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#1 2011-05-24 06:49:10

ButterQuark
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Registered: 2011-05-24
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Broadcom 4321

I'm trying to get wireless networking working. I'm using the Broadcom 4321 card.
I've installed the broadcom-wl package from the AUR. I believe the wlan0 adapter showed up in the iwconfig after running 'modprobe wl' but after trying 'ifconfig wlan0 up' fails with

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I tried using 'modprobe b43' instead. Now it fails exactly the same way. As with the wl driver.
When i tried switching back to wl, the wlan0 adapter doesn't show up.

So b43 gives me an adapter but fails with the above error. wl gives me no adapter. I've read that I'm getting the error because I'm missing the firmware for my chipset. But i can't find any info on how to get the right firmware.

Any ideas?

Last edited by ButterQuark (2011-05-24 06:50:08)

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#2 2011-05-24 09:38:34

MartijnL
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From: Leiden, The Netherlands
Registered: 2011-04-17
Posts: 23

Re: Broadcom 4321

You should be fine with the wl-module, but perhaps you also have the conflicting b43 loaded?

rmmod b43
modprobe wl

Could you show us your /etc/rc.conf?

cat /etc/rc.conf

Post the output of the following

lspci | grep -i 'net'
lsmod

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#3 2011-05-31 07:52:17

ButterQuark
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Registered: 2011-05-24
Posts: 3

Re: Broadcom 4321

Thanks for your really quick reply. I apologize for not checking back with this thread but I shelved my archlinux for a while.
I made sure that only the wl module was loaded and I confirmed that with lsmod.
The weird thing is after I booted back up the laptop, it now works. Before I had eth0 as my ethernet and wlan0 as my wireless. Now eth0 is my wireless and eth1 is my ethernet. I will post my rc.conf next time I'm on my computer (this post is from my blackberry)
It would be nice to find out why this might have happened but it is no longer an issue.

Last edited by ButterQuark (2011-05-31 07:52:56)

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