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*SOLVED* WLAN Out to Lunch
Juanito:
--- Quote from: eltone on January 09, 2013, 04:11:51 PM ---Could there be a missing extension, for b43 to hiccup this way?
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Not so much a missing extension, but you probably need the appropriate broadcom firmware for your hardware to work, see:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
--- Quote ---The Broadcom wireless chip needs proprietary software (called "firmware") that runs on the wireless chip itself to work properly. This firmware is copyrighted by Broadcom and must be extracted from Broadcom's proprietary drivers. To get such firmware on your system, you must download the driver from a legal distribution point, extract it, and install it. This is accomplished different ways by different Linux distributions, so please read the section for yours for the best results. You will need an alternate working internet connection (by Ethernet cable, for example) since the firmware cannot be included with the distro itself.
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--- Quote ---Other distributions not mentioned above
Note: You need to have a compiler and headers for libc installed, since you will have to build fwcutter from source
...continue reading from here
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and
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:list_of_supported_wifi_devices
genec:
I would have sworn I had a 4318 in something, b43 loaded fine but the wifi was deaf. Once I blacklisted the other 3 components and loaded the appropriate extensions, wl solved my issue. I'll need to check what card was in the machine.
Juanito:
--- Quote from: eltone on January 09, 2013, 09:39:13 PM ---Can RF-kill be the root problem?
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You could maybe double-check that your wifi hardware and software (bios) switches are on.
aus9:
it me lurking away
eltone pls ensure that you have completely shutdown windows before booting into linux so that you avoid this scenario
paraphrased....windows locks the wifi device in hibernation etc
source
http://linux.bigresource.com/Ubuntu-Networking-unable-to-turn-wifi-on-after-windows-hibernate-h121tlrfb.html
If I am right, boot back into windows, go into control panel and check that pushing the power button truly shuts down MS
then shutdown then try Linux....I am not an expert in MS so I am hoping its the power management icon in MS
good luck
eltone:
The b43 maintainer says this driver supports these chipsets:
1) 2) BCM4306/3
3) BCM4311
4) BCM4312
5) BCM4318
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