No WIFI under HP Probook 4515s

[JB]

Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz <at> gmail.com> writes:

> ...
> Still shows no wifi network, just "disconnected" at NM.
> But the driver is in:
> (lspci -vnn)06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
> 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
> 
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1508]    Physical Slot: 1
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17    Memory at 92000000
> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]    Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> Kernel driver in use: wl
> Kernel modules: wl, ssb
> The problem is doesn't see the ESSID's, just "disconnected".
> Or simply just doesnt support this driver?
> ...
Hi,

Check your BIOS for anything related.

FAQ:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/faq

Have you examined your dmesg, /var/log/messages carefully ?

These are the devs of b43 firmware.
$ yum info b43-openfwwf
http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/
If you need help, send a message to the OpenFWWF team at 
 openfwwf at ing.unibs.it
...
To make firmware work properly:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/openfwwf.conf 
options b43 nohwcrypt=1 qos=0

You can retry:
# modprobe -r b43
# modprobe b43 nohwcrypt=1 qos=0

and check /var/log/messages.

# modinfo b43
# lsmod |grep -i b43

Btw, please do not top post (on top of previous text) - most people prefer
bottom posting, otherwise some can get angry and refuse helping you :-)

JB