[CentOS] Centos6.5 -- Broadcom BCM4313 -- having trouble connecting

Thu Jan 9 10:41:56 UTC 2014
Johan Vermeulen <jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be>

op 19-12-13 12:38, Johan Vermeulen schreef:
> op 19-12-13 12:23, wwp schreef:
>> Hello Johan,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:08:17 +0100 Johan Vermeulen <jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I'm having trouble on 2 laptops Lenovo B580 since upgrading to Centos6.5.
>>> ( Because it's a Lenovo I cannot switch the network card for a better
>>> supported network card. )
>>>
>>> There on the latest kernel :
>>>
>>> root at jac network-scripts]# uname -a
>>> Linux jac.cawdekempen 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 13
>>> 13:06:13 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>>
>>> With the help of the Elrepo Broadcom page I got the driver and that part
>>> works fine.
>>> The network card works :
>>>
>>> # vi /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
>>> # PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (wl)
>>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
>>> ATTR{address}=="c0:14:3d:c1:f6:ef", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
>>> NAME="eth1"
>>>
>>> # uname -a
>>> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr C0:14:3D:C1:F6:EF
>>>              inet6 addr: fe80::c214:3dff:fec1:f6ef/64 Scope:Link
>>>              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:651
>>>              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>>              Interrupt:17
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But I cannot connect to any wireless network with neither of the machines.
>>>
>>> I click on the gnome-nm-applet and type in the password.
>>>
>>> [root at jac network-scripts]# tail -f /var/log/messages
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added
>>> 'scan_ssid' value '1'
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added
>>> 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added 'psk'
>>> value '<omitted>'
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added 'group'
>>> value 'TKIP CCMP'
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage
>>> 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: set interface
>>> ap_scan to 1
>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  inactive -> scanning
>>> Dec 19 11:10:18 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  scanning -> associating
>>> Dec 19 11:10:28 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  associating -> disconnected
>>> Dec 19 11:10:28 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
>>> Dec 19 11:10:29 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  scanning -> associating
>>> Dec 19 11:10:39 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  associating -> disconnected
>>> Dec 19 11:10:39 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
>>> Dec 19 11:10:40 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  scanning -> associating
>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation
>>> (eth1/wireless): association took too long.
>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): device state
>>> change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation
>>> (eth1/wireless): asking for new secrets
>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect
>>> supplicant interface: Method "Disconnect" with signature "" on interface
>>> "fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012.
>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect
>>> supplicant interface: Method "Disconnect" with signature "" on interface
>>> "fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012.
>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
>>> connection state:  associating -> disconnected
>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): device state
>>> change: 6 -> 9 (reason 7)
>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation (eth1)
>>> failed for access point (Clive)
>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Marking connection
>>> 'Auto Clive' invalid.
>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation (eth1) failed.
>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): device state
>>> change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): deactivating
>>> device (reason: 0).
>>>
>>> googling for "centos6 WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012" I
>>> found this bug:
>>>
>>> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5834
>>>
>>>
>>> could this be the same issue?
>> Got the exact same problem after upgrading to CentOS 6.5, and I was not
>> the only one. The archives of this ML would bring you help, check the
>> thread I started:
>>     Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:26:19 +0100
>>     From: wwp <subscript at free.fr>
>>     To: centos at centos.org
>>     Subject: [CentOS] Upgrade to CentOS 6.5 -> issue with Broadcom Wifi
>>
>> As suggested by contributors here, and as written at http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod,
>> I ended up installing the latest available driver by building the RPM
>> from the archive of the sources. The procedure is described at the link
>> above.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
> Hello,
>
> thanks for the reply.
>
> I did build the driver, using
> wl-kmod-6_30_223_141-2.el6.elrepo.nosrc.rpm
> <http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/SRPMS/wl-kmod-6_30_223_141-2.el6.elrepo.nosrc.rpm>
> and hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz
> This resulted in kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
> which I hope is the latest.
>
> This results in a working network card, so that part went fine.
>
> I guess the wpa_supplicant is maybe a different issue.
>
> Greetings, J.
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Dear All,

looks to me I was having trouble with this cards because I still had the 
Elrepo - compiled drivers installed.
Seems like Broadcom BCM4313 now works out of the box.

Greetings, J.