Return-path: Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.185]:1031 "EHLO gv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750732Ab0ASRti convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:49:38 -0500 Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so81904gve.37 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:49:35 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <933379711001190923o680f5010vcd799b65e314fbd2@mail.gmail.com> References: <933379711001180712v7e6c0a3fx923123af900d90c7@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001180815r284ff41au733cadb40a7606fe@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001190404q1232d2f5i899e7b6347357f23@mail.gmail.com> <51058d551001190858k764926ddrafcd7e2c907b3266@mail.gmail.com> <933379711001190923o680f5010vcd799b65e314fbd2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:49:35 -0600 Message-ID: <51058d551001190949x115f7dc9p449be477b5c1e7d2@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 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 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