Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:51924 "EHLO mail-bw0-f219.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752596Ab0ASUmn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:42:43 -0500 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so3216762bwz.28 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:42:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <51058d551001190949x115f7dc9p449be477b5c1e7d2@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> From: Giuseppe Fontana Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:42:21 +0100 Message-ID: <933379711001191242h3765dd5ao8ad37903a44d7c1a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4318 AirForceOne issue - Ubuntu 9.10 on Acer Aspire 5024wlmi To: Greg Oliver Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Shang Wu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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? 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 ?http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>> >> >