Broadcom 802.11b/g

Sorry to trouble you all:

Just got slackware 10.2 up and running on a dv5000z hp notebook with an
AMD64 and an ATI Xpress 200M video card (unfortunately had to use ATI's
proprietory driver). Everything works great except the Broadcom
802.11b/g card.

I compiled the driver in kernel 2.6.17.6. I can see the card but when I
try to bring the interface up with either ifconfig or dhclient I get:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I'm guessing I need something else in my kernel?

lspci gives:
06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

iwconfig gives:
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSIDff/any Nickname:"none"
Mode:Managed Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate=1
Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
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

Thanks for any help, suggestions, hints, etc..

Nietzsche wrote:

> Sorry to trouble you all:
>
> Just got slackware 10.2 up and running on a dv5000z hp notebook with an
> AMD64 and an ATI Xpress 200M video card (unfortunately had to use ATI's
> proprietory driver). Everything works great except the Broadcom
> 802.11b/g card.
>
> I compiled the driver in kernel 2.6.17.6. I can see the card but when I
> try to bring the interface up with either ifconfig or dhclient I get:
>
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
>
> I'm guessing I need something else in my kernel?
>
> lspci gives:
> 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>
> iwconfig gives:
> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSIDff/any Nickname:"none"
> Mode:Managed Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate=1
> Mb/s
> RTS thrff Fragment thrff
> Encryption keyff
> 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
>
> Thanks for any help, suggestions, hints, etc..

I've had TONS of trouble with wireless. First, configure the ssid using
iwlist scanning, ifconfig --essid=blahblah. Then, see if "access point" has
decent numbers. Beyond that, use some slackware config tool for the
networking.

If all else fails, give ndiswrapper a try.

poly-p man

Nietzsche wrote:
> Sorry to trouble you all:
>
> Just got slackware 10.2 up and running on a dv5000z hp notebook with an
> AMD64 and an ATI Xpress 200M video card (unfortunately had to use ATI's
> proprietory driver). Everything works great except the Broadcom
> 802.11b/g card.
>
> I compiled the driver in kernel 2.6.17.6. I can see the card but when I
> try to bring the interface up with either ifconfig or dhclient I get:
>
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
>
> I'm guessing I need something else in my kernel?
>
> lspci gives:
> 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>
> iwconfig gives:
> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSIDff/any Nickname:"none"
> Mode:Managed Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate=1
> Mb/s
> RTS thrff Fragment thrff
> Encryption keyff
> 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
>
> Thanks for any help, suggestions, hints, etc..
>

The bcm43xx driver doesn't work very well, if at all, on the 4318. The developers are working on the
problem, which involves transmit power, but have not yet had much success.

As was suggested in another posting, you should probably try ndiswrapper. The native driver should
be ready fairly soon.

Larry

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Larry Finger wrote:

> Nietzsche wrote:
>> Sorry to trouble you all:
>>
>> Just got slackware 10.2 up and running on a dv5000z hp notebook with an
>> AMD64 and an ATI Xpress 200M video card (unfortunately had to use ATI's
>> proprietory driver). Everything works great except the Broadcom
>> 802.11b/g card.
>>
>> I compiled the driver in kernel 2.6.17.6. I can see the card but when I
>> try to bring the interface up with either ifconfig or dhclient I get:
>>
>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
>>
>> I'm guessing I need something else in my kernel?
>>
>> lspci gives:
>> 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
>> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>>
>> iwconfig gives:
>> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSIDff/any Nickname:"none"
>> Mode:Managed Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate=1
>> Mb/s
>> RTS thrff Fragment thrff
>> Encryption keyff
>> 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
>>
>> Thanks for any help, suggestions, hints, etc..
>>
>
> The bcm43xx driver doesn't work very well, if at all, on the 4318. The
> developers are working on the problem, which involves transmit power, but
> have not yet had much success.
>
> As was suggested in another posting, you should probably try ndiswrapper. The
> native driver should be ready fairly soon.
>
> Larry
>

I did get the broadcom card to working in may laptop.

Try this, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/

ndiswrapper works well but won't work with programs like Kismet.

Good Luck,
~Tom

Larry Finger wrote:

>
> The bcm43xx driver doesn't work very well, if at all, on the 4318. The developers are working on the
> problem, which involves transmit power, but have not yet had much success.
>
> As was suggested in another posting, you should probably try ndiswrapper. The native driver should
> be ready fairly soon.
>
> Larry

Thanks. Got it working with the windows driver using
bcm43xx-fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de
to extract the windows firmware to /lib/firmware.

It works but seems to drop a lot of packets. Think I'll go back to my
old atheros pc card.

Hello,

I have a Broadcom BCM4318 too.
I just succeded to make it works with ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter,
my wifi connection worked and I was able to surf on the internet
through eth1 which was the wifi card (eth0 is ethernet).
I reboot my PC, and then ... eth1 was disappeared ! :'-(

No possibility to bring it up, <ifup eth1> prints :
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.


It seems like if I have no more wifi card ... And in my network control
panel I only see eth0, whereas before I saw eth0 and eth1.
Does anyone have an idea how to wake up my eth1 ?

Thanks in advance,
Olivier

O.L. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Broadcom BCM4318 too.
> I just succeded to make it works with ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter,
> my wifi connection worked and I was able to surf on the internet
> through eth1 which was the wifi card (eth0 is ethernet).
> I reboot my PC, and then ... eth1 was disappeared ! :'-(
>
> No possibility to bring it up, <ifup eth1> prints :
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> Failed to bring up eth1.
>
>
> It seems like if I have no more wifi card ... And in my network control
> panel I only see eth0, whereas before I saw eth0 and eth1.
> Does anyone have an idea how to wake up my eth1 ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Olivier

Sounds like you're missing a module or kernel option. Try reinstalling.

> O.L. wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a Broadcom BCM4318 too.
>> I just succeded to make it works with ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter,
>> my wifi connection worked and I was able to surf on the internet
>> through eth1 which was the wifi card (eth0 is ethernet).
>> I reboot my PC, and then ... eth1 was disappeared ! :'-(
>>
>> No possibility to bring it up, <ifup eth1> prints :
>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
>> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
>> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
>> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> Failed to bring up eth1.
>>
>>
>> It seems like if I have no more wifi card ... And in my network control
>> panel I only see eth0, whereas before I saw eth0 and eth1.
>> Does anyone have an idea how to wake up my eth1 ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Olivier
>
> Sounds like you're missing a module or kernel option. Try reinstalling.

I installed the latest kernel (sthg-26) instead of the kernel I had
before (sthg-23), but it didn't change anything :-s

--
Olivier Ligny
Créateur web free-lance / www.cyber-tamtam.net

O.L. wrote:
> > O.L. wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have a Broadcom BCM4318 too.
> >> I just succeded to make it works with ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter,
> >> my wifi connection worked and I was able to surf on the internet
> >> through eth1 which was the wifi card (eth0 is ethernet).
> >> I reboot my PC, and then ... eth1 was disappeared ! :'-(
> >>
> >> No possibility to bring it up, <ifup eth1> prints :
> >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
> >> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
> >> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
> >> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
> >> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
> >> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> >> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> >> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
> >> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> >> Failed to bring up eth1.
> >>
> >>
> >> It seems like if I have no more wifi card ... And in my network control
> >> panel I only see eth0, whereas before I saw eth0 and eth1.
> >> Does anyone have an idea how to wake up my eth1 ?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Olivier
> >
> > Sounds like you're missing a module or kernel option. Try reinstalling.
>
> I installed the latest kernel (sthg-26) instead of the kernel I had
> before (sthg-23), but it didn't change anything :-s
>
> --
> Olivier Ligny
> Créateur web free-lance / www.cyber-tamtam.net

I'm using kernel 2.6.17.6. Try using fwcutter from
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
I think you need to have hotplug and PnP enabled in the kernel.

"Nietzsche" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:


>O=2EL. wrote:
>> > O.L. wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I have a Broadcom BCM4318 too.
>> >> I just succeded to make it works with ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter,
>> >> my wifi connection worked and I was able to surf on the internet
>> >> through eth1 which was the wifi card (eth0 is ethernet).
>> >> I reboot my PC, and then ... eth1 was disappeared ! :'-(
>> >>
>> >> No possibility to bring it up, <ifup eth1> prints :
>> >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>> >> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>> >> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>> >> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>> >> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
>> >> SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>> >> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
>> >> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> >> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
>> >> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> >> Failed to bring up eth1.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> It seems like if I have no more wifi card ... And in my network control
>> >> panel I only see eth0, whereas before I saw eth0 and eth1.
>> >> Does anyone have an idea how to wake up my eth1 ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance,
>> >> Olivier
>> >
>> > Sounds like you're missing a module or kernel option. Try reinstalling.

Idiocy. Sorry, but reinstalling is almost never the solution to a problem
in Linux, except giving your brain time to think.

I do not know if you used ndiswrapper or bcm43xx-fwcutter, or is that a
windows driver?
modprobe ndiswrapper
installs the ndiswrapper module.



>>
>> I installed the latest kernel (sthg-26) instead of the kernel I had
>> before (sthg-23), but it didn't change anything :-s

Nor would I expect it to.


>I'm using kernel 2.6.17.6. Try using fwcutter from
>http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
>I think you need to have hotplug and PnP enabled in the kernel.

udev replaces hotplug.