Wireless installed but not connecting

Hum could you post what chipset that is using and is it showing on Eth0 or wlan0 or ra ?

Linux User #266786
http://www.thebarrel.net

It has a 1.7 Ghz Pentium M and I believe it is on eth0 or eth1.

Open a Konsole and type:

lspci - hit return - then post it here

Also do a iwconfig post back and we can see what is preventing wifi starting...

critter200, check this thread:
possible new convert | MEPIS
http://www.mepis.org/node/9517
and the comments by EnigmaOne who seems to have things working

Jon

hagan@1[~]$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

hagan@1[~]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"default"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
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

Ah a broadcom here is the fix that was posted for that a while back,

Do this:
open /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist in your favorite editor

add #Broadcom Native Driver
blacklist bcm43xx

save and reboot

Your wireless should now be under wlan0 and be accessable in Mepis OS Center, be sure to check "start at boot" under the wlan0 tab.

Give that a shot and see if it helps.

Linux User #266786
http://www.thebarrel.net

When I type that in and go to save, it tells me "The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to file:///etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.

Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.

Any suggestions?
I really appreciate everyone's help.

Critter,

It's because you're not editing it as root.

Use the shortcut to the "Run" command by pressing Alt+F2. Then type "kdesu kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" Type in your root password when asked, and it will bring you straight into the editor.

Do the changes as previously suggested, then save.

Regards,

-STYNGERSMASH-

"Share the world."

I made the above changes but now when I reboot, the wireless icon doesn't even show up in the taskbar. When I go into system administration to the utilites area where the internet tabs are located, I am unable to click start wlan0. The only button that will allow me to do anything to it is the actual ethernet one. I don't have any type of ethernet cable plugged in. Also, if anybody knows the solution and makes it so I am able to check the "start wlan0", which internet ip settings do I check? I can either use the static one or the dhcp.
Thanks again for all of the help, linux is new to me but I am loving it.

I probably should mention where I am going to try and get the wireless to work just in case I'm doing that wrong. I am going into the system configuration (settings) and clicking down system administration, once that is expanded down, I go to Mepis utilities and click on network interfaces. That is where I try to start my wireless connection. The only thing being recognized right now is eth0, which was set up for my ethernet. If I change it to wireless, it will change but not connect to anything. eth1, eth2, ath0, and wlan0 all say "not found".

Try:
apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter

I had no problems with an earlier rev of SM but, with rc-1 I had to do the above, along with the blacklist.

Let us know how it goes.

Home of the Point-N-Click Help Files ~ [url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]How To Ask Questions the Smart Way[/url]

I typed alt + F2 and got into the editor, where I typed "#apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter" and " blacklist bcm43xx". I removed what I had typed earlier with the "#broadcom native driver" and "blacklist bcm43xx". I then saved and rebooted to the same result as before. Am I supposed to leave the broadcom native driver with the blacklist as well as the apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter and the blacklist with it? Sorry this is taking me so long, hopefully I can get it figured out soon so I can start fully enjoying Mepis.

You're all crossed up! Remove your apt-get from the blacklist. Do a search, as there is plenty of info on the Broadcom Chip and how to get it working. Hope this helps! http://www.mepis.org/node/10314

Open a console session.

su

and enter your root password.
Then, while still in your console session, enter the following:

apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter

IIRC, fwcutter will ask for the location of your driver files for the wireless.
You need to mount /dev/hda2 on /mnt/hda2 (just use Kwikdisk to do the mounting).
You'll then find the driver files in /mnt/hda2/drivers/network/onboard
(b44win.cat, b44win.inf, b44win.PNF, bcm4sbxp.sys and INFCACHE.1)
fwcutter will know what to do with them all. Just follow the screen prompts.

#Broadcom Native Driver
blacklist bcm43xx
should have been the only thing you added to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Remove anything else you otherwise added.

Home of the Point-N-Click Help Files
How To Ask Questions the [url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]Smart Way[/url]

I typed in the apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter and everything went ok except it did not find my bcm. I opened up kwikdisk to do the following instructions and I did not see a hda2 on there at all. Also, I am not sure what I am supposed to do once I am in there.

Fred Finster
WB7ODY

I am using a Linksys wireless USB adapter, WUSSB11 version 2.6

Look for where your CDROM is mounted on the file system.
substitute /dev/hda1 or /dev/hda3 or /dev/hda5 for /dev/hda2
mount point

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Load the driver files for the ndiswrapper program where
they were placed by the apt-get program.

/dev/hda2 is the 2nd partition on the primay master ide drive in you computer system. ( might be considered drive letter D: or E: in WINXP) When booting from a MEPIS installation, this is probably where your Broadcom installation driver files were placed. I see that my comments are a bit murky above. CDROM disk or hard disk directory containing the broadcom driver files for winxp.

Open a console / terminal and issue the following commands
fdisk -l /dev/hda
ls /mnt
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2
cd /nnt/hda2
ls

Checkout my website where I have posted a long set of portable network graphics (.png) files that show the environment that I setup to get my wireless adapter working.

http://home.kendra.com/tulip/mepis6

Usefull commands for the command line from a console

lspci
lsmod
ifconfig
iwconfig
fdisk -l /dev/hda

ifup wlan0
ifdown wlan0
dhclient wlan0

I also used synaptic via a dialup modem to download and install these tools kwifimanager wifi-radar knetmanager
kwifimanager and wifi-radar seem to conflict with each other so use only one at a time.

Ko, Any ideas on how to make a document or sticky note my information for others to have quick access to? Should my mepis6 wireless setup page be posted over at mepislovers.com website too?

I accept comments and corrections also. It took me a long wile to figure out how to make the wireless connection work.
Just follow the graphic screens and check your own computer settings. Maybe you can use Ksnapshot program to capture the screen settings that work for your broadcom wireless.

Fred Finster
fredf at kendra dot com

Okay ... just installed SimplyMEPIS yesterday and in earnest I began to configure my wireless notebook card.

At first I had a difficult time most especially since in the utilities, I noticed that I could not start up wlan0, but did notice that eth0 was active. Don't know what happened but I got a connection.

Can anyone tell me why the wireless connection comes up as eth0 and not wlan0????

Just some particulars, I have a Belkin Notebook wireless card with the Broadcom 4318 chip.

I am not complaining because everything appears to be working and I like it when things go smoothly. I just would like to know why wlan0 cannot be activated from the status tab in the utilities, and why it is designated as wireless on eth0.

I noticed this with one or two of the kids' notebooks.

As I recall, that sort of behaviour persisted until I did fw cuts, blacklisted the native driver and ndiswrappered the xp driver from the wireless software CD.

After that, it appeared on wlan0.

AFAIC, if it works, it works.

Home of the Point-N-Click Help Files
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html