Public bug reported:
Last week, I used Wubi, which installed Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 as a dual
boot onto my Gateway MX6422 laptop which has Broadcom BCM4318 for its'
wireless card. With an ethernet cable, it immediately connects to the
network (have a Belkin Wireless G MIMI Router). In addition to my
wireless router (which I set as hidden), two of my neighbors use
wireless networks. My Windoze XP system detects wireless networks
quickly and easily. The Ubuntu installation does not detect any wireless
networks, and even if I tell network manager to use a hidden wireless
network, it does not work. My research into the recommended fixes shows
many different solutions for BCM43** connection problems, some of which
seem quite extreme. I have done a few of the terminal commands and it
appears the Ubuntu is at least seeing the card. I see a lot of reports
that incorrectly say the next Ubuntu releases (8.04, 8.10) will fix the
BCM43** problem! Of the couple dozen or so possible solutions, which is
the correct one to use?
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bcm4318 broadcom intrepid wireless
** Description changed:
Last week, I used Wubi, which installed Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 as a dual
- boot onto my Gateway MX6422 laptop which has Broadcom BCM4316 for its'
+ boot onto my Gateway MX6422 laptop which has Broadcom BCM4318 for its'
wireless card. With an ethernet cable, it immediately connects to the
network (have a Belkin Wireless G MIMI Router). In addition to my
wireless router (which I set as hidden), two of my neighbors use
wireless networks. My Windoze XP system detects wireless networks
quickly and easily. The Ubuntu installation does not detect any wireless
networks, and even if I tell network manager to use a hidden wireless
network, it does not work. My research into the recommended fixes shows
many different solutions for BCM43** connection problems, some of which
seem quite extreme. I have done a few of the terminal commands and it
appears the Ubuntu is at least seeing the card. I see a lot of reports
that incorrectly say he next Ubuntu releases (8.04, 8.10) will fix the
BCM43** problem! Of the couple dozen or so possible solutions, which is
the correct one to use?
ja...@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
> Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=0 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
> Power Management: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
>
> pan0 no wireless extensions.
>
> ja...@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -c network
> [sudo] password for janus:
> *-network
> description: Ethernet interface
> product: 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
> vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
> physical id: 0
> bus info: p...@0000:03:00.0
> logical name: eth0
> version: 10
> serial: 00:e0:b8:b5:71:b0
> size: 100MB/s
> capacity: 100MB/s
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet
> physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2
> driverversion=1.22 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.6 latency=0
> link=yes module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
> *-network
> description: Network controller
> product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN
> Controller
> vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> physical id: 2
> bus info: p...@0000:05:02.0
> version: 02
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: bus_master
> configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
> *-network:0 DISABLED
> description: Wireless interface
> physical id: 1
> logical name: wlan0
> serial: 00:14:a5:96:b5:37
> capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
> configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
> *-network:1 DISABLED
> description: Ethernet interface
> physical id: 2
> logical name: pan0
> serial: ca:b1:6c:61:a9:76
> capabilities: ethernet physical
> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3
> firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
** Tags added: bcm4318 broadcom intrepid wireless
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Intrepid no wireless connection Broadcom BCM4318
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379506
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