BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) working on HP Pavilion laptop in Ubuntu 9.04 but : wlan0 No scan results -> encryption settings were incorrect in NetworkManager and wicd -> solved

Hi John,

Did you try all my suggestions in these previous threads?

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/69623
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/70198
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/68970

Solved 70198 b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found -> BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working on Dell Inspiron 531 in Ubuntu 9.04 2009-05-06 19:31:33 UTC 2009-05-06 JimB Ubuntu Solved

Solved 69623 BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working on HP Pavilion laptop in Ubuntu 8.04 2009-05-02 15:11:33 UTC 2009-05-02 John Kelly Ubuntu Solved

Solved 68970 BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working on HP Compaq NX6110 in Ubuntu 9.04 2009-04-27 17:52:25 UTC 2009-04-27 Martin Dare Ubuntu Solved

Regards,

Mark

Mark Rijckenberg wrote:
> Your question #71054 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/71054
>
> Summary changed to:
> BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working on HP Pavilion laptop in Ubuntu 9.04
>
>
Hello Mark,
Whats next? any chance of accessing wireless somehow!?
Thanks
John

Hi John,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless configuration in Ubuntu 9.04, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

cat /etc/lsb-release
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Keep in mind that one or more of the following 5 basic components need to be configured correctly so that wireless can work correctly in Linux:

Wireless configuration in the BIOS, hardware wireless switch setting, active wireless driver version, the firmware for the wireless chipset (stored as a file in Linux), and the configuration of the wireless parameters in wicd or NetworkManager (SSID broadcast settings, encryption settings, name of wireless interface stored in wicd, the chosen channel for wireless transmission, ...) .

Regards,

Mark

thank you mark

john@abraham-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
john@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for john:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

john@abraham-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: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:06:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:06:06.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:16:d4:30:f3:2f
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.146 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:14:a5:b0:33:76
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 3a:05:ab:a5:84:9e
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
john@abraham-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a37]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller [1002:4378] (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) [1002:5955]
06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
06:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
john@abraham-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
john@abraham-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux abraham-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
john@abraham-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f7c50] 000f7c50
[ 0.004000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.580577] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.636068] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 1.368841] pcieport-driver 0000:00:05.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.020100] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.080077] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.140093] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.244366] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.245805] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 2.246235] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.760096] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:06:02.0
[ 11.442053] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
[ 11.771764] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
john@abraham-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.004358] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.507867] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 1.144069] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 1.495587] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
[ 1.495640] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
john@abraham-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

Hi John,

If you are unable to see (and connect to) your wireless router by choosing "edit connections" in the networkmanager icon in the top right corner of your Ubuntu desktop, then I suggest this alternative:

First connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install wicd

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Step 4: Enable SSID broadcasting on the router and temporarily disable all security (deactivate WEP and WPA(2) encryption) on the wireless router

Step 5: Make sure to call the wireless interface

wlan0

inside the wicd configuration panel.

You can read more about wicd here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicd_(Linux_Network_Manager)

Step 6: Try to connect to your wireless network using wicd.

Regards,

Mark

Hi John,

One more thing:

If wireless still does not work when using wicd, please send us the following info:

1. The EXACT model of HP Pavilion you are using. Is it an HP Pavilion dv9005us, an HP Pavilion dv8000 or something else?

2. The output of the following command:

dmesg | grep b43

Regards,

Mark

Hello Mark,
wired connection disconnected and network icon disappeared.

john@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude update
[sudo] password for john:
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release.gpg [197B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/free Translation-en_US
Hit http://ubuntu.positive-internet.com jaunty Release.gpg
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Reading package lists... Done
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W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.medibuntu.org_dists_jaunty_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages)
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W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

john@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  network-manager-gnome
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wicd
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  hddtemp{u} lib32nss-mdns{u} lib32v4l-0{u} libconvert-binhex-perl{u}
  libcrypt-ssleay-perl{u} libemail-date-format-perl{u} libfcgi-perl{u}
  libio-socket-ssl-perl{u} libio-stringy-perl{u} libjcode-pm-perl{u}
  libmime-lite-perl{u} libmime-tools-perl{u} libmime-types-perl{u}
  libnet-google-perl{u} libnet-libidn-perl{u} libnet-ssleay-perl{u}
  libossp-uuid-perl{u} libossp-uuid15{u} libsoap-lite-perl{u}
  libtidy-0.99-0{u} libuser-perl{u} libwww-search-perl{u}
  network-manager{a} nullmailer{u} python-chardet{u} python-feedparser{u}
  python-fpconst{u} python-soappy{u} python-utidylib{u} skype{u}
  skype-common{u}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 31 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 253kB of archives. After unpacking 31.8MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  network-manager-gnome: Depends: network-manager (>= 0.7~~svn20080928) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
network-manager-gnome

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
ubuntu-desktop recommends network-manager-gnome
Score is -81

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wicd
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  hddtemp{u} lib32nss-mdns{u} lib32v4l-0{u} libconvert-binhex-perl{u}
  libcrypt-ssleay-perl{u} libemail-date-format-perl{u} libfcgi-perl{u}
  libio-socket-ssl-perl{u} libio-stringy-perl{u} libjcode-pm-perl{u}
  libmime-lite-perl{u} libmime-tools-perl{u} libmime-types-perl{u}
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  libossp-uuid-perl{u} libossp-uuid15{u} libsoap-lite-perl{u}
  libtidy-0.99-0{u} libuser-perl{u} libwww-search-perl{u}
  network-manager{a} network-manager-gnome{a} nullmailer{u}
  python-chardet{u} python-feedparser{u} python-fpconst{u} python-soappy{u}
  python-utidylib{u} skype{u} skype-common{u}
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Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
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 * Stopping network connection manager NetworkManager [ OK ]
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager ...
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ths is what I managed to do so far. I need help to access the router again .. I remember it was root then admin

regards
John

i may have gone beyond what you directed by obeying the prompts of the terminal??

HELLO Mark
HP Pavillion DV5000

I restarted the computer and a totally new network icon appeared. I opened it up and in order to connect to hidden wireless network it asked in a box for ESSID?
THANKS
jOHN

john@abraham-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep b43
[ 2.681328] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 11.326392] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
[ 17.962171] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
[ 18.056078] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 18.147297] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 18.153029] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 18.192458] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 18.312049] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
[ 18.361292] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 18.396744] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
[ 18.980040] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
[ 19.044085] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
[ 19.044090] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

Hi John,

You need to connect your laptop to the router using an ethernet cable to be able to reconfigure the router.

Here is an explanation on how to access the router:

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/ht/access-routers.htm

You can use Firefox as the browser used to access the router.

In the router configuration panels, make sure to enable SSID broadcasting and to disable encryption. Save the change on the router and reboot the router to be sure the changes were applied and saved.

Then scan for networks again using wicd

Regards,

Mark

Hello Mark
I found that SSID was enabled but couldnt find encryption anywhere??
PLEASE NOT IN THE ROUTER I CHANGED THE SETTING TO NEW PROVIDER SINCE WE CHANGED OVER TWO DAYS AGO!!!

hOW DO i SCAN FOR WICD??
SORRY FOR THE HASSLE
jOHN

Hi,

In the following screenshot

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/screenshot.php

you can see that you need to press the refresh button in the top middle part of the main screen of wicd in order to refresh the list of available networks (which is the same thing as scanning for available networks).

If the refresh button does not help, then try pressing the wireless key a few times on your DV5000 keyboard to try to disable and then re-enable wireless.

If that does not work either, I cannot help you any further.

Regards,

Mark

HELLO Mark
thank you for your patience.

I click on network icon and wicd manager box opens...I select the drop down menu and i have a choice of hidden network? or my adhoc network I select hidden network and it says hidden network essid
Could you please tell me what is essid???
thanks
John

Hi,

See here for more info on the meaning of (E)SSID:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essid

So SSID is the name of your wireless access point, which is the default name of the wireless router (for example: linksys) or the name you gave the router. My own router has a unique SSID because I gave my router a different name.

Regards,

Mark

Hello Mark,
are you still there after me pestering you so much.

It appears that my ssid is my network name and there is a certain channel specified for wireless.
I scanned.. it went over and back but didnt connect.
In one of the drop down menus in wicd manager I saw ndswrapper does that have any bearing because you mentioned it in previous posts?
I did the refresh and the icons appeared but as I said they couldnt connect.
In the box hidden network I put in network name and pressed @add@
In the box... create adhoc network.... I put in my network name and my laptop ip address found in bottom of router info designated dhcp client names ..... and the channel no. specified in wireless section!? Am I doing something wrong?
Look forward to your patient help!!
thanks
John

Hi John,

After some further investigation on the output you sent me, I think your wireless is still switched off via a hardware switch on your pc or is misconfigured in the BIOS of your laptop.

Take another look at this output you sent me previously:

john@abraham-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep b43
[ 2.681328] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 11.326392] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
[ 17.962171] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
[ 18.056078] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 18.147297] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 18.153029] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 18.192458] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 18.312049] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
[ 18.361292] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 18.396744] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
[ 18.980040] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
[ 19.044085] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
[ 19.044090] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

As you can see, the status was "b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED"

Now you need to get that radio (=wireless) hardware status from DISABLED to ENABLED.

If you have such a hardware switch, try playing with it and then recheck output of command

dmesg | grep b43

until you get the output

"b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED"

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Mark

Mark Rijckenberg wrote:
> Your question #71054 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/71054
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> Hi John,
>
> After some further investigation on the output you sent me, I think your
> wireless is still switched off via a hardware switch on your pc or is
> misconfigured in the BIOS of your laptop.
>
> Take another look at this output you sent me previously:
>
> john@abraham-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep b43
> [ 2.681328] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
> [ 11.326392] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
> [ 17.962171] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
> [ 18.056078] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
> [ 18.147297] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
> [ 18.153029] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
> [ 18.192458] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
> [ 18.312049] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
> [ 18.361292] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
> [ 18.396744] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
> [ 18.980040] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
> [ 19.044085] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
> [ 19.044090] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.
>
> As you can see, the status was "b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed
> to DISABLED"
>
> Now you need to get that radio (=wireless) hardware status from DISABLED
> to ENABLED.
>
> If you have such a hardware switch, try playing with it and then recheck
> output of command
>
> dmesg | grep b43
>
> until you get the output
>
> "b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED"
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>

Hello Mark,
thank you very much for successfully helping me to enable wireless!!!!
I tried everything but what worked was when I enabled encryption in the
Advanced box with WEP shared/restricted and now it works perfectly.I did
find wep encryption afterwards in the router but thankfully I didnt
after all have to disable it.

I thank you again for your help and your patience!!
What I would *really* like to ask you is what I would really like to
*know* is what do I have in having WICD apart from an alternative to
Broadcom??
thanks
John

Hi John,

Great to hear that your wireless issue is solved now. Can you please set this thread to status "solved", if the issue is solved?

Broadcom stands for a brand of wireless cards that are a real pain to configure ;-) So it is a brand, not a software program like wicd. wicd is an alternative to NetworkManager in Ubuntu. So wicd network manager is an alternative Linux program for managing wireless connections. I noticed - for other people but also on my own pc - that wicd works much better than NetworkManager in Kubuntu 9.04. NetworkManager is totally broken in Kubuntu 9.04, which is a shame... But this is not such a problem in Ubuntu.

Only drawback in wicd is that it does not support 3G (mobile broadband) connections yet.

If you need 3G functionality, you will need to switch back to NetworkManager.

Regards,

Mark

Original Message:
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From: Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:22:14 -0000
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #71054]: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g
WirelessLAN
Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working onHP Pavilion laptop in Ubuntu
9.04

Your question #71054 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/71054

    Status: Open => Answered

Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
Hi John,

Great to hear that your wireless issue is solved now. Can you please set
this thread to status "solved", if the issue is solved?

Broadcom stands for a brand of wireless cards that are a real pain to
configure ;-) So it is a brand, not a software program like wicd. wicd
is an alternative to NetworkManager in Ubuntu. So wicd network manager
is an alternative Linux program for managing wireless connections. I
noticed - for other people but also on my own pc - that wicd works much
better than NetworkManager in Kubuntu 9.04. NetworkManager is totally
broken in Kubuntu 9.04, which is a shame... But this is not such a
problem in Ubuntu.

Only drawback in wicd is that it does not support 3G (mobile broadband)
connections yet.

If you need 3G functionality, you will need to switch back to
NetworkManager.

Regards,

Mark

Thank you Mark
Where I live I now have the WICD but where I stay part of the week I need
3G.Can I switch
without difficulty from WICD and Network manager in order to have 3G and
back again
without any problems and if so could you please show me the way!!
In your previous post did you hold out the possibility of having all three
i.e. wired
wireless and 3G!?
thank you very much for your time and your patience
John

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Wireless problem solved but with Marks help again hope to further the possibility of having found the wireless hardware switch location on my HP Pav 5000dv and enabling same of then being able to have wired ,wireless and 3G functionality
thanks
John

Hi John,

You cannot use wicd and network-manager at the same time. To regain 3G functionality, you need to reinstall network-manager.

To do that, connect your pc to the router using a LAN cable.

Then open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install network-manager network-manager-gnome

This installation will automatically remove wicd and then install network-manager-gnome and network-manager

network-manager-gnome will allow you to use wired, wireless and 3G

Regards,

Mark

Original Message:
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From: Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 18:31:57 -0000
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #71054]: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g]
802.11gWirelessLAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not
workingonHP Pavilion laptop in Ubuntu 9.04

Your question #71054 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/71054

Mark Rijckenberg posted a new comment:
Hi John,

You cannot use wicd and network-manager at the same time. To regain 3G
functionality, you need to reinstall network-manager.

To do that, connect your pc to the router using a LAN cable.

Then open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install network-manager network-manager-gnome

This installation will automatically remove wicd and then install
network-manager-gnome and network-manager

network-manager-gnome will allow you to use wired, wireless and 3G

Regards,

Mark

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hello Mark,
thanks again for all your help.If I do the suggested do I still need to
find and enable wireless hardware switch that you have shown me as
disabled in the output shown?
thanks
John

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Hello Mark,reverting to network manager gnome again to see can I now get wired wireless and 3G I notice in the output below that radio switch is turned on by software!!?

john@abraham-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep b43
[ 2.685423] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 11.227204] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
[ 21.844277] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
[ 21.936054] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 22.004172] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 22.016287] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 22.067503] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 22.336100] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
[ 22.388446] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 22.412130] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software

We now have the hardware switch turned on!!!..if I am not mistaken by the output

but I still cant access wireless at home which is altogether not fundamentaly important because of your helping me with WICD

when I tried to set the settings in network manager for my hidden network.. it scanned with the green dots but did not connect and after a while the box appeared showing as I if I had tried to access wep40/bit passphrase where as in reality I had entered in wep128bit passphrase with the key box showing black dots going all the way across the bar whereas my key entry would only be 10 dots for the required encryption key We now have the hardware switch turned on!!! I also could only revert to wired by disconnected the cable and putting it back in again!? Is it possible make progress in accessing wireless through network manager otherwise I will be happy to stick with WICD

thanking you very much
John

thanks mark will take your advice!!!
regards
John