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wirewater

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Registered: 2011-06-23

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[SOLVED] wifi installation issue

I've been using arch for quite sometime now but this is the first time i've had to deal with wifi drivers/firmware. Anyway my issue is that I have a broadcom 4306(3)  and i've installed both b43-fwcutter and b43-firmware (aur). I can get a connection but my browser wont load any site, failing to connect. I tried pinging and I get a ping back so I know it's connected but for some reason my applications don't want to work. I also tried pacman and this works as well. I can get a connection through tethering with my phone but it kinda defeats the purpose of having an adapter. I have also tried to connect with pidgin and this fails as well. I've searched for similar posts but haven't found much of anything. Hopefully someone can shed some light on my issue. I've also checked "iwconfig" there is an active connection.

Last edited by wirewater (2012-03-01 12:51:27)

alanmc

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From: Richmond, VA

Registered: 2012-02-28

Posts: 6

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi installation issue

Sounds like a DNS issue.
What do get when you enter, from the command line, 

[yourprompt]$ dig google.com

Shoulsd be something like,

[al@al-laptop ~]$ dig google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.1 <<>> google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47699
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 11, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.71
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.72
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.73
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.78
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.64
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.65
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.66
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.67
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.68
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.69
google.com.		129	IN	A	74.125.224.70

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
google.com.		58078	IN	NS	ns2.google.com.
google.com.		58078	IN	NS	ns4.google.com.
google.com.		58078	IN	NS	ns3.google.com.
google.com.		58078	IN	NS	ns1.google.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.google.com.		301081	IN	A	216.239.32.10
ns2.google.com.		301083	IN	A	216.239.34.10
ns3.google.com.		254021	IN	A	216.239.36.10
ns4.google.com.		293035	IN	A	216.239.38.10

;; Query time: 97 msec
;; SERVER: 56.88.114.34#53(56.88.114.34)
;; WHEN: Thu Mar  1 00:10:57 2012
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 340

If not, check the output of cat /etc/resolv.conf
If there is no listing for nameserver, check your network settings / dhcp server setting for correct DNS nameserver entries.
Al

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi installation issue

Could you post the output of:
iwconfig
ip addr
and of
ip route

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wirewater

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Registered: 2011-06-23

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi installation issue

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Last edited by wirewater (2012-03-01 07:57:45)

wirewater

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Registered: 2011-06-23

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi installation issue

another quick update i can connect to my phone wireless and tether that way too... so I know it works. My main router is being a turd though and wont let me use programs. I tried messing with the encryption types and even made it unsecured to test it that way. I have connected to it with other distro's as well. I connect to it with my main pc all the time as well which uses Arch. I'm using wicd to connect for gui in an openbox wm i setup myself.

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,584

Re: [SOLVED] wifi installation issue

Your router may have problems with ipv6 addresses.  Did you try this?

wirewater

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Registered: 2011-06-23

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] wifi installation issue

Thank you, this solved my issue Skunktrader... you are beast!