Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-25 Thread Mark Weaver
On 9/6/2011 10:06 AM, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:28:03 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: > >> I didn't read the whole thread but you should make sure you blacklist >> the b43, bcm43xx and ssb drivers >> >> vi /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf >> >> blacklist b43 >> blacklist bcm4

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:11 +0200, Milos Blazevic wrote: | [...] | > Mike, | > | > from what I can see in one of your earlier e-mails, you appear to be | > dealing with BCM4311, which is in my experience one of least | > problematic | > - worked out of the box on Cen

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:11 +0200, Milos Blazevic wrote: [...] > Mike, > > from what I can see in one of your earlier e-mails, you appear to be > dealing with BCM4311, which is in my experience one of least problematic > - worked out of the box on CentOS 6, however, ymmv. Anyway, it would be > us

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread Olaf Mueller
Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:10:51 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: >> create it with the contents I listed and reboot. If running SELinux >> in enforcing mode you may need to run restorecon on it. > Done, still no action. Note that at present, ifconfig does > not list wlan0.

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:10:51 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: > - Original Message - > | On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:28:03 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: | > | > I didn't read the whole thread but you should make sure you | > > blacklist > | > the b43, bcm43xx and ssb drivers > | > > | > vi /etc/

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:28:03 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: | | > I didn't read the whole thread but you should make sure you | > blacklist | > the b43, bcm43xx and ssb drivers | > | > vi /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf | > | > blacklist b43 | > blacklist bcm43xx |

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:28:03 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: > I didn't read the whole thread but you should make sure you blacklist > the b43, bcm43xx and ssb drivers > > vi /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf > > blacklist b43 > blacklist bcm43xx > blacklist ssb > > and also add intel_iommu=off t

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-06 Thread James A. Peltier
I didn't read the whole thread but you should make sure you blacklist the b43, bcm43xx and ssb drivers vi /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf blacklist b43 blacklist bcm43xx blacklist ssb and also add intel_iommu=off to the kernel line in your grub configuration. That works for my broadcom adapt

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:11 +0200, Milos Blazevic wrote: > Michael D. Berger wrote: >> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:54:59 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: [...] >> >>> Your firmware appears to be installed and the wl driver you compiled >>> appears to be loaded. If the driver and firmware are compatible

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Milos Blazevic
Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:54:59 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > [...] > >> Your firmware appears to be installed and the wl driver you compiled >> appears to be loaded. If the driver and firmware are compatible then I >> would check that Network Manager is running and Netwo

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:54:59 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: [...] > Your firmware appears to be installed and the wl driver you compiled > appears to be loaded. If the driver and firmware are compatible then I > would check that Network Manager is running and Networking and Wireless > Networking are e

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread b.j. mcclure
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 19:28 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:59:28 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > > > On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 18:26 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > >> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:11:21 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > > >> > I would start with na

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:22:23 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > [...] > > I note that instructions indicated that I should modify > >/etc/modprobe.conf > > to contain: > >alias eth1 wl > > Since I don't have that file, I grepped around and decided that the file > to use is probably: >

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
[...] I note that instructions indicated that I should modify /etc/modprobe.conf to contain: alias eth1 wl Since I don't have that file, I grepped around and decided that the file to use is probably: /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf So in that file I put: alias wlan0 With regard to th

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:55:40 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > [...] > > I note that if I do: >/etc/init.d/network restart > wlan0 is does not appear in the output. > > Mike. But if I modify ifcfg-wlan0 so that wlan0 should start on boot, /etc/init.d/network restart results in "...wla

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
[...] I note that if I do: /etc/init.d/network restart wlan0 is does not appear in the output. Mike. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:39:48 +0200, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: [...] > > maybe here: > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show > > good luck Thanks, but no luck so far. Mike. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org htt

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:59:28 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 18:26 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: >> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:11:21 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: >> >> [...] >> > >> > I would start with native packages in CentOS 6 and if operation is >> > unsatisfactory then seek

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread b.j. mcclure
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 18:26 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:11:21 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > > [...] > > > > I would start with native packages in CentOS 6 and if operation is > > unsatisfactory then seek another solution. > > Yes, the native packages didn't work and I

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Michael D. Berger wrote: > I have a Broadcom 802.11b/g hardware on my dual-boot laptop. > Note first that in the WinXP partition, the wifi makes DHCP > connections to my router with no problem. Since this > was not working in my new CentOS 6 partition, and > remembering that there was a driver pro

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:11:21 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: [...] > > I would start with native packages in CentOS 6 and if operation is > unsatisfactory then seek another solution. Yes, the native packages didn't work and I am mow seeking "another solution". They did show the presence of wlan0, bu

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread b.j. mcclure
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 17:58 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:47:43 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > > [...] > > > > Maybe you need to install the firmware? My laptop still uses the b43 > > driver but not entirely w/o issue. > > > > # yum search b43 > > > [...] > > The inst

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:47:43 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: [...] > > Maybe you need to install the firmware? My laptop still uses the b43 > driver but not entirely w/o issue. > > # yum search b43 > [...] The instructions mentioned above include removing b43 and replacing it with something downlo

Re: [CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem

2011-09-05 Thread b.j. mcclure
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 17:27 +, Michael D. Berger wrote: > I have a Broadcom 802.11b/g hardware on my dual-boot laptop. > Note first that in the WinXP partition, the wifi makes DHCP > connections to my router with no problem. Since this > was not working in my new CentOS 6 partition, and > reme