The problem occurred after I downloaded and compiled the package for enabling wireless on the laptop from the site ' www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php' which I got to know from the site 'wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom'
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