Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

Followup:

More detailed output from lspci -k -v -n
about my broadcom crad is here:

03:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01)
Subsystem: 103c:1363
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
Memory at b6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel

Kjetil

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 13:30, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
<kjetil1001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have the same problem as the original poster! In synaptic I have
installed the relevant driver packages for my broadcom wifi card. Here
are outputs from some of the commands suggested to use above:

kjetil@kjetil:~$ lspci | grep "BCM"
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

lsmod | grep "BCM"   -> no output
dmesg | grep "BCM"   -> no output

kjetil@kjetil:~$ sudo ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:63:ae:59
         inet addr:192.168.1.133  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
         inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe63:ae59/64 Scope:Link
         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:42361 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:29133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         RX bytes:46260691 (44.1 MiB)  TX bytes:4317285 (4.1 MiB)
         Interrupt:20 Base address:0x2000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
         RX packets:291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:8439 (8.2 KiB)  TX bytes:8439 (8.2 KiB)

(That is, no output for wireless!)

kjetil@kjetil:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0  [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
 Type:              Wired
 Driver:            forcedeth
 State:             connected
 Default:           yes
 HW Address:        00:1B:24:63:AE:59

 Capabilities:
   Carrier Detect:  yes
   Speed:           100 Mb/s

 Wired Properties
   Carrier:         on

 IPv4 Settings:
   Address:         192.168.1.133
   Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
   Gateway:         192.168.1.3

   DNS:             132.248.10.2
   DNS:             132.248.204.1
   DNS:             132.248.237.250
   DNS:             132.248.64.250


(again, no output for wireless is seen!)

Is there anything I can do manually to install the relevant driver in
the kernel, as it is installed on my system, by the debian package
firmware-b43-installer, broadcom-sta-common, broadcom-sta-source.

Kjetil


On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 15:09, Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 12:07:24PM -0800, Colin Reinhardt wrote:
Im new to Debian/Linux...
I have tried following the Debian Wireless-HowTo and other related
Linux WiFi HowTos.

I downloaded and installed the firmware-b43-installer and
b43-fwcutter, (synaptic shows them as installed packages now).

In Gnome, using network-manager (applet) there is nothing about
wireless networks shown at all, only my wired LAN ethernet network is
an option.

How can I tell if my PCI card is being detected and firmware loaded
correctly, and what are the next steps to get WiFi working?
Thanks, Colin


Commands like 'lspci' and 'lshw' should help you figure out whether or not
the actual hardware is detected.  Then, 'lsmod' displays whether or not
the kernel module is loaded.  You can also run 'ifconfig -a' as root.  As
far as I know, even if the interface is not configured, it should still
show it in the output, as long as it is detected and the kernel module is
successfully loaded.

Here is a troubleshooting document that may be of some help, even though
it was written for Ubuntu:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide



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