Trouble connecting to wireless network.

cubey · 2008-08-16 20:49:58

Hi I installed arch a week or so ago then ran into this problem and didn't have any time at all to try to work through it, but my schedule's lightened up a bit and I've given it another shot. Basically, I'm trying to get wireless access on my laptop without using ethernet, not that I don't have access I just don't have any ethernet cables laying around. I managed to install ndiswrapper and am even able to scan and pick up information on my wireless network but when I try to connect using dhcpcd I get some weird error and it assigns me some nonsense ip address that's not even on my network. I've tried google and searching these forums, and am coming up blank. I appreciate any help anyone can offer, thanks.

wonder · 2008-08-16 20:52:00

do you forget to tell us what card you have

Last edited by wonder (2008-08-16 20:52:22)

cubey · 2008-08-16 20:53:55

OOH sorry, it's a broadcom one not entirely sure which model, dell sold it as "Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card"

wonder · 2008-08-16 21:03:20

run lspci

tomk · 2008-08-16 21:22:59

Many broadcom devices are now supported natively by the kernel. Check lsmod for the b43 or b43legacy modules - if either is loaded, you have native support, and it probably conflicts with your attempted ndiswrapper configuration. More details here.

cubey · 2008-08-16 21:53:02

tomk wrote:

Many broadcom devices are now supported natively by the kernel. Check lsmod for the b43 or b43legacy modules - if either is loaded, you have native support, and it probably conflicts with your attempted ndiswrapper configuration. More details here.

Neither are loaded, but b44 shows up a few times..

And here's my lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)

wonder · 2008-08-16 22:03:49

remove ndiswrapper and then do the steps from here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless#b43

cubey · 2008-08-16 22:14:50

wonder wrote:

remove ndiswrapper and then do the steps from here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless#b43

I guess I'll do that if it's necessary, but I remember when I used ubuntu I used the native driver and fw-cutter and my connection was noticeably slower and less reliable than on windows, and I ended up having to use ndiswrapper to make it work properly. But that was a while ago, it may have improved since then. Thanks for all the help.

Last edited by cubey (2008-08-16 22:15:39)

.:B:. · 2008-08-17 05:57:31

B44 is wired, not wireless.

Ubuntu's kernel is usually not really the latest, so you might have a better shot with Arch. Under any circumstance it is advised to take a native solution over a hack (which ndiswrapper really is, even if it's a mighty good one). So try the native way first, then go ndiswrapper, not the other way around.

wonder · 2008-08-17 06:44:09

b43 works for me flawless. the performance is the same as in windows

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