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E11:

We are unable to connect wi-fi through fedora 15 and fedora 10 …………..
(12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01))

15 Responses to E11:

  1. same issue fedora 16
    Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

    • For Atheros AR9285 Wireless, run this command.

      [root]#yum install linux-backports-modules-jaunty

      [root]# wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.36/compat-wireless-2.6.36-4.tar.bz2

      [root]#tar -xvjf compat-wireless-2.6.36-4.tar.bz2
      [root]#cd compat-wireless-2.6.36-4
      [root]# make
      [root]#make install

      Restart the system.ANd you wireless will work now. :D

      • rahul kumar mishra says:

        sir i am tried your command but give this error
        compilation terminated.
        make[3]: *** [/compat-wireless-2.6.36-4/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.o] Error 1
        make[2]: *** [/compat-wireless-2.6.36-4/drivers/bluetooth] Error 2
        make[1]: *** [_module_/compat-wireless-2.6.36-4] Error 2
        make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE’
        make: *** [modules] Error 2

        my network controller is : Atheros Communications Inc. Device 0032 (rev ff)

        Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)

        pleas give me command for running wi-fi

  2. 06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

  3. For Broadcom BCM4301 BCM4303 BCM4306 BCM4309
    BCM4311 BCM4312 BCM4318

    Install b43-fwcutter. This is the software package that does the extraction of the firmware from the proprietary driver.
    Code:

    [root]#su
    [root]yum install b43-fwcutter

    Determine which native driver is being used by the wireless card (b43 or b43legacy). The kernel is generally good about detecting a Broadcom wireless card and loading the correct driver module for it. The following terminal command will list the loaded kernel modules in alphabetical order. Look for b43 or b43legacy.
    Code:

    [root]#lsmod | sort

    Do this step only if you need to install version 4 firmware for the b43 driver module. Copy and execute the following command lines one after the other in a Fedora terminal.
    Code:

    [root]#wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
    [root]#tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
    [root]#cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
    [root]su
    [root]b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

  4. For Broadcom BCM4311 BCM4312 BCM4313 BCM4321
    BCM4322 BCM43224 BCM43225 BCM43227 BCM43228
    BCM4328 BCM43XG

    1) Install the RPM Fusion repositories.
    To enable access to both the free and the nonfree repository use the following command:

    For Fedora 15, 16 and 17:

    [root]#su -c ‘yum localinstall –nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

    2)Do this step only if you need to install the kmod version of the driver for the i686 or x86_64 kernels.
    [root]#yum install kmod-wl

  5. willy.jacob says:

    while entering the command:
    [root]# yum install b43-fwcutter

    i am getting an error:
    Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora.

  6. Ayush Gupta says:

    After executing the command:
    [root]#su -c ‘yum localinstall –nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm‘
    it gives an error:
    Command line error: no such option: -n

  7. Ayush Gupta says:

    successfully installed… wireless working fine… Thankx…

  8. ayush.gupta says:

    error installing the wifi driver again.
    As soon as i enter the above mentioned command the terminal shows:

    Setting up Local Package Process
    Skipping: _nogpgcheck, filename does not end in .rpm.
    rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm | 17 kB 00:00
    Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-xihq_o/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm: rpmfusion-free-release-15-5.noarch
    /var/tmp/yum-root-xihq_o/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm: does not update installed package.
    Cannot open: http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm. Skipping.
    Nothing to do

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