I can't get wifi to work on a Compaq Presario 2100 (US2195) with a Broadcom 4306 (rev2) wireless interface. I am running lucid lynx. I have tried installing the driver with System>Administration>Hardware Drivers and it doesn't work. Now I have installed ndiswrapper, but and it seems to come closer, but still doesn't won't completely sync up, even though it shows a very strong wifi signal. If I go to /etc/ndiswrapper I see a folder called "bcmwl5". I presume this is the driver that ndiswrapper is using.
If I disable and then re-enable networking using NetworkManager and left-click the panel applet, I can see the network Olancha (my wifi network) under Wireless Networks. It shows with a lock and a very strong signal. The NetworkManager icon in the panel shows an arrow going in a circle indicating it is trying to connect to Olancha, but it never succeeds in connecting. I ran the ip monitor in a Terminal and got the following messages:
Any help would be appreciated.PHP Code:
ralph@presario-lucid:~$ sudo ip monitor all
[LINK]4: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN
link/ether 00:90:4b:44:7f:66 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[LINK]4: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
link/ether
[NEIGH]224.0.0.22 dev eth0 lladdr 01:00:5e:00:00:16 NOARP
Thank you
Ralph
I went back and installed the default driver using System>Administration>Hardware Drivers (nidiswrapper was not installed. I then used 'ip monitor all' to record what happens when I try to connect to the wifi. Here are the results:
sudo ip monitor all
[LINK]3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN
link/ether 00:90:4b:44:7f:66 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[LINK]3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN
link/ether 00:90:4b:44:7f:66 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[LINK]3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
link/ether
[LINK]2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN
link/ether 00:0b:cd:7a:61:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[LINK]2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN
link/ether 00:0b:cd:7a:61:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[LINK]3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
link/ether
[LINK]3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
link/ether
[LINK]3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
link/ether
[LINK]3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
link/ether
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