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RayDude
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 Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Wireless driver for HP DV9000Z, Broadcom 4328 PRE-N |
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Here's a mini how to, just in case you're having the same problem as me.
WPA-TKIP.
Here's the part from lspci:
| Code: | | 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4328 (rev 03) |
There are several Windoze drivers which work:
http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R140746.EXE
http://www.touslesdrivers.com/fichiers/broadcom/Broadcom_BCM43XX_4.100.15.5.zip
I'm using the latter driver.
Here's the basic flow:
| Code: | emerge ndiswrapper wpa_supplicant wireless-tools
cd /etc
mkdir wireless
cd wireless
wget http://www.touslesdrivers.com/fichiers/broadcom/Broadcom_BCM43XX_4.100.15.5.zip
unzip Broadcom_BCM43XX_4.100.15.5.zip
ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
[You should get no errors]
echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
modprobe ndiswrapper
dmesg |
At this point you should see something like this from dmesg:
| Code: | ndiswrapper version 1.43 loaded (smp=yes)
ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:577): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,10/12/2006, 4.100.15.5) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK4E] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LK4E] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using IRQ 10
wlan0: ethernet device 00:1a:73:4b:d2:ef using NDIS driver: bcmwl5, version: 0x4640f05, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: '', 14E4:4328.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper |
Next, add the following to your /etc/conf.d/net:
| Code: | config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
dhcpcd_wlan0="-t 30 -N"
#wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext -iwlan0"
modules_wlan0=( "wpa_supplicant" ) |
PLEASE NOTICE the -Dwext option for wpa_supplicant! You can't specify -Dndiswrapper and use wpa! (this was what was killing me over the last few days).
Create /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="YOUR_SSID"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="YOUR_PSK_PASSPHRASE"
# The higher the priority the sooner we are matched.
priority=5
}
Note: you can list all the networks you can interface with here so wireless will autoconfigure for you. |
Now you should be ready to fire it up:
| Code: | cd /etc/init.d
ln -s net.lo net.wlan0
/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 status |
If you don't get "Starting" and then "Started" from the status queries, then do this:
| Code: | /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 stop
ifconfig wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
This will tell you if its finding a network to connect to (and its MAC address and SSID).
And will give you some clue as to why it can't connect.
My experience with ndiswrapper is its very good at connecting and staying connected.
Good luck!
Raydude
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did you used an driver with the 64 bit finish with ndis?
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Update: With NDISWRAPPER I was getting random hangs with my BCM card until I bought a wireless router with a BCM chipset in it.
Now my uptime is 5 days without problem, where as before I could barely make 36 hours before a network hang.
With the old kernel and Atheros router I would get a dead lock but with the latest suspend2-sources-2.6.21-r5 and the latest ndiswrapper (1.45) just ndiswrapper itself hangs. Although it is impossible to kill ndiswrapper. I must press and hold the power button on my laptop to get it to shut off and then reboot.
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