No wireless card detected [SOLVED]

jamierc · 2009-02-02 13:12:33

I have a broadcom 4312 wirless card (yeah, I know), which I can get working in Fedora and Suse using the broadcom-wl driver.

I want to switch to Arch, but before making the plunge, need to know if my wireless will work. I've installed Arch in a Virtualbox, and using wired internet, tried to get wireless working. I have managed to install the broadcom-wl drivers using AUR, they modprobe fine, and lsmod shows wl, iee80211_crypt to be running fine.

However, still no wireless.

lspci doesnt show any wireless card at all - I think this may be where the problem lies.

Any advice would be much appreciated, if this works then I'm installing Arch straight away!

Thanks all

Jamie

Last edited by jamierc (2009-02-06 07:18:07)

Duologic · 2009-02-02 13:19:27

Did you check the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312
It is a whole page about that card. I don't use it but I've heard about people getting it up.

saf · 2009-02-02 13:38:00

u mean there is no wireless device when u enter iwconfig, even modul is loaded?

jamierc · 2009-02-02 15:26:10

Thanks both. Yes I've read the 4312 wiki, which is how I managed to install the broadcom-wl driver.

iwconfig doesn't show any wiress devices at all, only the wired device (which works fine).

Is there something I should have done when installing Arch?

Duologic · 2009-02-02 17:37:54

I gues you read this at the bottom of the article:

-Put "ieee80211_crypt_tkip" and "wl" at the BEFORE b44 (if you have it) position in MODULES= in /etc/rc.conf
-Don't forget to blacklist b43
-Your wireless card will be eth0
-Your ethernet card will be eth1
-Both will work fine

So no wireless card will appear, it wil be ethX .

jamierc · 2009-02-02 17:51:58

Yeah I read that, was hoping for eth1 to appear. As it is all I have is eth0, which is my wired connection.

As I said, if I run lsmod, I can see wl and ieee80211_crypt running

Duologic · 2009-02-02 17:54:57

looks weird to me, perhaps you have the card switched off with a mechanical switch, or the BIOS has turned it off.

jamierc · 2009-02-02 20:09:40

No, nothing like that. The card is working on my host box, just not on the virtual one. It could of course be something related to running Arch in a virtual box, but I doubt it. Weird indeed.

Duologic · 2009-02-02 23:37:17

Oh, you run it from VirtualBox over-read that part. I bet you run Virtualbox from a linux distribution? Then you should modprobe vboxnetflt (on the host).

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Nezmer · 2009-02-02 23:42:59

I don't have Virtualbox installed now But I *think* It uses virtual network devices and you can choose the device from settings/configuration .

Do you have the same ethernet card listed in Virtualbox and the real setup ?

--EDIT--
Duologic seems to know better so follow his advice .

Last edited by Nezmer (2009-02-02 23:45:11)

jamierc · 2009-02-03 07:00:42

Thanks again. Still not working after the modprobe. You're right, I'm running it from a Virtualbox from Fedora. If it seems this is causing the problem, and that its not too much of a problem to get Broadcom 4312 wifi devices to work, then I'll just go ahead and install it properly, and hope for the best!

J

jamierc · 2009-02-03 07:48:53

@Nezmer - yes, I'm already running a windows XP virtual box, and the net settings in Virtualbox settings are the same. I'm starting to think this is a Vbox problem rather than Arch. Thanks for your help.

Surgat_ · 2009-02-03 12:42:47

Maybe you should try it from an Arch live cd so that Vbox doesn't interfere.

jamierc · 2009-02-03 17:43:17

as in Archie? Will try it.

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Surgat_ · 2009-02-04 00:30:57

Or the install CDs

jamierc · 2009-02-04 07:31:25

Thanks for all this guys. The install CDs after running lscpi show a Broadcom 4310 (although its actually a 4312).

I suspect that after updating Arch it might detect the card type correctly, but am still concerned about whether it will actually work - I might give it a go anyway, although am now conerned which drivers to try. I'll keep messing around and hope to post back from wireless next time.

J

Last edited by jamierc (2009-02-04 12:46:22)

jamierc · 2009-02-05 20:31:56

[SOLVED]!

Wireless now working - must have been a Vbox problem. I'm now updating and installing a window manager.

The interesting thing was how my Broadcom 4312 card shows up as a Broadcom 4310 card under Arch. Didn't make any difference, and the Broadcom-wl driver works fine with it, so for anyone else with this issue, I recommend broadcom-wl drivers.

Thanks for all your help

Jamie

Nezmer · 2009-02-06 03:59:59

Congratulations .
You should edit your first post and add [solved] to the title .

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