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Re: Broadcom BCM4318 AirForceOne issue - Ubuntu 9.10 on Acer Aspire 5024wlmi

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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
> ping from .1 -> .99  >>>> No ping
> ping from .1 to <ip of nokia> >> I don't know how to determine Nokia
> IP. I can't get it from the phone GUI. Is there a way to get it from
> Windows? But I guess ping should work, cause Nokia phone can access
> internet via wireless...

I was just trying to rule out a firewall issue..

> 2010/1/19 Greg Oliver <oliver.greg@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Yes, I installed b43-fwcutter to extract the adapter firmware, as
>>> suggested in linux-wireless page.
>>> I did other experiments and I have an update: the issue is only with
>>> ad-hoc networks.
>>> Moreover yesterday I successufully connected to a Windows ad-hoc
>>> network using Network Manager (that is able to force BSSID address to
>>> grant access to the same cell of the ad-hoc network) following these
>>> steps:
>>>
>>> 1. I created an ad-hoc network (essid "SkyNet") under WinXPPro, to
>>> share my Internet connection via wireless. To   achieve this result I
>>> manually set 192.168.0.1 IP address and 255.255.255.0 netmask. I also
>>> selected connection sharing option under the adapter connected to the
>>> internet.
>>>  2. Connected to the ad-hoc network using my Nokia E52 phone. The
>>> phone and WinXPPro successfully created the network and negotiated IP
>>> addresses via DHCP (note that after connection the phone can access
>>> internet and navigate)
>>> 3. At this point, I connected Ubuntu to the ad-hoc network via Network
>>> Manager. dhcpclient founds an active network and connection happens :)
>>> (Note that I later I discovered that I can achieve the same result
>>> skipping step 2 and manually setting a 192.168.0.x address in Ubuntu
>>> via Network Manager profile).
>>>
>>> However I still have a problem: even if the connection is established,
>>> I cannot ping the 192.168.0.1 address and the Ubunbtu laptop can't use
>>> the shared internet connection. Here is the syslog printed during the
>>> connection (with dhcp negotiation):
>>
>> Can you ping from .1 -> .99 and from .1 to <ip of nokia>?
>>
>>>
>>> 2010/1/18 Shang Wu <shang@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> In 9.04, it used to be installing the package b43-fwcutter. Is the package
>>>> installed on your system? Can you also pastebin the syslog?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi! I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my Acer 5024wlmi and followed Linux
>>>>> wireless instructions to enable my Broadcom AirForceOne BCM4318 wifi
>>>>> card. Now the wireless adapter is on (laptop front led also is on), I
>>>>> can see wifi networks but connection fails (even with a simple ad-hoc
>>>>> open wifi network!). I tried with Network Manager/WICD/Wifi Radar and
>>>>> also using terminal lfconfig/lwconfig commands without success. It
>>>>> seems that my wifi card cannot ping access points: for example see
>>>>> this log from WICD connection session:
>>>>>
>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:15 :: Connecting to wireless network Winx
>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:15 :: ping -q -w 3 -c 1 192.168.0.1
>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:17 :: iwconfig wlan0
>>>>> -2010/01/16 22:51:18 :: Connection Failed: Failed to ping the access
>>>>> point!
>>>>>
>>>>> Here there are some useful data about my laptop/Ubuntu configuration.
>>>>> Hope you can help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Laptop model >> Acer Aspire 5024wlmi laptop
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ lsb_release -d >> Description:    Ubuntu 9.10
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ uname -mr >> 2.6.31-17-generic i686
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo lspci | grep 'Broadcom'
>>>>> 06:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
>>>>> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
>>>>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""
>>>>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>>>>>           Tx-Power=20 dBm
>>>>>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>>>>           Encryption key:off
>>>>>           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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo lsmod | grep "b43"
>>>>> b43                   122168  0
>>>>> mac80211              181140  1 b43
>>>>> cfg80211               93052  2 b43,mac80211
>>>>> led_class               4096  3 acer_wmi,b43,sdhci
>>>>> ssb                    35364  1 b43
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep b43
>>>>> [    2.717660] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21
>>>>> (level, low) -> IRQ 21
>>>>> [   14.884317] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
>>>>> [   16.516094] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
>>>>> [   16.739725] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
>>>>> [   16.745578] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
>>>>> [   16.751202] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> [ 4300.736074] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26
>>>>> 15:32:10)
>>>>> [ 4300.776488] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
>>>>> [ 4300.776531] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
>>>>> [ 4300.776575] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
>>>>>   *-network:0
>>>>>        description: Network controller
>>>>>        product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
>>>>>        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
>>>>>        physical id: 5
>>>>>        bus info: pci@0000:06:05.0
>>>>>        version: 02
>>>>>        width: 32 bits
>>>>>        clock: 33MHz
>>>>>        capabilities: bus_master
>>>>>        configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
>>>>>        resources: irq:21 memory:c0204000-c0205fff
>>>>>   *-network:1
>>>>>        description: Ethernet interface
>>>>>        product: RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
>>>>>        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>>>>        physical id: 7
>>>>>        bus info: pci@0000:06:07.0
>>>>>        logical name: eth0
>>>>>        version: 10
>>>>>        serial: 00:0a:e4:e8:a2:87
>>>>>        size: 1GB/s
>>>>>        capacity: 1GB/s
>>>>>        width: 32 bits
>>>>>        clock: 66MHz
>>>>>        capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp
>>>>> mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
>>>>>        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169
>>>>> driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.242 latency=64
>>>>> link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=1GB/s
>>>>>        resources: irq:23 ioport:a000(size=256)
>>>>> memory:c0209400-c02094ff memory:44000000-4401ffff(prefetchable)
>>>>>   *-network
>>>>>        description: Wireless interface
>>>>>        physical id: 1
>>>>>        logical name: wlan0
>>>>>        serial: 00:14:a4:49:c7:fc
>>>>>        capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
>>>>>        configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
>>>>> (...)
>>>>> wlan0     Scan completed :
>>>>>           Cell 01 - Address: 02:1D:E0:00:08:5A
>>>>>                     Channel:11
>>>>>                     Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
>>>>>                     Quality=62/70  Signal level=-48 dBm
>>>>>                     Encryption key:off
>>>>>                     ESSID:"Winx"
>>>>>                     Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
>>>>>                     Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
>>>>>                               36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>>>>>                     Mode:Ad-Hoc
>>>>>                     Extra:tsf=00000001035383eb
>>>>>                     Extra: Last beacon: 272ms ago
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: 000457696E78
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: 010482840B16
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: 03010B
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: 06020000
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: 2A0100
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
>>>>>                     IE: Unknown: DD070giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo
>>>>> iwlist scan050F202000100
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> giuseppe@giuseppe-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
>>>>>  * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
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