[SOLVED] Can not setup my wireless Broadcom-wl

ehabreda · 2011-07-22 20:47:28

Hello everyone,

I have a problem trying to install my wireless (Wired is OK but can't see any icon in the shell extension), I've used the wiki to set it up but as I am a very newbie, I didn't make it! I know that I'm missing some stuff so I need some help please...Here's some output:

**Newly installed and updated 64bit/Gnome
**I have downloaded the package file and install it successfully.

[root@arch ehab]# lspci | grep -i net
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)

[root@arch ehab]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 152d:2509 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS539 SuperSpeed SATA II 3.0G Bridge
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:0861 Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 138a:0005 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS301 Fingerprint Reader
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 046d:c062 Logitech, Inc. LS1 Laser Mouse, corded

[root@arch ehab]# lspci |grep Network
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

[root@arch ehab]# lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

rc.conf

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Asia/Qatar"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(wl)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="arch"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng dbus hal gdm fam network wl netfs @crond fuse alsa)

[root@arch ehab]# cat /etc/rc.conf |grep MODULES
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MODULES=(wl)

lsmod

[root@arch ehab]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   67290  3 
ipv6                  288690  22 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     22784  1 
uvcvideo               62143  0 
nvidia              11783197  43 
snd_hda_codec_idt      56314  1 
videodev               78070  1 uvcvideo
media                  10437  1 videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     8364  1 videodev
usb_storage            44199  0 
uas                     8128  0 
snd_hda_intel          22186  2 
snd_hda_codec          77543  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
btusb                  11585  0 
bluetooth             128303  1 btusb
ir_lirc_codec           4419  0 
lirc_dev                9695  1 ir_lirc_codec
snd_hwdep               6342  1 snd_hda_codec
serio_raw               4366  0 
hp_wmi                  7802  0 
ir_sony_decoder         2227  0 
snd_pcm                73736  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ir_jvc_decoder          2321  0 
snd_timer              19488  1 snd_pcm
ir_rc6_decoder          2801  0 
snd                    57256  11 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
joydev                  9959  0 
rc_rc6_mce              1420  0 
r8169                  41003  0 
iTCO_wdt               12781  0 
ir_rc5_decoder          2289  0 
soundcore               6178  1 snd
hp_accel               13904  0 
intel_agp              10848  0 
ene_ir                 14703  0 
sparse_keymap           3128  1 hp_wmi
sg                     25621  0 
lis3lv02d              10580  1 hp_accel
ir_nec_decoder          2673  0 
rc_core                15232  9 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_rc5_decoder,ene_ir,ir_nec_decoder
ac                      3305  0 
processor              24328  2 
intel_gtt              14359  1 intel_agp
snd_page_alloc          7161  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
iTCO_vendor_support     1969  1 iTCO_wdt
psmouse                54752  0 
rfkill                 15498  3 bluetooth,hp_wmi
mii                     4003  1 r8169
battery                10945  0 
pcspkr                  1891  0 
evdev                   9530  11 
input_polldev           3290  1 lis3lv02d
i2c_i801                8195  0 
i2c_core               20165  3 videodev,nvidia,i2c_i801
fan                     2498  0 
button                  4510  0 
video                  11300  0 
thermal                 7903  0 
wmi                     8387  1 hp_wmi
ext4                  368162  2 
mbcache                 5793  1 ext4
jbd2                   70956  1 ext4
crc16                   1337  2 bluetooth,ext4
usbhid                 35140  0 
hid                    79075  1 usbhid
sr_mod                 14663  0 
sd_mod                 27379  4 
cdrom                  36393  1 sr_mod
ahci                   20905  3 
libahci                18925  1 ahci
uhci_hcd               22435  0 
libata                173061  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              130020  6 usb_storage,uas,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd               39359  0 
usbcore               142192  8 uvcvideo,usb_storage,uas,btusb,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

ifconfig

[root@arch ehab]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:5A:44:9E:C1  
          inet addr:192.168.1.69  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:5aff:fe44:9ec1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:18579 errors:0 dropped:84 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2614 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:3128401 (2.9 Mb)  TX bytes:461247 (450.4 Kb)
          Interrupt:48 Base address:0xe000 

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:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1340 (1.3 Kb)  TX bytes:1340 (1.3 Kb)

**I am coming out from debian and need to play with the big guys...Thanks for reading and your help.

Last edited by ehabreda (2011-08-17 18:17:20)

karol · 2011-07-22 20:52:59

Are you sure you updated your system? The current rc.conf supports only one wired interface. http://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/
Have you merged all .pacnew files?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312

Last edited by karol (2011-07-22 20:56:28)

johan1391 · 2011-07-22 21:12:10

If you take a look at the Broadcom Wireless Page you will notice that your particular wireless card is listed as needing the broadcom-wl driver which can be found in the aur:

Broadcom-wl

Furthermore,
I found it particularly frusturating tring to figure out how to set up my wireless from the command line. It is much easier now that I've had a few months experience but WICD is my favorite network management program and simplifies the connection process significantly.

This may not happen to you but sometimes on reboot my ethernet card and wifi card would switch mac address's and make them both useless follow the directions here Interfaces Swapped

To deal with .pacnew files I reccommend
downloading both vim from the official repository and yaourt by adding this to your /etc/pacman.conf:

[archlinuxfr] 
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

and then running

#sudo pacman -Syy

#sudo pacman -S yaourt

after you have installed yaourt then run

yaourt -C

This will bring you to an interactive prompt where you will be able to deal with you .pacnew files and make necessay changes. Be sure you look up basic vim comands in order to do this correctly.

Quick commands for vim:

i = insert (to make changes)

[esc]= commands (gets you out of insert mode)

:w = writes the current file

:qa! = gets you out back to ineractive prompt

Last edited by johan1391 (2011-07-22 21:14:39)

RubenL · 2011-07-23 07:52:40

I happen to have the exact same card and this is what i did to get it to work:

install broadcom-wl from aur, add the wl module to modules array in rc.conf (also blacklist b43). why did you add wl to daemons?
the just install networkmanager, nm-applet and if you want gnome-keyring. add networkmanager to the daemons array. and it should work.

if you want to configure network from the command line:

#ifconfig wlan0 up
#iwconfig wlan0 essid yournetworkname key [1] yourkey
#dhcpcd wlan0

assuming your interface is wlan0 ofcourse

hope this helps

ehabreda · 2011-07-23 18:16:08

Hello again...

Just reinstall everything as I messed up while merging all .pacnew files!!! Any ways I have my backup now to do whatever!

Following the issue:

1- I downloaded the broadcon driver from AUR.
2- makepkg -s Went flawlessly)
***As Ruben said I add the wl module to modules array in rc.conf (also blacklist b43)
***install networkmanager and I added networkmanager to the daemons array (It works)
3- rmmod b43 (Black list the b43) ---------as in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless
4- rmmod ssb ---------as in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless
5- modprobe wl (gave me ----FATAL: Module wl not found)

when I made ifconfig it gave me

[ehab@arch ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:5A:44:9E:C1  
          inet addr:192.168.1.69  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:5aff:fe44:9ec1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1276370 (1.2 Mb)  TX bytes:82101 (80.1 Kb)
          Interrupt:48 

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:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1340 (1.3 Kb)  TX bytes:1340 (1.3 Kb)

So what did I missed??

.:B:. · 2011-07-23 18:23:14

I think #5 is a pretty big clue... Might be a stupid question, but did you actually install the package? Cause makepkg -s doesn't do that, and it's not in your list.

ewaller · 2011-07-23 18:29:46

As a double check of the installation, check the output of modprobe -l and see if the drivers for which you are looking are in there.
Perhaps you updated the kernel after you installed the Broadcom drivers? If so, you may need to reinstall them.

By-the-way when using ifconfig as you did, it will only show those interfaces that are up. To see them all, use ifconfig -a .
Even better (since net-tools are deprecated) it might be better to use ip link

In this case, it would not have shown anything since the module clearly did not load.

Lastly, it is your computer so I'll not tell you to just use the b43 drivers. But, I'm curious as to why you are not using them -- the really are quite good.
If you want to try them, let me know, and post the output of lspci -nn (that is two n's not an m)

.:B:. · 2011-07-23 18:41:47

Lspci -nn output is already up there ewaller .

ewaller · 2011-07-23 19:03:44

.:B:. wrote:

Lspci -nn output is already up there ewaller .

Uh-Oh. missed that. Okay, for the 14e4:4315, the wl driver is probably still best.

ehabreda · 2011-07-23 19:31:31

Thank you all for helping me playin' with the big guys!

OK...I forgot that I installed the new kernel 2.39...So I made a full upgrade again and reinstall the Broadcom (By the way ewaller I'm using broadcom and b43 because i am following the wiki and not because it's my computer :0) )

Guess what:
1- install braodcom from AUR and then install the results as pacman -U {package-name} and it went fine. (it's not a stupid question my dear B, I'm newbie enough to do stupid things)
***As Ruben said I add the wl module to modules array in rc.conf (also blacklist b43)
***install networkmanager and I added networkmanager to the daemons array (It works)
3- rmmod b43 (Black list the b43) ---------as in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless
4- rmmod ssb ---------as in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless
5- modprobe wl --------It gave me nothing at all.

6- ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:2C:56:00:6B  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2cff:fe56:6b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:714
          TX packets:0 errors:25 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:18 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:5A:44:9E:C1  
          inet addr:192.168.1.70  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:5aff:fe44:9ec1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1161 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1033330 (1009.1 Kb)  TX bytes:128829 (125.8 Kb)
          Interrupt:48 Base address:0xa000 

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:310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:24540 (23.9 Kb)  TX bytes:24540 (23.9 Kb)

so WOW it's her! but with eth1 not wlan0!

**For our moderator I made ip link

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DORMANT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:24:2c:56:00:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:23:5a:44:9e:c1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I rebooted, the network took about 10 secs. to load.
When loading I saw a warning message about that rc.conf can't load two network or something like that.
I checked the network manager applet, it can list my wireless but when i try to pick it, it do nothing?
Any suggestion?

This is my rc.conf for review:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Asia/Qatar"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(!b43 wl)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="arch"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng dbus hal network networkmanager netfs fam fuse crond alsa gdm)

Thanks again for the progress that I made with all your help.

karol · 2011-07-23 19:35:21

MODULES=(!b43 wl)

Blacklisting modules in rc.conf has been obsoleted and no longer works in initscripts 2011.06.1-1. All blacklisting instructions need to be changed to the following:

/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

blacklist modulename1
blacklist modulename2

ehabreda · 2011-07-23 20:20:00

karol wrote:

MODULES=(!b43 wl)
Blacklisting modules in rc.conf has been obsoleted and no longer works in initscripts 2011.06.1-1. All blacklisting instructions need to be changed to the following:
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
blacklist modulename1
blacklist modulename2

Done, reboot, but no progress!Still can see my wireless but can't choose it when I click on it?

Should I add {wl} to the modules or eth1!
Is there any other hidden ways?

.:B:. · 2011-07-23 20:34:05

If modprobe returns nothing, it means everything went fine. If you're anxious for feedback you can always use the -v option . Try setting your network up the basic way (ie wireless_tools + wpa_supplicant) to see if that works, then try the GUI thingy.

ehabreda · 2011-07-24 06:56:08

RubenL wrote:

I happen to have the exact same card and this is what i did to get it to work:
install broadcom-wl from aur, add the wl module to modules array in rc.conf (also blacklist b43). why did you add wl to daemons?
the just install networkmanager, nm-applet and if you want gnome-keyring. add networkmanager to the daemons array. and it should work.
if you want to configure network from the command line:
#ifconfig wlan0 up
#iwconfig wlan0 essid yournetworkname key [1] yourkey
#dhcpcd wlan0
assuming your interface is wlan0 ofcourse
hope this helps

The return for that was:

[ehab@arch ~]$ sudo ifconfig eth1 up
Password: 
[ehab@arch ~]$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid 17 key[36c73688a0]
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

B...

If modprobe returns nothing, it means everything went fine. If you're anxious for feedback you can always use the -v option wink. Try setting your network up the basic way (ie wireless_tools + wpa_supplicant) to see if that works, then try the GUI thingy.

My friend can you please hold your horses and explain the non GUI thing!!!
I know that I can look & search for that but believe me I am 44 years old and still have the itch to use Arch as quick as I can :0)
Thanks in advance for all of your efforts.

.:B:. · 2011-07-24 08:49:32

The wiki has it all laid out .

RubenL · 2011-07-24 09:26:04

the method i've show for connecting from the console only works for networks with a hex wep key (forgot to mention that).
check out the link B provided, and if something goes wrong or you dont fully understand it let us know

xclaude · 2011-07-24 13:07:22

maybe you would try the kernel26-ck, it is a BFS and BFQ (optional) enabled kernel

in the custom pacman repo there are the following precompiled packages
1) broadcom-wl-ck 2) kernel26-ck 3) kernel26-ck-headers 4) nvidia-ck

i hav no problem using this kernel and drivers.

to enable follow the instructions in the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel26-ck

.:B:. · 2011-07-24 14:44:08

Let's just get him up and running first, without complicating things before everything works .

ehabreda · 2011-07-25 08:08:42

RubenL wrote:

I happen to have the exact same card and this is what i did to get it to work:
install broadcom-wl from aur, add the wl module to modules array in rc.conf (also blacklist b43). why did you add wl to daemons?
the just install networkmanager, nm-applet and if you want gnome-keyring. add networkmanager to the daemons array. and it should work.
if you want to configure network from the command line:
#ifconfig wlan0 up
#iwconfig wlan0 essid yournetworkname key [1] yourkey
#dhcpcd wlan0
assuming your interface is wlan0 ofcourse
hope this helps

Hello Geeks,

I have reinstalled Arch from scratch with net install. I installed broadcom-wl from AUR and now the wireless is up without errors (added wl in modules and blacklisting b43 in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf ) when starting and loadings.
In Gnome network manager is up and running and I can see my wireless network ( called 17) and it's on.

So I went to Ruben's way and I made the following:
1- # ifconfig eth1 up
2- # iwconfig eth1 essid 17 key [1] 36c73688------------}

[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid 17 key [36c73688]
Password: 
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

So as newbie I knew it wrong so:

ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid 17 key 36c73688
Password: 
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

[ehab@myhost ~]$sudo iwconfig eth1 essid 17 key [1] 36c73688--------gave me the same result.

I feel that I am missing something? [[I know I am missing to learn more linux&Arch]]

I also tried the network manager and picked my network but it doesn't pick???

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:2C:56:00:6B  
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:2cff:fe56:6b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:18 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:5A:44:9E:C1  
          inet addr:192.168.1.71  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:5aff:fe44:9ec1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:702 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:730550 (713.4 Kb)  TX bytes:68453 (66.8 Kb)
          Interrupt:48 Base address:0x6000 

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:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1340 (1.3 Kb)  TX bytes:1340 (1.3 Kb)

Appreciate your valuable help.

Last edited by ehabreda (2011-07-25 08:47:22)

ron9 · 2011-07-25 09:18:42

Try $ iwconfig
Maybe eth0 is your wlan

msx · 2011-07-25 09:18:58

Hi @ehabreda, guys:

You shoud try start using 'netcfg' (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg) instead plain wpa_passphrase/wpa_supplicant.
For a quickstart, if you are using WPA encryption and DHCP just copy /etc/network.d/examples/wireless-wpa to /etc/network.d and edit it to your needs, then issue a # netcfg -u {your network} and it should connect after a couple of seconds.

ehabreda · 2011-07-25 11:13:04

ron9 wrote:

Try $ iwconfig
Maybe eth0 is your wlan

Here's the result.

[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo iwconfig
Password: 
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:24 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth1      no wireless extensions.

That's odd!

ehabreda · 2011-07-25 12:22:26

msx wrote:

Hi @ehabreda, guys:
You shoud try start using 'netcfg' (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg) instead plain wpa_passphrase/wpa_supplicant.
For a quickstart, if you are using WPA encryption and DHCP just copy /etc/network.d/examples/wireless-wpa to /etc/network.d and edit it to your needs, then issue a # netcfg -u {your network} and it should connect after a couple of seconds.

This is what I got:
Assuming the following *My key is a wep * My wireless is eth1

[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo netcfg 17
Password: 
:: 17 up                                                                                                                                     [BUSY]
nl80211: 'nl80211' generic netlink not found
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCGIWMODE]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: Operation not supported

 > WPA Authentication/Association Failed 
                                                                                                                                                [FAIL]

I made the following:
#modprobe lib80211
#modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
#netcfg 17
and gave me the same result.

Also I have the feeling that there's a kind of conflict because after the last command (netcfg 17) my wired network dropped down.

ron9 · 2011-07-25 14:37:34

[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo iwconfig
Password:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth1 no wireless extensions.

eth0 is your wireless!

#ifconfig eth0 up
#iwconfig eth0 essid "MyEssId" key "yourwepkey"
#dhcpcd eth0

ehabreda · 2011-07-25 15:32:29

ron9...

[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up
[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo iwconfig eth0 essid "17" key "36c73688a0"
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device eth0 ; Invalid argument.

I also tried again with netcfg and edited my file [17] at the /etc/network.d that has the following:

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WEP encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='eth0'
SECURITY='wep'
ESSID='17'
KEY='36c73688a0'
IP='dhcp'
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
#HIDDEN=yes

and it returned with:

[ehab@myhost ~]$ sudo netcfg 17
Password: 
:: 17 up
                                                                                                                                       
nl80211: 'nl80211' generic netlink not found                                                                  [BUSY] 
> WPA Authentication/Association Failed                                                                        [FAIL]

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