problems with Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

I followed the plan given by mdmarmer. Be sure to have ALL the Windows driver files in the working directory when you install bcmwl5.inf. There were five or six files.

Make sure you get "driver present, hardware present" response from the ndiswrapper -l command.

Good luck

If you have a newer kernel (the Mepis 6.0 Ubuntu kernel)
you need to blacklist bcm43xx

See here http://www.mepis.org/node/9752

Mike

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Use the wiki http://www.mepislovers-wiki.org you can search it

I have a Pavillion dv2120 and I can't even get the "wireless" light to turn blue. I'm running a new install of of the Mepis 6.01 DVD.

I did the blacklist, installed a new driver from HP for ndiswrapper, turned off the other ndiswrapper drivers, and still no luck. I can't even get Mepis to acknowlege the existence of a wireless device.

In mepis utils wlan0 says "not found", and "wireless on:" is blank.

I've tried every suggestion I could find and no luck. Any ideas as to what is going on?

Thanks,
kumar

Just in case it helps...

ndiswrapper -l gets me:

bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present

kumar

Considering what you have done so far, try this:

iwconfig wlan0 channel 9 essid wlightnet

Replace the "9" with your channel number. Replace the "wlightnet" with your net name. The blue light should be shining.

If you get something like "nonexistant wlan0" then you will have to go back to basics. If it just won't work, then send us the results of iwconfig and ifconfig.

are you using 32-bit driver?

Sometimes HP site is confusing and you get 64-bit driver by mistake

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=3245591

Did you blacklist bcm43xx?

Also, it could help to remove all the other drivers

ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -e airplus
...

also
ndiswrapper -m
reboot
mutilities

may help

set up wireless tab, wlan0 tab, click "Apply" at each tab
click "Start at Boot"

Post to http://www.mepislovers.com
use the wiki http://mepis.org/docs

Mike

root@1[~]# iwconfig wlan0 channel 6 essid carrisr
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.

root@1[~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

root@1[~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:B8:B8:45:73
inet addr:192.168.123.101 Bcast:192.168.123.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:325 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:266819 (260.5 KiB) TX bytes:47089 (45.9 KiB)
Interrupt:217

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6544 (6.3 KiB) TX bytes:6544 (6.3 KiB)

root@1[~]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present

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To answer other questions:
blacklist bcm43xx yes

32bit driver: yes as far as I can tell. I tried the driver from the link above. I also tried a driver from Gateway since they use the same broadcom (4311) chip.

ndiswrapper -e: yes for all other drivers listed by -l.

Any other ideas?

Thanks, kumar

I just got this same laptop and had the same problem. I finally downloaded the latest ndiswrapper source, uninstalled the current ndiswrapper that came with the Mepis 6.0, built the new one and everything works fine (you will need to re-install the bcm5wl.inf again and restart).