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- To: kishore <kishore@vodafone.it>
- Subject: Re: Installing a Broadcom 4312 rev 02 wifi card
- From: Korrignu <korrignu@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:31:10 +0100
- Message-id: <49ACF8DE.4010403@gmail.com>
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- References: <49A7EE9E.6010204@gmail.com> <20090227091555.9d35f883.celejar@gmail.com> <49A81E5F.3050607@cableone.net> <1235819781.12895.2.camel@localhost>
kishore wrote: > Machiner has wrote a nice tutorial at > > www.debiantutorials.org > > Please read also the comments. I resolved atleast a dozen laptops (HP, > Acer & Compaq) with similar problems following his guides... > > Kishore > > > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 09:09 -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:46:06 +0100 >>> Korrignu <korrignu@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> hi, >>>> i have some problems since i bought my new laptop >>>> in fact i have a wifi card with a briadcom 4312 rev 02 chipset >>>> and i don't know how to set up >>>> i installed b43-fwcutter and then i load b43 module >>>> but nothing happens >>>> no new wireless interface etc... >>>> >>>> so i don't know if this chipset is supported by the b43 module >>>> >>>> if i install the broadcom STA/wl module, it works asa long as i don't >>>> want to use a WPA-EAP with TTLS wifi network >>>> because this lead to a kernel panic ... >>>> >>>> have I somebody already installed this kind of wifi card ? and how ? >>>> or have sombedy have some informations to do that ? >>>> >>>> >>> The 4312 is listed as supported: >>> >>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#supported >>> >>> Post the relevant dmesg excerpt and lspci output. >>> >>> Celejar >>> -- >>> mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email >>> ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I have this card in an HP 8000dv and it has never worked without >> ndiswrapper. That doesn't even work anymore. I don't know if the XP >> drivers were updated or not but b43-fwcutter always told me the firmware >> wasn't correct now no matter which driver I chose just before I finally >> dumped the card. >> >> It was a lousy card to begin with. Reception was very poor even using >> ndiswrapper and it would drop the connection at least once an hour. >> Every usb wifi card I tried reported far better signal strength from the >> same position and so did the Intel mini-pci cards. None of them dropped >> connections either. My advice, if you have the money to spend, is just >> get another card such as one of the intel mini-pci cards that fit into >> the same slot in the motherboard. They work much better and report much >> better signal strength. >> >> I know some people got 4312 card to work, but in my hardware >> configuration it never did work right. With ndiswrapper I couldn't use >> any security and with the open source driver it just plain old didn't >> work at all. >> >> >> > > > Hi, i received an re answer from linux-wireless mailing list : " >The *BCM4312* is somewhat of a problem as there are two completely different >devices that use that identification. You need to look at the PCI ID to tell if >it is supported. Use the command 'lspci -n'and look for a line that has >"14e5:43XX" in it. If XX is 15, it is not supported. The fact that you have to >load the b43 module manually suggests that it is not supported. The other thing >to do is the command 'dmesg | grep b43'. " so i have no other solution, i have to use the broadcom module
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