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ArcticStag

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Registered: 2020-09-14

Posts: 46

[SOLVED] Wireless device configuration issue

Hi There.

I am having an issue where I can see my network device in lspci

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
0a:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)

but not the ip a

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp5s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 60:45:cb:9e:8f:91 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.11/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp5s0
       valid_lft 77422sec preferred_lft 77422sec
    inet6 fe80::ac4f:8d8b:2812:60e1/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

I have looked over the information in the Network Configureation and I cant seem to work out what I am doing wrong.

Your advice is appreciated

Last edited by ArcticStag (2020-10-06 11:20:20)

ArcticStag

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Registered: 2020-09-14

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless device configuration issue

Anyone?

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless device configuration issue

Check your dmesg for errors, often missing linux-firmware during install is a good candidate for issues like this, in this particular instance you might want to actually use the proprietary driver in which case you should read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Br … roadcom-wl

solskog

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Registered: 2020-09-05

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless device configuration issue

Is your module driver loaded?

$ lspci -nnv
Kernel driver in use: ?

ArcticStag

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Registered: 2020-09-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless device configuration issue

Is your module driver loaded?

$ lspci -nnv
Kernel driver in use: ?

Thank you for this, I was able to run this and the output for the wireless device is

0a:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:85ba]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 36, IOMMU group 14
	Memory at f6400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
	Memory at f6200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
	Kernel modules: bcma

I will try using the proprietary driver and see is that works

ArcticStag

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Registered: 2020-09-14

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless device configuration issue

The Broadcom proprietary driver worked a treat. Thank you for your assistance!