends instead of the rpm command. The rpm command checks for dependencies but will not handle them. Yum will take care of all of that.

[pc4thden]

Hello stoat + anyone who can help
I installed Fedora 14 (64bit) on my compaq presario V3000 laptop.
I was looking to update my laptop wireless configuration and found your solution. Thanks for that. However I forgot to install the rpm fusion repos and updated the system without it.
Now my wireless doesnt work in my updated Fedora 14 and the same rpm installs which I did doesnt seem to work for this updated version.
uname -r gave me this output: 2.6.35.12-90.fc14.x86_64
Also, I do not have an ethernet connection either. I presently download what I need from my windows machine and transfer the files to the linux laptop.
if you can help me with some leads I would greatly appreciate it.

[marko]

. How do I know when rpm are inter-dependent? Because of the failed dependencies output? If that output happens to me again do I have to automatically guess that I have to install them at once?

Here's an easy way to see the dependencies on a package:

yum deplist packagename

for example to see the dependencies for firefox

yum deplist firefox

the list tends to be repetitive and redundant so a trick to make it more brief would be to sort the output and run uniq on it (uniq, like it sounds, means "unique", it only allows a particular line of text to occur once in order):

yum deplist firefox | sort | uniq