Firmware cutter: Wireless issue.

[Miriam]

Hello everybody,

I had a try of installing ndiswrapper and it failed, thus, I un-installed it and tried firmware cutter. I have:
1. 02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
2. Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-19-generic

I used the Adapt Manager KDE3 to install bcm43xx-fwcutter. And I think I did. Then I did the following:

1. I extracted bcmwl5.sys using bcm43xx-fwcutter
2. in /lib/firmware I have the following (created ten new *.fw files):

total 504
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 2008-10-18 03:03 2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3504 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval01.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   16 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval02.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3504 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval03.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   16 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval04.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2536 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval05.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  248 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval06.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2536 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval07.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2536 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval08.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  248 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval09.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  248 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_initval10.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21672 2008-10-17 05:22 bcm43xx_microcode11.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16216 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_microcode2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19960 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_microcode4.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22520 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_microcode5.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1312 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_pcm4.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1312 2008-10-18 01:53 bcm43xx_pcm5.fw

3. In 2.6.24-19-generic, I also have these ten files.
4. I re-booted the machine, with hope to have the wireless working correctly, but sadly, it did not.

iwconfig outputs:

lo    no wireless extensions.

eth0   no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0   IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
     Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
     Tx-Power=0 dBm
     Retry min limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr=2346 B
     Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
     Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
     Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0

Where is the problem?

[revdjenk]

Re: Firmware cutter: Wireless issue.

Miriam,

I don't see an ESSID in your iwconfig output...unless you edited it out...
You have setup the info (user, WEP or WAP password) for your connection settings, right?
right click on network icon in taskbar click on connect to wireless network and fill in your info.



God bless
Doug

[Miriam]

Re: Firmware cutter: Wireless issue.

I tried entering ESSID name, and there are no other information (user, passwords). But still can't connect! Is there any technical problem in my installation? How to make sure if I have un-installed nsidwrapper correctly and completely? Thanks

[arochester]

Re: Firmware cutter: Wireless issue.

1) Which version of Kubuntu are you using?
2) KDE3 or KDE4?
3) Have you followed any howtos or tutorials? Which ones?

Have you looked at e.g.https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eisty_No-Fluff

There was a Hardy bug which needs particular input for ndiswrapper - so if you used e.g. Gutsy instructions that is missed out...

[Miriam]

Re: Firmware cutter: Wireless issue.

1) Which version of Kubuntu are you using?

uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-19-generic

2) KDE3 or KDE4?

KDE4

3) Have you followed any howtos or tutorials? Which ones?

Yes I did. Here are they:

The main link that I followed:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-332253.html

The only different is that, I used Adapt Manager to install the firmware-cutter and I manually moved the extracted files, i.e. the main section that I followed is section `E'.

Other links I read:
http://www.linux.com/feature/118555 (firmware cutter part)
http://dougsland.livejournal.com/tag/bcmwl5.sys

Have you looked at e.g.https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eisty_No-Fluff

No. But, I don't want to use ndiswrapper!

[arochester]

Re: Firmware cutter: Wireless issue.

I have always used ndiswrapper with success.

Have you seen http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 ?

Scroll down to "You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.24" It says "Use version 011 of b43-fwcutter" ...and this needs to be compiled and "Use version 4.80.53.0 of Broadcom's proprietary driver"

(Aside: One of the bookmarks I have is to "HOWTO: Broadcom 43xx based wireless cards the EASY way.". It has over 100 pages, 1200 post and has been withdrawn because it now causes more problems than it solves!)