HOWTO: Broadcom 4318 Wireless Cards

[jmusso]

I used this method to run my wi-fi card on my Compaq Presario v5000. When I start my computer, it says its already connected to the wireless network in my house. However, it really isn't, as I can't do anything that requires internet connectivity. But when i right click on the network manager in the upper right hand corner, disable the network, then click on the wireless button on my laptop, wait a few seconds, enable networking, then click the wireless button, it will connect without a problem. is there any way i can fix this so it will just connect without having to go through all this crap? thanks!

[spankme]

Ubuntu newbie trying to get an Acer Aspire L100 (integrated Broadcom 4318 adapter) working with Feisty. I've installed ndiswrapper, acer_acpi, the patch described above and have got it to the point where Linux recognizes the card enough that I can scan and display my wireless network and the router also lists my PC's MAC Address as one that is "connected'.

% iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
<neighbor's networks deleted>
Cell 03 - Address: 00:13:10:EE:AF:A6
ESSID:"test"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:48/100 Signal level:-65 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0

However, I can't get an ip address via DHCP or pass any traffic. I have temporarily disabled encryption, MAC filtering, etc. on my router without effect. Any ideas what to try next?

[compwiz18]

Try a different network manager, perhaps. See wicd in my sig or wifi-radar in the package manager.

spankme, I can't help you with Acer stuff, sorry

[spankme]

Try a different network manager, perhaps. See wicd in my sig or wifi-radar in the package manager.

spankme, I can't help you with Acer stuff, sorry

Hmm ... a worthy suggestion, however no love with wicd (except that now my wired connection seems to be broken until I shut it down).

[compwiz18]

You can uninstall it and try something else - it shouldn't of broken anything though :S

you may want to make sure that the acer stuff is configured correctly, as wicd should work fine with ndiswrapper.

[imdano]

Are you sure you configured it correctly?

[Apex-jb]

I just insalled Ubuntu and am using Linux for the first time. I tried the procedure described but it didnt work. Any help would be nice, Im attaching the log file. And I have a broadcom bcm4318 AirforceOne 54g card on a Dell Inspiron 6000.

Log of echo Script version: 0.1.2 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

Script version: 0.1.2

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of lspci 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
03:01.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
03:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of echo /etc/issue MD5 sum: 3087e29b00a0ad846c075b46e50a0342 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

/etc/issue MD5 sum: 3087e29b00a0ad846c075b46e50a0342

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of cat /etc/issue 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 \n \l


Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of ps -e 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:01 init
    2 ?        00:00:00 migration/0
    3 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
    4 ?        00:00:00 watchdog/0
    5 ?        00:00:00 events/0
    6 ?        00:00:00 khelper
    7 ?        00:00:00 kthread
   30 ?        00:00:00 kblockd/0
   31 ?        00:00:00 kacpid
   32 ?        00:00:00 kacpi_notify
  138 ?        00:00:00 kseriod
  159 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  160 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  161 ?        00:00:00 kswapd0
  162 ?        00:00:00 aio/0
 1960 ?        00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
 1961 ?        00:00:00 khubd
 1988 ?        00:00:00 khpsbpkt
 2119 ?        00:00:00 knodemgrd_0
 2122 ?        00:00:00 ata/0
 2123 ?        00:00:00 ata_aux
 2144 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
 2145 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
 2320 ?        00:00:00 kjournald
 2519 ?        00:00:00 udevd
 3394 ?        00:00:00 pccardd
 3464 ?        00:00:00 kmmcd
 3489 ?        00:00:00 kpsmoused
 4242 tty4     00:00:00 getty
 4243 tty5     00:00:00 getty
 4246 tty2     00:00:00 getty
 4247 tty3     00:00:00 getty
 4248 tty1     00:00:00 getty
 4249 tty6     00:00:00 getty
 4526 ?        00:00:00 acpid
 4622 ?        00:00:00 syslogd
 4676 ?        00:00:00 dd
 4678 ?        00:00:00 klogd
 4699 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 4715 ?        00:00:03 hald
 4716 ?        00:00:00 hald-runner
 4722 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
 4730 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
 4745 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
 4748 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
 4759 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
 4772 ?        00:00:00 dhcdbd
 4787 ?        00:00:00 NetworkManager
 4807 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon
 4808 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon
 4821 ?        00:00:00 NetworkManagerD
 4834 ?        00:00:00 system-tools-ba
 4835 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 4867 ?        00:00:00 gdm
 4870 ?        00:00:00 gdm
 4873 tty7     00:00:07 Xorg
 4978 ?        00:00:00 cupsd
 5004 ?        00:00:00 hpiod
 5007 ?        00:00:00 python
 5126 ?        00:00:00 hcid
 5143 ?        00:00:00 krfcommd
 5178 ?        00:00:00 atd
 5192 ?        00:00:00 cron
 5328 ?        00:00:00 dhclient
 5386 ?        00:00:05 x-session-manag
 5424 ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
 5427 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 5428 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
 5430 ?        00:00:00 gconfd-2
 5433 ?        00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
 5435 ?        00:00:00 gnome-settings-
 5444 ?        00:00:00 sh
 5445 ?        00:00:00 esd
 5460 ?        00:00:00 dhclient3
 5482 ?        00:00:01 metacity
 5491 ?        00:00:01 gnome-panel
 5492 ?        00:00:01 nautilus
 5498 ?        00:00:00 bonobo-activati
 5499 ?        00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma
 5501 ?        00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
 5506 ?        00:00:00 update-notifier
 5508 ?        00:00:00 evolution-alarm
 5510 ?        00:00:00 nm-applet
 5511 ?        00:00:00 gnome-cups-icon
 5512 ?        00:00:00 gnome-power-man
 5531 ?        00:00:00 trashapplet
 5551 ?        00:00:00 mapping-daemon
 5558 ?        00:00:00 mixer_applet2
 5648 ?        00:00:00 gnome-screensav
 5652 ?        00:00:00 notification-da
 5661 ?        00:00:15 firefox-bin
 5734 ?        00:00:00 gnome-terminal
 5736 ?        00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
 5737 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
12874 pts/0    00:00:00 sh
12900 pts/0    00:00:00 logsave
12901 pts/0    00:00:00 ps

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of echo Feisty release detected. 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

Feisty release detected.

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of rmmod ndiswrapper 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of rmmod bcm43xx 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007


Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of echo Feisty 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

Feisty

Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:14 2007

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Suggested packages:
  ndiswrapper-source
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 87 not upgraded.
Need to get 50.1kB of archives.
After unpacking 225kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main ndiswrapper-common 1.38-1ubuntu1 [18.0kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 1.38-1ubuntu1 [32.1kB]
Fetched 50.1kB in 0s (54.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package ndiswrapper-common.
(Reading database ... 88002 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ndiswrapper-common (from .../ndiswrapper-common_1.38-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ndiswrapper-utils-1.9.
Unpacking ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 (from .../ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.38-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up ndiswrapper-common (1.38-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 (1.38-1ubuntu1) ...

Tue Jul 17 20:09:28 2007
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:28 2007

couldn't delete /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5: No such file or directory

Tue Jul 17 20:09:28 2007
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:28 2007

couldn't delete /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a: No such file or directory

Tue Jul 17 20:09:29 2007
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -l 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:29 2007


Tue Jul 17 20:09:30 2007
----------------
Log of echo You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers... 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:30 2007

You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...

Tue Jul 17 20:09:30 2007
----------------
Log of tar -xf drivers-32.tar.gz 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:30 2007


Tue Jul 17 20:09:30 2007
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:30 2007

installing bcmwl5 ...
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2

Tue Jul 17 20:09:31 2007
----------------
Log of modprobe ndiswrapper 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:31 2007


Tue Jul 17 20:09:32 2007
----------------
Log of iwconfig 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:32 2007

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm   
          RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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


Tue Jul 17 20:09:32 2007
----------------
Log of ifconfig 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:32 2007

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:3F:D0:3A:A7  
          inet addr:192.168.1.102  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::212:3fff:fed0:3aa7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1814 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2725286 (2.5 MiB)  TX bytes:234896 (229.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:19 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:100 (100.0 b)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)


Tue Jul 17 20:09:32 2007
----------------
Log of iwlist scan 
Tue Jul 17 20:09:32 2007

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      No scan results

Tue Jul 17 20:09:35 2007

[compwiz18]

@Apex-jb: Well, looks like everything worked, but the computer can't find any networks... My suggestion would be to check and make sure that there are networks actually in range (ie sit next to the wireless access point). This problem has occured before, so I'm guessing that it isn't your fault that it can't find any networks The other idea would be to push the wireless button on your computer so that it lights up (if you have a button)

Sometimes it will just start working out of its own free will.

And welcome to Ubuntu!

[Apex-jb]

@Apex-jb: Well, looks like everything worked, but the computer can't find any networks... My suggestion would be to check and make sure that there are networks actually in range (ie sit next to the wireless access point). This problem has occured before, so I'm guessing that it isn't your fault that it can't find any networks The other idea would be to push the wireless button on your computer so that it lights up (if you have a button)

Sometimes it will just start working out of its own free will.

And welcome to Ubuntu!

So it actually did work? Hmm... I just reformated again to try and start over. Guess Ill do it again and see what happens. My access point is just downstairs from me and their are ample access points all around here. So I know there is a good signal where Im at. And my laptop does not have an external button.

[compwiz18]

So it actually did work? Hmm... I just reformated again to try and start over. Guess Ill do it again and see what happens. My access point is just downstairs from me and their are ample access points all around here. So I know there is a good signal where Im at. And my laptop does not have an external button.

OK. Good luck