Im not using a Macbook (but an Acer Aspire V3-571G) and I have the same issue on this Laptop.
The card I am using is:
BCM9 43228 HM4L.Actually you are in the luckier position as you dont *need* to use the reverse-engineered drivers (b43 or broadcom-wl) as I am. You can use the (fully opensource) broadcom drivers:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/br … 2Fbrcmfmac
Atleast your card is listed here:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … rted_ChipsHope this helps
Thank you.
My Macbook Air 2011 model basically broke the networking with the unnecessary broadcom-wl driver. Simply uninstalling broadcom-wl it and rebooting after a kernel upgrade has everything working perfectly again.
@Fixed's method will help me in the future if I again begin to get dropped connections using the default driver.
And thanks for the help with rebuilding packages @Trilby
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]]>broadkahm wrote:I've managed to downgrade the kernel, and everything works fine again.
But even after upgrading to the newer kernel (linux 3.16.0 to linux 3.16.1), it still causes this problem.
Any other macbook users with broadcom-wl experiencing this as well?
Every kernel update breaks broadcom-wl on my Macbook Air early 2014.
What I'm doing:
1. Unistall broadcom-wl
2. Rebuild broadcom-wl
3. Start wifi-menu to get connection
Can somebody point me in the right direction on what it means to "rebuild" broadcom-wl?
]]>I've managed to downgrade the kernel, and everything works fine again.
But even after upgrading to the newer kernel (linux 3.16.0 to linux 3.16.1), it still causes this problem.
Any other macbook users with broadcom-wl experiencing this as well?
Every kernel update breaks broadcom-wl on my Macbook Air early 2014.
What I'm doing:
1. Unistall broadcom-wl
2. Rebuild broadcom-wl
3. Start wifi-menu to get connection
Actually you are in the luckier position as you dont *need* to use the reverse-engineered drivers (b43 or broadcom-wl) as I am. You can use the (fully opensource) broadcom drivers:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/br … 2Fbrcmfmac
Atleast your card is listed here:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … rted_Chips
Hope this helps
]]>But even after upgrading to the newer kernel (linux 3.16.0 to linux 3.16.1), it still causes this problem.
Any other macbook users with broadcom-wl experiencing this as well?
]]>That is bizarre.
wow. glad i'm not just bad at solving problems.
here is lspci... looks like the network controller is indeed there.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller #5 (rev 05)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QS67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151a (rev 01)
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151a (rev 01)
04:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151a (rev 01)
04:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151a (rev 01)
05:00.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 151a (rev 01)
As a sanity check, what is the output of lspci
]]>i would have to copy to usb most likely. your recommended method of using a smartphone sounds great, but my internet situation at the moment is a bit tricky since i just moved. (one device for wifi at a time, login necessary, using my thinkpad R61 right now)
thanks for your assistance.
]]>Also, if you have a smart phone, you might try associating it with your wifi, connecting to your computer via USB, enable USB tether, and, if all goes well, a "Wired" interface should appear on your machine. If it does, just run dhcpcd and you should have connection through your wifi (not your data plan)
]]> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
iw list
nothing
]]>What are the output of ip link and of iw list ?
p.s. sweet avatar ewaller