Broadcom Wireless for 8.10

**billli** · November 1st, 2008

Hello all:
I just did a fresh install of ubuntu 8.10, and currently only wl is enabled and Broadcom B43 wireless driver is disabled, and my wireless is not working, any suggestions?

Thanks;

iwconfig:

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

lspci -nn:

Code:

00:00.0 "Host bridge [0600]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [27a0]" -r03 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:01.0 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [27a1]" -r03 "" ""
00:1b.0 "Audio device [0403]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [27d8]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1c.0 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [27d0]" -r01 "" ""
00:1c.3 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [27d6]" -r01 "" ""
00:1d.0 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [27c8]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.1 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [27c9]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.2 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [27ca]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.3 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [27cb]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.7 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [27cc]" -r01 -p20 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1e.0 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [2448]" -re1 -p01 "" ""
00:1f.0 "ISA bridge [0601]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [27b9]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1f.2 "IDE interface [0101]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [27c4]" -r01 -p80 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1f.3 "SMBus [0c05]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [27da]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
01:00.0 "VGA compatible controller [0300]" "ATI Technologies Inc [1002]" "Radeon Mobility X1400 [7145]" "Dell [1028]" "Device [2003]"
03:00.0 "Ethernet controller [0200]" "Broadcom Corporation [14e4]" "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [170c]" -r02 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01af]"
03:01.0 "FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [0832]" -p10 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
03:01.1 "SD Host controller [0805]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [0822]" -r19 -p01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
03:01.2 "System peripheral [0880]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [0592]" -r0a "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
03:01.3 "System peripheral [0880]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "xD-Picture Card Controller [0852]" -r05 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
0b:00.0 "Network controller [0280]" "Broadcom Corporation [14e4]" "BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n [4328]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [0009]"

sudo lshw -C network

Code:

  *-network               
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 module=ssb
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:bf:01:2e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=129.97.231.22 latency=64 link=yes module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: be:42:1b:12:8e:76
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by legolos13

hey i have this same problem where it says network disabled.... i have a Dell Wireless 1390 Wlan MiniCard
installed driver, wi fi light is on but it still says disabled how do i enable?

If you have an internet connection in Ubuntu without wireless, either the b43 or Broadcom STA (wl) driver will work. You should be able to select the Broadcom STA driver from System->Administration->Hardware Drivers. If you have not run any updates you might need to go into the Terminal and do the following:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl
sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
sudo modprobe wl
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
sudo iwlist scan

If it does not connect, please post the following results from the Terminal:

Code:

lsmod|grep -e b4 -e ssb -e wl -e ieee80211
modprobe --show-depends wl
lshw -C network

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by chevylvr

I was able to install fw-cutter and let it install the firmware files and it started to work. The only issue is that it will only connect at 1mbs/sec. I have not found a good solution. I have a linksys card in another system and it does the same thing as far as the connection. It did the same thing in Hardy, I was hoping that they would fix that.

Can you post your lspci -nnm info? It will help us see which card is producing those results.

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by thefrozenpenguin

I have followed some of the advice on this thread and now have a working 4318 card, but don't know how to automate the process.

I have the b43 driver installed and activated via the "Hardware Drivers" in the System menu on a fresh install of 8.10, after re-boot I have to enter the following on the terminal to activate and connect to my wireless network:

sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe -r b44
sudo modprobe -r ssb
sudo modprobe b44
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

When the first command is entered the Network manager appears in panel, when the last entry is run to re-start the b43 driver the card acquires an IP address from my wireless router.

How do I automate this?

Iain

Just add those commands to /etc/rc.local without the sudo and those commands will run when the system starts up.

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by eternal_sage

ok. i suppose i'll consolidate my earlier posts in other threads into this thread, since i've been having these problems since RC came out.

my wife has a BCM4328 and i can get it on the web w/ the following

Code:

courtney@Cortana:~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl
FATAL: Module ssb is in use.
courtney@Cortana:~$ sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
courtney@Cortana:~$ sudo modprobe wl
courtney@Cortana:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                   [ OK ] 
courtney@Cortana:~$

You have a b44 driver for your ethernet card. Because of this, you will need to have a couple extra commands:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r b43 b44 ssb wl
sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
sudo modprobe wl
sudo modprobe b44
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by kolibri

I couldn't get wireless working in 8.04, thought I'd try 8.10, still no wireless.

System=>hardware drivers shows wl not activated, but no other drivers.

going through the other posts here, my computer sees the broadcom 4312 card.

Sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb ndiswrapper wl
gives me an error: FATAL Module ssb is in use.

Sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
gives me an error: wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device.

I removed and then reinstalled the b43-fwcutter, and said yes if I wanted it to fetch and install.

You will need to check and see if you have a Broadcom wired network card. If you go into the Terminal and type:

Code:

lshw -C network

If you see a Broadcom 44xx series card, then you have the b44 driver. That means you will have to remove that driver before you can remove the ssb:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r b43 b44 ssb ndiswrapper wl
sudo modprobe b43 
sudo modprobe b44
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

**eternal_sage** · November 1st, 2008

ok, i did these, and they also got her on the web. however, they still do not stick. how would i go about making them stick? thanks alot for everything so far!

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by MistressSheena

Well, as far as how I got mine working...
I just did the thing where when the driver window popped up, I enabled the B43 driver to find/extract the firmware, and then enabled the STA driver, and then rebooted...

And it worked. I could connect to my wireless.

.....Without encryption. I want to connect to it while it is encrypted.

I'm still at a loss for that.

Edit: Yes, I installed the b43xx-fwcutter, actually. I remember that's the driver type I have when doing previous attemps with ndiswrapper.

Can you post the results of:

Code:

lspci -nn
lshw -C network

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by eternal_sage

ok, i did these, and they also got her on the web. will these stick, or is it still temporary? thanks!

This was temporary. You can try this (it has not been thoroughly tested yet):

Code:

echo -e '#ssb workaround, added `date`\ninstall wl modprobe -r b43 b44 b43legacy ssb; modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip; modprobe --ignore-install wl $CMDLINE_OPTS; modprobe ssb; modprobe b44;' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/wl

The main part that I have added is the modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip. This is the part that is missing in the dependencies for wl.

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

Originally Posted by billli

Hello all:
I just did a fresh install of ubuntu 8.10, and currently only wl is enabled and Broadcom B43 wireless driver is disabled, and my wireless is not working, any suggestions?

Thanks;

iwconfig:

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

lspci -nn:

Code:

00:00.0 "Host bridge [0600]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [27a0]" -r03 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:01.0 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [27a1]" -r03 "" ""
00:1b.0 "Audio device [0403]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [27d8]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1c.0 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [27d0]" -r01 "" ""
00:1c.3 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [27d6]" -r01 "" ""
00:1d.0 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [27c8]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.1 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [27c9]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.2 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [27ca]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.3 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [27cb]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1d.7 "USB Controller [0c03]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [27cc]" -r01 -p20 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1e.0 "PCI bridge [0604]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [2448]" -re1 -p01 "" ""
00:1f.0 "ISA bridge [0601]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [27b9]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1f.2 "IDE interface [0101]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [27c4]" -r01 -p80 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
00:1f.3 "SMBus [0c05]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [27da]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
01:00.0 "VGA compatible controller [0300]" "ATI Technologies Inc [1002]" "Radeon Mobility X1400 [7145]" "Dell [1028]" "Device [2003]"
03:00.0 "Ethernet controller [0200]" "Broadcom Corporation [14e4]" "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [170c]" -r02 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01af]"
03:01.0 "FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [0832]" -p10 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
03:01.1 "SD Host controller [0805]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [0822]" -r19 -p01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
03:01.2 "System peripheral [0880]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [0592]" -r0a "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
03:01.3 "System peripheral [0880]" "Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]" "xD-Picture Card Controller [0852]" -r05 "Dell [1028]" "Device [01bd]"
0b:00.0 "Network controller [0280]" "Broadcom Corporation [14e4]" "BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n [4328]" -r01 "Dell [1028]" "Device [0009]"

sudo lshw -C network

Code:

  *-network               
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 module=ssb
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:bf:01:2e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=129.97.231.22 latency=64 link=yes module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: be:42:1b:12:8e:76
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

Please try the following:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r b43 b44 ssb wl
sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
sudo modprobe wl
sudo modprobe b44
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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