[CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

Tue Nov 8 16:02:35 UTC 2011
Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs>

Vreme: 11/08/2011 12:46 PM, Johan Vermeulen piše:
>> What does "iwlist" command give you?
> # iwlist
> Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last]
>                 [interface] frequency
>                 [interface] channel
>                 [interface] bitrate
>                 [interface] rate
>                 [interface] encryption
>                 [interface] keys
>                 [interface] power
>                 [interface] txpower
>                 [interface] retry
>                 [interface] ap
>                 [interface] accesspoints
>                 [interface] peers
>                 [interface] event
>                 [interface] auth
>                 [interface] wpakeys
>                 [interface] genie
>                 [interface] modulation
>
> that's not good, is it?:-\

Sorry, run "iwlist wlan0 ap"

Also helpfull are:

ifconfig
ip address

Look in their manuals to se how to use them.

 > after reboot I now see a cabeled network ( wlan0) ( disconnected) and an
 > " Auto wlan0 marked as available....

It is strange that Wireless interface is marked cabled. But I do not 
have ANY experience with Broadcom radios. All I use are Atheros radios.

Try creating "Connect to Hidden Network" connection (or whatever the 
actual text is) in NetworkManager GUI. You must see be able to set ESSID 
at other configs. If you do not have it, then something is wrong.

You can also try using the kmod-wl package that I compiled per elrepo 
instructions: 
http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-x86_64/RPMS.plnet-compiled/kmod-wl-5_100_82_38-3.el6.el6.x86_64.rpm

Maybe this makes a difference, but notice that I never tested it.


If I fail to help you, you will always be able to report a bug:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/main_page.php

,so your problems can be investigated.


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