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 Networking and Wireless
>> Networking are enabled in the NM applet. Network Manager should create
>> an auto-<ssid_of_accesspoint> configuration file in
>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
>>
>> If that all looks o.k. I'll have to pass the baton to someone that may
>> have experience with your driver.
>>
>> The stock driver (b43) does work on my machine although on some routers
>> dhcp does not work and I have had to configure a static IP to get a
>> connection. ymmv.
>>
>> B.J.
>>
>> CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
>>
>
> My NetworkManager doesn't work (that's another problem, but low
> priority), and it is my intention to use wpa_supplicant and dhclient
> from the command line. But obviously, if I can't see anything
> with ifconfig, I can't do that. ifconfig did work before I
> made the changes. With regard do compatibility between the firmware
> and the driver, I could not say. Maybe that is the problem.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Mike.
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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
useful if we could see the output of:
lspci -nn
just to confirm the exact Broadcom chip.
Now, the manual at CentOS wiki used to be sufficent to make the WiFi
work (as eth1 or wlan0, regardless - although I always configured it as
eth1), sadly, this is not entirely true anymore. To be more precise, the
latest driver from Broadcom site doesn't work at all on CentOS 5 (tested
it not a month ago with BCM4311). So, in order to avoid paying to
DriverGuide.com, I can either send you a older version of a driver, or
you can download one from here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/broadcom-sta/5.10.91.9.3-3
(I haven't tested the latter), and go through the installation manual
step by step. I haven't read Gytis' manual, but it should work in pretty
much the same was as the one on CentOS Broadcom Wiki - as he contributed
to the Wiki :-)
Hopefully, I'll perform some more testing soon and remedy obsoleted
parts of the Wiki page as soon as the time permits.
P.S:
And yes, you should leave NetworkManger manage your network connections
for start, and stop meddling with wpa_supplicant and manual wireless
configuration - it'll save you time and nervs.
So, just run:
service network stop
service NetworkManager start
chkconfig network off
chkconfig NetworkManager on
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*Kind regards,*
*Milos Blazevic*
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