[CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

Tue Sep 6 00:14:50 UTC 2011
Michael D. Berger <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com>

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)