View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Drasica Apprentice
Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 181
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: Wirless on a Dell Inspiron 1545 [solved] |
|
|
I'm trying to get wireless working on a Dell Inspiron 1545.
From the output of lspci Code: | 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) | I gleaned that I should follow the instructions on the related gentoo wiki: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Broadcom_43xx
I compiled the b43 module and b43-firmware.
Now I am at a loss...what do I do next? Install wpa_supplicant?
Last edited by Drasica on Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
Back to top |
|
|
lxg Veteran
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1019 Location: Aachen, Germany
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Can you load the module, and do you see the device with ifconfig -a?
Then the next steps would be to set up your network.
For a notebook (which usually will be often in different networking environments), you might want to set up NetworkManager in combination with nm-applet (which I very much like). Wicd also has a good reputation. wpa_supplicant is ok, but not very handy. _________________ lxg.de – codebits and tech talk |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Drasica Apprentice
Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 181
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
lxg wrote: | Can you load the module, and do you see the device with ifconfig -a?
Then the next steps would be to set up your network.
For a notebook (which usually will be often in different networking environments), you might want to set up NetworkManager in combination with nm-applet (which I very much like). Wicd also has a good reputation. wpa_supplicant is ok, but not very handy. |
I can load the module, it shows up in modprobe.
Wlan0 also shows up in the output of iwconfig -a.
I will try the networkmanager nmapplet combo and report back. Thanks for the response! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
lxg Veteran
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1019 Location: Aachen, Germany
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Ok, good luck. Btw, don't be scared by the 0.7.2 vs. 0.8 warning at the top of that Wiki page. I installed NM 0.7.2 from that tutorial and recently updated to 0.8 without problems, so I reckon that you can just as well use that page for 0.8. _________________ lxg.de – codebits and tech talk |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Drasica Apprentice
Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 181
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
OK, so I have it all installed and a bunch of networks show up in the manager... but I can't connect to any of them.
Here's the output of dmesg after I try connecting to an unsecured network of good signal strength:
Code: | [ 2072.686557] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:24:14:32:33:11 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 2072.903320] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (try 1)
[ 2072.905028] wlan0: authenticated
[ 2072.923552] wlan0: associate with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (try 1)
[ 2073.123244] wlan0: associate with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (try 2)
[ 2073.323216] wlan0: associate with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (try 3)
[ 2073.523238] wlan0: association with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 timed out
[ 2084.003497] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (try 1)
[ 2084.005287] wlan0: authenticated
[ 2084.005302] wlan0: associate with 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (try 1)
[ 2084.008566] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
[ 2084.008569] wlan0: associated
[ 2114.227309] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:24:14:32:2f:a1 by local choice (reason=3) |
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
lxg Veteran
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1019 Location: Aachen, Germany
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I don't think that this is caused by NM. I rather think that this is a driver issue.
Looking at your lspci output, I see your card is identified with Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01). Searching for this string in the Gentoo Wiki page you posted, I see four entries, all of which indicate that b43 is not the right thing for you, and you should try to go for broadcom-sta.
By the way, I recently set up a Latitude, which also has a Broadcom 43xx chip (don't have the machine available right now, so can't be more specific, sorry), and it works very well with broadcom-sta.
Could you post the PCI ID of your device? _________________ lxg.de – codebits and tech talk |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Drasica Apprentice
Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 181
|
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
lxg wrote: | Could you post the PCI ID of your device? |
Gladly...how would I go about doing that?
Update: installed broadcom-sta, and now no wifi networks show up in the nm-applet.
Is there something else I need to do?
Update2: it has started working for no discernible reason. Solved? Maybe? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Amity88 Apprentice
Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Posts: 260 Location: Third planet from the Sun
|
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:38 am Post subject: |
|
|
Code: |
lspci -nn | grep Broadcom
|
look at the stuff in the brackets. I have a Broadcom 4311 WiFi controller. The guides are a bit confusing. Just install driver, firmware and wpa_supplicant. Works fine.
@lxg, I've noticed people recommending broadcom-sta, does it have any advantage over the old method? I never had problems. _________________
Ant P. wrote: | The enterprise distros sell their binaries. Canonical sells their users. |
Also... Be ignorant... Be happy! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Drasica Apprentice
Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 181
|
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
PCI ID:
Wifi has been working flawlessly so far. The combo that ended up doing it was broadcom-sta, NetworkManager and nm-applet.
Thank-you all for your help! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
lxg Veteran
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1019 Location: Aachen, Germany
|
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Amity88 wrote: | @lxg, I've noticed people recommending broadcom-sta, does it have any advantage over the old method? I never had problems. |
It's just that the b43 driver doesn't support certain devices. That's really a pity, because it forces me to use a proprietary driver to run my Wifi.
Drasica: Glad it woks, have a lot of fun. _________________ lxg.de – codebits and tech talk |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|