Hi I have the dame wireless chipset and it "works" on my Archlinux setup (64bits, GNOME, b43-firmware and network manager). I sa y "works" because i can use the wireless connection but the connection is slow. What does dmesg says after a connection try? Cordialement, Julien Pecqueur -- http://julienpecqueur.net Le 6 mars 2013 22:59, "Magnus Therning" <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > I have seen some indications that my Broadcom B43 *ought* to work with > the kernel's b43 driver, but I've never managed to get it working on > my own. I'd love to be able to switch away from the broadcom-wl > package is possible. > > Using a kernel from a few days ago, 3.7.9 and the b43-firmware > package from AUR I only get as far as connecting to my router (at > least that's what NetworkManager says), but then I can't actually > connect to any site. If I then bring down the network and then bring > it back up again the connection to the router will fail > (NetworkManager keeps asking for the password). > > Any suggestions on what might be causing this, and what I should try > next? > > /M > > % lspci -nn|grep Broadcom > 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g > LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) > > Wireless network uses WPA2 > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus > > I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have > C++ in mind. > -- Alan Kay >