Hi all,
I have the BCM4318 wlan0. b43 driver picks it up after following instructions using broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2. It does not active the card's radio (my little blue light stays dark to say it like an end user) . dmesg reports "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready"
What do I need to do to get that working?
This is the farthest I've ever gotten using the stock driver, so kudos to all involved in that.
thanks,
Eric Hartwell
On Thursday 15 November 2007 20:56:46 pm eah wrote:
Hi all,
I have the BCM4318 wlan0. b43 driver picks it up after following instructions using broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2. It does not active the card's radio (my little blue light stays dark to say it like an end user) . dmesg reports "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready"
What do I need to do to get that working?
This is the farthest I've ever gotten using the stock driver, so kudos to all involved in that.
thanks,
Eric Hartwell
btw: i'm running x86_64 and i'm pretty sure the firmware was for the 32-bit version.
thanks,
Eric
The firmware is identical between the 32-bit and 64-bit drivers. Make sure you are using the "approved/supported" firmware. There are only a few versions. If it extracts with the right extraction tool, it is supported.
Trever
btw: i'm running x86_64 and i'm pretty sure the firmware was for the 32-bit version.
thanks,
Eric
-- "Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences." -- Midori Koto
On Friday 16 November 2007 00:41:34 am Trever L. Adams wrote:
The firmware is identical between the 32-bit and 64-bit drivers. Make sure you are using the "approved/supported" firmware. There are only a few versions. If it extracts with the right extraction tool, it is supported.
Trever
btw: i'm running x86_64 and i'm pretty sure the firmware was for the 32-bit version.
thanks,
Eric
-- "Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences." -- Midori Koto
what/where are the approved versions? I used http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 for the firmware. I regressed to ndiswrapper and everything works fine using the firmware that came from the laptop's driver.
b43 is getting there. All involved: keep up the good work!
thanks,
eah
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:56:46PM -0500, eah wrote:
I have the BCM4318 wlan0. b43 driver picks it up after following instructions using broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2. It does not active the card's radio (my little blue light stays dark to say it like an end user) . dmesg reports "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready"
To answer your later question, this is the right firmware. I am presuming that you extracted the firmware already.
What do I need to do to get that working?
This is the farthest I've ever gotten using the stock driver, so kudos to all involved in that.
Are these your only indications? Did you actually try to activate the card using NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant, or iwconfig?
Regarding the "little blue light", did you try pushing the RF kill button? Sometimes they are a software-controlled toggle rather than an actual physical switch. (Note: don't bother with this without trying NetworkManger, et al. first...)
John
Le Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:48:29 -0500, "John W. Linville" linville@redhat.com a écrit :
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:56:46PM -0500, eah wrote:
I have the BCM4318 wlan0. b43 driver picks it up after following instructions using broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2. It does not active the card's radio (my little blue light stays dark to say it like an end user) . dmesg reports "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready"
To answer your later question, this is the right firmware. I am presuming that you extracted the firmware already.
What do I need to do to get that working?
This is the farthest I've ever gotten using the stock driver, so kudos to all involved in that.
Are these your only indications? Did you actually try to activate the card using NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant, or iwconfig?
Regarding the "little blue light", did you try pushing the RF kill button? Sometimes they are a software-controlled toggle rather than an actual physical switch. (Note: don't bother with this without trying NetworkManger, et al. first...)
John
Actually, on my HP NX6125, the mute light is not lighted on as well when the sound is muted. Maybe all this buttons are linked.
Thomas
On Friday 16 November 2007 10:48:29 am John W. Linville wrote:
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:56:46PM -0500, eah wrote:
I have the BCM4318 wlan0. b43 driver picks it up after following instructions using broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2. It does not active the card's radio (my little blue light stays dark to say it like an end user) . dmesg reports "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready"
To answer your later question, this is the right firmware. I am presuming that you extracted the firmware already.
What do I need to do to get that working?
This is the farthest I've ever gotten using the stock driver, so kudos to all involved in that.
Are these your only indications? Did you actually try to activate the card using NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant, or iwconfig?
I tried iwconfig and could only get essid set. nick would not set neither would wlan0 find an access point.
Regarding the "little blue light", did you try pushing the RF kill button? Sometimes they are a software-controlled toggle rather than an actual physical switch. (Note: don't bother with this without trying NetworkManger, et al. first...)
I tried pushing the button because I know it sometimes needs to trigger an event, but no joy.
John
John W. Linville linville@redhat.com
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:41:26PM -0500, eah wrote:
I tried iwconfig and could only get essid set. nick would not set neither would wlan0 find an access point.
What is the output of "iwlist wlan0 scan"? Please also include the output of "iwconfig wlan0".
Thanks,
John
Le Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:56:46 -0500, eah darth_linux@ameritech.net a écrit :
Hi all,
I have the BCM4318 wlan0. b43 driver picks it up after following instructions using broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2. It does not active the card's radio (my little blue light stays dark to say it like an end user) . dmesg reports "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready"
What do I need to do to get that working?
This is the farthest I've ever gotten using the stock driver, so kudos to all involved in that.
thanks,
Eric Hartwell
Not exactly the same problem here. HP NX 6125 laptop with bcm4318. Using the same drivers and firmware and it works. Only the blue light is not turned on anymore. Too bad, I loved this blue :)
Thomas
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