wireless card broadcom not working

[derekdgl]

Hi All getting frustrated with sorting out wireless on dell inspiron with broadcom card

any direction at this point welcome


noel@noel-Inspiron-9100 ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for noel:
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4320 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:1f:0b:14:73
inet addr:192.168.0.17 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:1fff:fe0b:1473/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:20304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17351 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:18515330 (18.5 MB) TX bytes:3649353 (3.6 MB)
Interrupt:18

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:1623 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1623 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:157145 (157.1 KB) TX bytes:157145 (157.1 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 89.101.160.5
Address: 89.101.160.5#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.24.113
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.24.139
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.24.138
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.24.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.24.102
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.24.101

noel@noel-Inspiron-9100 ~ $

[JeremyB]

Get the results from

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lspci -nn -d 14e4:

and we'll get you on track

[derekdgl]

Hi thanks for responce

Derekdgl

[JeremyB]

Hi thanks for responce

Derekdgl

You can use the mouse to click/drag and right click to copy/paste in terminal even though CTRL combos don't have shortcuts in terminal

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sudo apt-get purge firmware-b43-installer

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sudo apt-get purge b43-fwcutter

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sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

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sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

And get the results of this

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lsmod

as some modules might need to be blacklisted

[PatH57]

Hi,


also had enough with broadcom and these mini cards, so I made myself this little howto. Has worked so far on 3 different Dell laptops (1535,1425 and D800) with a lot of linux disro (I like to play a bit and remove them for fun...sda...)
I put the files (43offline) on a usb stick, install my linux system ,then copy the directory with all the files to the desktop and follow the guide. Works everytime.

Copy the b43-fwcutter_xxx-x_xxxx.deb file to the b43offline directory you just created on your desktop.

If you don't have a LiveCD .. you can download the b43-fwcutter_xxx-x_xxxx.deb file for your architecture from one of the mirrors at this link:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/utils/b43-fwcutter
and place it in the b43offline directory you created on your desktop)

Once you have the b43-fwcutter_xxx-x_xxxx.deb file in the b43offline directory on your desktop .. open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:
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cd ~/Desktop/b43offline

then
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sudo dpkg -i b43-fwcutter*


On another PC with internet access .. download these 2 (firmware) files:-
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broa ... el.tar.bz2
and
http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl ... 130.20.0.o

and copy them both to the b43offline directory you created on the Ubuntu desktop.

Open a terminal, and run these commands in sequence:
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cd ~/Desktop/b43offline

then
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tar -xjvf broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3_mipsel.tar.bz2

then
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sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3/driver/wl_apsta/wl_prebuilt.o

then
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sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o

then
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sudo chmod 755 /lib/firmware/b43

then
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sudo chmod 755 /lib/firmware/b43legacy

then
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sudo modprobe -r b43

(don't worry if that command fails .. just carry on below
then
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sudo modprobe b43


Wireless adapters that use the b43 drivers should now spring to life

If that doesn't work .. try changing to the b43legacy driver with:
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sudo modprobe -r b43

then
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sudo modprobe b43legacy

[derekdgl]

Hi try jeremyb option first

thanks for your help

[derekdgl]

Hi i will proceed with your suggestion PatH57 and give it a try


Thanks again for help

[derekdgl]

Hi thanks that worked with a bit iof hesitation to connect.

[PatH57]

glad to see it did.
Please add [solved] to the subject of your topic, it will help others finding a solution.
and my regards to lovely Ireland (used to live in Dublin and Limerick a couple of years ago)