Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:47605 "EHLO mail-bw0-f219.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754801Ab0ASUyU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:54:20 -0500 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so3230805bwz.28 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:54:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <933379711001191242h3765dd5ao8ad37903a44d7c1a@mail.gmail.com> References: <933379711001180712v7e6c0a3fx923123af900d90c7@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001180815r284ff41au733cadb40a7606fe@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001190404q1232d2f5i899e7b6347357f23@mail.gmail.com> <51058d551001190858k764926ddrafcd7e2c907b3266@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001190923o680f5010vcd799b65e314fbd2@mail.gmail.com> <51058d551001190949x115f7dc9p449be477b5c1e7d2@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001191242h3765dd5ao8ad37903a44d7c1a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:54:18 -0600 Message-ID: <51058d551001191254s3063202fg632f7bc714027e89@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4318 AirForceOne issue - Ubuntu 9.10 on Acer Aspire 5024wlmi From: Greg Oliver To: Giuseppe Fontana Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Shang Wu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Giuseppe Fontana wrote: > Ok! Consider that to reduce complexity, I stopped the firewall agent > in the WinXPPro laptop that hosts the wifi ad-hoc network. So we can > exclude the firewall :) > By the way, has Ubuntu got a default firewall active? No, it doesn't, but I was unsuccessfully trying to connect to an adhoc network the other day myself - using my phone to create the network. An xp computer in the house and other phones were having no issue connecting to it though. I didn't really care to troubleshoot it, so I just switched to using bluetooth for the connection. Possibly related. I'll try it again tonight just for grins.. -Greg > 2010/1/19 Greg Oliver : >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Giuseppe Fontana wrote: >>> Hi! >>> ping from .1 -> .99 >>>> No ping >>> ping from .1 to >> 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 : >>>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Giuseppe Fontana 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 ? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2010/1/18 Shang Wu : >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> 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... >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>>>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Shang Wu >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> Key ID: 4B2BCA02 >>>>>> Fingerprint: 4832 D5D0 D124 CE1D FD07 167A 3E93 FF44 4B2B CA02 >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >>>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>>> More majordomo info at 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