On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:11 +0200, Milos Blazevic wrote:
Michael D. Berger wrote:
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:54:59 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: [...]
Your firmware appears to be installed and the wl driver you compiled appears to be loaded. If the driver and firmware are compatible then I would check that Network Manager is running and Networking and Wireless Networking are enabled in the NM applet. Network Manager should create an auto-<ssid_of_accesspoint> configuration file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
If that all looks o.k. I'll have to pass the baton to someone that may have experience with your driver.
The stock driver (b43) does work on my machine although on some routers dhcp does not work and I have had to configure a static IP to get a connection. ymmv.
B.J.
CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
My NetworkManager doesn't work (that's another problem, but low priority), and it is my intention to use wpa_supplicant and dhclient from the command line. But obviously, if I can't see anything with ifconfig, I can't do that. ifconfig did work before I made the changes. With regard do compatibility between the firmware and the driver, I could not say. Maybe that is the problem.
Thanks for your help. Mike.
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Mike,
from what I can see in one of your earlier e-mails, you appear to be dealing with BCM4311, which is in my experience one of least problematic
- worked out of the box on CentOS 6, however, ymmv. Anyway, it would be
useful if we could see the output of:
lspci -nn
just to confirm the exact Broadcom chip.
Now, the manual at CentOS wiki used to be sufficent to make the WiFi work (as eth1 or wlan0, regardless - although I always configured it as eth1), sadly, this is not entirely true anymore. To be more precise, the latest driver from Broadcom site doesn't work at all on CentOS 5 (tested it not a month ago with BCM4311). So, in order to avoid paying to DriverGuide.com, I can either send you a older version of a driver, or you can download one from here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/broadcom-sta/5.10.91.9.3-3
(I haven't tested the latter), and go through the installation manual step by step. I haven't read Gytis' manual, but it should work in pretty much the same was as the one on CentOS Broadcom Wiki - as he contributed to the Wiki :-)
Hopefully, I'll perform some more testing soon and remedy obsoleted parts of the Wiki page as soon as the time permits.
P.S: And yes, you should leave NetworkManger manage your network connections for start, and stop meddling with wpa_supplicant and manual wireless configuration - it'll save you time and nervs. So, just run:
service network stop service NetworkManager start chkconfig network off chkconfig NetworkManager on
Milos,
My NetworkManager doesn't. As I mentioned on another thread, when I go to: System Settings > Network Settings > Network Settings I get a window that says "Your Platform is Not Supported" and offers me a list of Linus systems, none of which are appropriate. Since I should be able to run from the command line, I have given it a low priority. But I would reconsider if a fix is suggested.
I will download from the link you provided and try again. The data you asked for are appended
Thanks for your help. Mike.
lspci -nn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/ GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/ GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02) 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01) 05:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] 05:05.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/ MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19) 05:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 01) 05:05.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a) 05:05.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05) 05:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection [8086:1092] (rev 02)