Broadcom Card detected - no connection though
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Howdy! I just downloaded Mepis today and installed it on my laptop. It was recommended because of it's high compatibility level with wireless cards. Of course, it's never that easy for me 
I have a Dell Latitude D600. I have already gone through the forum here, used a help to get the computer to recognized the wireless card and it now detects networks - all of them in my area. But, there's two problems.
1) When I try and connect to MY encrypted (WEP) wireless network, it asks for my key, which I give it, and then it can't connect at all, asks for the code again, and then stops trying.
2) When I try and connect to a friend unsecured wireless network, it connects, shows the bars (strength of signal) - but there's not actually an internet connection.
So, I am running Mepis v. 6.5.02 32 bit.
I was told to post the following information obtained as root:
iwconfig
lspci | grep -i network (or: lsusb | grep -i network, for a usb adapter)
ndiswrapper -l
so, here it is:
$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.484 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key: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
$ sudo lspci | grep -i network
0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
airplus : driver installed
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4324) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
bcmwl5a : driver installed
device (14E4:4324) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
lsbcmnds : driver installed
lsbcmnds6 : driver installed
lstinds : driver installed
mrv8k51 : driver installed
netr33x : driver installed
prismnic : driver installed
wlanuig : driver installed
wlipnds : driver installed
Any ideas on what the problem is or how I can fix it? thanks!
Broadcom 4309
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Broadcom 4309
first try removing one of the drivers (probably bcmwl5)
ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
If that doesn't help, remove both bcmwl5 and bcmwl5a and download the drivers from dell, maybe here:
http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R76521na.EXE
entries 53 and 54
Do look here and make sure bcm43xx is in blacklist
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Any_card_using_the_Broadcom_43xx_chipset
Mike
I have a Dell Latitude C640
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I have a Dell Latitude C640 with a Broadcom 4306 mini pci wireless card and found Mepis 6.5 recognised the card and (apparantly) configured it and reported 'Connected' but would not actually connect. I reverted to Mepis 6.0, configured the card in a term window and connected immediatly - no problems.
Nameserver?
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See here -- I have seen nameserver problems with Broadcom, but in another distro
http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9893&highlight=nameserver
Mike
That's what I have
Posts: 305
This works for me in 6.5.02:
- Open up MEPIS Network Assistant
- On the General tab, check Disable for Ndiswrapper preference, and click Apply
- On Wireless tab, note the interface it is trying to connect with, and enter the SSID for your system, click Apply
- On the Interfaces tab, select the interface on the pull-down menu, then check Start/Restart on Apply, and click on Apply
- It should connect with a few seconds
If not, please get back to us.The Wiki on this card: http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Any_card_using_the_Broadcom_43xx_chipset