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doctorzeus

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 79

[Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

Hello

I recently installed Arch Linux on my laptop,

however the only wireless driver that I know of that works is the proprietary one from broadcom here:

http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

I patched it with the patch found (it refused to compile beforehand):

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<     .ndo_set_multicast_list = wl_set_multicast_list,
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>     .ndo_set_rx_mode = wl_set_multicast_list,

However after installing Networkmanager it refuses to connect to a network when I click on one available in nm-applet; even after typing in my password to give it authorisation, not even a box comes up so I can enter the wep key. I then tried pressing on nm-applet and clicking "Create New Wireless Network" and selecting WPA & WPA2 for my wireless security and typing in my ssid and trying to connect. This time it got further along as it began trying to establish a connection with the network however no luck! I then tried the same thing except on a network with no security and obviously no network security selected and it Worked! It also allowed me to connect to networks with no security by clicking on the network from the available list rather than creating a new connection manually..

However it is obviously going to be a detrament to me If I can't connect to Wireless networks that have security on them! All in all It simply refuses to work with my home network (I havn't tried other security other then WPA&WPA2) and only open security networks..

Can Someone please help me to get this working ?

Thanks

DoctorZeus

Last edited by doctorzeus (2012-01-21 15:10:59)

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,606

Re: [Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

Nope, the proprietary driver is not the only one that works. b43 works too. Just install the b43-firmware package from AUR.

doctorzeus

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 79

Re: [Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

Nope, the proprietary driver is not the only one that works. b43 works too. Just install the b43-firmware package from AUR.

Thanks for the Reply!

Do I need to use abs to install this? "pacman -S b43-firmware" doesn't find a package..

Thanks

DoctorZeus

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: [Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

No, not abs. AUR is the Arch User Repository, it contains stuff that is not in the main Arch repositories. The wiki has plenty of information about it.

doctorzeus

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 79

Re: [Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

Ok I installed the b43 firmware driver and blacklised the b43legacy one, however I am still unfortunately having the same problem as I stated at the start of my post

Any suggestions?

Thanks

DoctorZeus

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,606

Re: [Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

I have no experience with network-manager, it's possible your hitting some issue with the blackbox that is consolekit/polkit. I suggest trying a different manager, either wicd or netcfg.

doctorzeus

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 79

Re: [Solved] Wireless Conection Problems - Broadcom BCM4312

YES!!!

That has it working!!!

Thanks so much for your help!!!