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#1 2010-12-10 10:14:14

EvilGrin
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Registered: 2010-03-07
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Toshiba broadcom wireless problems

Hi, some time ago, I tried to get wireless to work on my laptop, and I decided to continue my little project. I had to install archboot to get wired connection, but it didn't fix my wireless problem, so I found this article on wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM43XX

Aniway, I determined that my wireless is [14e4:4727]:

$ lspci -nn | grep 14e4 :

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4727] (rev 01)

whole lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4727 (rev 01)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

problem is, I install the driver, and when I run this commands:

$ modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
$ modprobe wl

I get:
#FATAL: Module wl not found.

so, does anyone have any idea, cos I'd really like to get that working after so much time.

when I run iwconfig I just get this:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

I saw on kernel.org, that there's a higher version of kernel that I'm currently using, but I'm not expert for that, so is it possible to get that kernel and replace the old one with it, or I'm talking nonsense? I used archboot because he had newer version of kernel in which my network card was supported.

Thanks in advance!

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#2 2011-01-14 17:07:36

JamieKitson
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Registered: 2010-10-18
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Re: Toshiba broadcom wireless problems

I would find the wl.ko file where it has been compiled and copy it to the correct directory, something like:

/lib/modules/2.6.37-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/

then run depmod -a and then modprobe wl.

Alternatively you can find the compiled driver and do insmod wl.ko

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#3 2011-01-14 17:09:16

JamieKitson
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Re: Toshiba broadcom wireless problems

ps, not sure about your particular chipset but there quite a few other Broadcom options, including Broadcom's own STA driver and the Brcm80211.

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#4 2011-01-14 17:40:21

skunktrader
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Registered: 2010-02-14
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Re: Toshiba broadcom wireless problems

Download this package http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 and rebuild it with makepkg

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#5 2011-01-14 17:40:29

Inxsible
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Re: Toshiba broadcom wireless problems

JamieKitson,

instead of posting consecutively, use the Edit feature in case you want to add something to the post. Its there for a reason.


Forum Rules

There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !

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#6 2011-01-14 22:34:54

JamieKitson
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Re: Toshiba broadcom wireless problems

Ok.

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