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Fullfifodev

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Registered: 2020-06-04

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Wifi on MacBook Pro Early '13 - Router detected but cannot connect

Hello,

This is my third computer to install arch on but it has been the most challenging. I have been reading and following through the wiki network config pages and mac install pages a few times with this this week to no avail. Also there seems to be no clear answer from my searches online.

I believe that my drivers are installed correctly because my wifi card is detected when I use `lspci -k`:

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme
	Kernel driver in use: wl
	Kernel modules: bcma, wl

This is my output of `dmesg | grep wl` which might be of concern:

[    4.383264] wl: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    4.383270] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[    4.389967] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    4.527552] wlan0: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
[    4.532051] wl 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: renamed from wlan0

When I tried `iw dev wlp3s0 scan | less` my router was detected. I used wpa_supplicant to create the key (I think it is called) and followed the instructions in wpa_supplicant page on wiki. Still no luck. The info from the scan shows RSN capabilities and I think I read that that indicates it uses WPA2? I'm getting confused at this point. I see the wiki table on network utilities that makes me wonder if iw is what I'm running and is incompatible with my router. Also, I'm not sure if I'm running two conflicting network managers at this point.

I appreciate any help. I'm learning a ton and will be so glad when this is solved. Thanks

edit: I used wpa_cli. After adding network and setting SSID/psk, I was still unable to connect. Here is the output:

> enable_network 0
OK
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>Trying to associate with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b (SSID='Linksys04451_5GHz' freq=5200 MHz)
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>Associated with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=60:38:e0:7a:20:9b reason=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>Trying to associate with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b (SSID='Linksys04451_5GHz' freq=5200 MHz)
<3>Associated with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=60:38:e0:7a:20:9b reason=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>Trying to associate with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b (SSID='Linksys04451_5GHz' freq=5200 MHz)
<3>Associated with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=60:38:e0:7a:20:9b reason=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE
<3>Trying to associate with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b (SSID='Linksys04451_5GHz' freq=5200 MHz)
<3>Associated with 60:38:e0:7a:20:9b
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=60:38:e0:7a:20:9b reason=0
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="Linksys04451_5GHz" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE 

Last edited by Fullfifodev (2020-06-05 01:18:21)

Fullfifodev

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Registered: 2020-06-04

Posts: 2

Re: Wifi on MacBook Pro Early '13 - Router detected but cannot connect

I have had an easy set up with network manager in the past so I will explore that.

Last edited by Fullfifodev (2020-06-05 01:19:50)