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COLINx86

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 3

[Solved]Setting up WiFi Broadcom-wl

I've been away from Linux for around a year, I remember most of the stuff i need to know, but can't figure out how to get my wifi to work again.

I've installed the Broadcom-wl driver from AUR, and I have it listed in my /etc/rc.conf file, but when I type in
iwconfig eth0 essid "2WIRE920" key *mykey*    it gives me an error saying

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1a) :
     SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not permitted.

I truly am lost right now, and appreciate any help.

Here is the modules line in my /etc/rc.conf file.

MODULES=(lib8021_crypt_tkip lib80211 wl !b43 !ssb)

Thanks,
Colin.

Last edited by COLINx86 (2011-06-09 20:34:33)

steventrouble

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Registered: 2010-03-18

Posts: 5

Re: [Solved]Setting up WiFi Broadcom-wl

Hello,

Sorry if I'm being that guy, but were you running this command as root? Whenever I forget to use sudo, it gives me a nearly identical error. Also, if that's not the case, then are you positive your card is mapped to eth0? If you're positive it's not those, then what kind of key does the network you're trying to connect to require? (WPA, WEP, etc.)

Luck,
- Steven

COLINx86

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved]Setting up WiFi Broadcom-wl

Yeah, I tried sudo, su, and logging in as root but it gave me the same error every time.

I'm not 100% sure that it's mapped to eth0, but the only other option is eth1 and lo and when I try scanning with one of those it gives me an "interface doesn't support scanning" error.

It's a WEP key.

Thanks,
Colin.

Varg

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2010-07-07

Posts: 272

Re: [Solved]Setting up WiFi Broadcom-wl

What kind of card do you have ? Do you need the proprietary driver or could you use one of the open source ones ? I found out that my card was supported by the brcm80211 driver and made the switch. Since the driver is included in the kernel there is no need for additional installing.

What's the output of iwconfig ( without any options ) ?

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COLINx86

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved]Setting up WiFi Broadcom-wl

Sorry, completly forgot about this post.
Installing Wicd fixed it.

@Varg, I don't have to use the proprietary driver, but it seems to work better.