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BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02) not working on Dell Latitude X300 in Ubuntu 9.04 - conflict between b43legacy-phy0 driver and manually installed ndiswrapper driver

Asked by Ludovic

Hi all,

I'm a Linux newbie and have installed Ubuntu 9.4 (Jauty Jackalope, where do they find those names?) and find it much better than what people said... except for the Wifi driver of my old Dell Latitude X300 with a Broadcom BCM4306 (v2) mini-PCI card.

I've followed the steps in this post
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/67953
and tried to install the drivers using the bcm43xx-fwcutter as depicted on the blog linked from this page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBroadcom#miniPCI
and
http://davidwatson.org/2007/05/broadcom-4306-on-feisty-fawn.html

What seems to happen is that the PCI Wireless adapter is not enabled (yes, I've tried Fn+F2), as the command 'sudo lshw -C network shows:
- my Broadcomm adapter is found as 'network:0' under the logical name 'wlan0'
- when I enter the command 'lshw -C network', it says '*-network:0 DISABLED'
- when I insert a PCMCIA WiFi card (unfortunately it's one of the very first ones and doesn't seem to support WEP encryption), I can "see" the WiFi networks in the neighbourhood but when it's not present the 'Wireless Networks' option in the networking tray icon is greyed out.

That's why the only think I can work out as a cause is that there's a software switch for wireless that's off, because Ubuntu recognises the card but can't use it.

Thought anyone?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi Ludovic,

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 card, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Run the following command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below into a Terminal, press enter, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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

Regards,

Mark

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Ludovic (ludovic-windsor) said : 		#2

Hi Mark,

Thanks for posting back, here's the results from this command. Note that I was connected to a WiFi at the time, via the PCMCIA IBM Wireless 802.1b adapter -plus the Ethernet cable as instructed.
Happy to unplug the IBM card if required, but the output does look the same to me -but I'm a Linux Newbie :-)

Cheers,

Ludovic.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                  ESSID:"MAUREEN"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Signal level:-81 dBm Noise level:-99 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:capab=0x0021
                    Extra: Last beacon: 120ms ago

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
02:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0552] (rev 04)
02:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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
Linux somerton47-laptop 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
[ 0.710742] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.725931] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 2.177747] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.432179] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.432682] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.433313] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.433682] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.438801] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.442413] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.030085] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:04.0
[ 15.656604] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 15.784383] nsc_ircc_pnp_probe() : From PnP, found firbase 0x2F8 ; irq 3 ; dma 3.
[ 15.784427] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 15.784485] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 15.885948] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 16.013924] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 16.311690] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 16.349250] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 16.349274] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 17.658654] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 1546.665474] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc i915 drm ppdev bridge stp bnep b44 ssb mii ndiswrapper lp parport orinoco_cs orinoco hermes_dld hermes joydev arc4 snd_intel8x0 ecb snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm pcmcia snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd psmouse iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support soundcore video irda shpchp serio_raw dcdbas snd_page_alloc pcspkr output crc_ccitt intel_agp agpgart ohci1394 tg3 ieee1394 fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor [last unloaded: ndiswrapper]
[ 3.017146] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKE] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 16.311690] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 16.349250] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 16.349274] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 16.372049] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 22.208911] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A disabled
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 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.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"MAUREEN" Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1B:2F:66:0C:2A
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=11/92 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:17141 Rx invalid frag:4402
          Tx excessive retries:21 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Usage: /etc/init.d/networking {start|stop|restart|force-reload}
somerton47@somerton47-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  *-network
       description: IBM High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card
       product: Version 01.01
       vendor: IBM Corporation
       physical id: 0
       slot: Socket 1
       resources: irq:3
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:90:4b:6d:57:a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+bcmwl5 driverversion=1.53+The Linksys Group, Inc.,07/ latency=64 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:02:05.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:b7:a7:7c
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full firmware=5705-v3.16 ip=192.168.1.70 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ba:15:14:17:b2:24
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
  *-network:1
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: eth1
       serial: 00:02:2d:0d:e4:24
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=orinoco driverversion=0.15 firmware=Lucent/Agere 6.04 ip=192.168.1.3 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:2F:66:0C:2A
                    ESSID:"MAUREEN"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-98 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:capab=0x0021
                    Extra: Last beacon: 164ms ago

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
02:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0552] (rev 04)
02:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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
Linux somerton47-laptop 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
[ 0.710742] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.725931] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 2.177747] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.432179] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.432682] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.433313] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.433682] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.438801] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.442413] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.030085] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:04.0
[ 15.656604] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 15.784383] nsc_ircc_pnp_probe() : From PnP, found firbase 0x2F8 ; irq 3 ; dma 3.
[ 15.784427] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 15.784485] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 15.885948] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 16.013924] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 16.311690] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 16.349250] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 16.349274] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 17.658654] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 1546.665474] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc i915 drm ppdev bridge stp bnep b44 ssb mii ndiswrapper lp parport orinoco_cs orinoco hermes_dld hermes joydev arc4 snd_intel8x0 ecb snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm pcmcia snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd psmouse iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support soundcore video irda shpchp serio_raw dcdbas snd_page_alloc pcspkr output crc_ccitt intel_agp agpgart ohci1394 tg3 ieee1394 fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor [last unloaded: ndiswrapper]
[ 3.017146] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKE] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 16.311690] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 16.349250] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 16.349274] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 16.372049] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 22.208911] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A disabled
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 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.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"MAUREEN" Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1B:2F:66:0C:2A
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=12/92 Signal level=-85 dBm Noise level=-97 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:17153 Rx invalid frag:4403
          Tx excessive retries:21 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth1=eth1.
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]
somerton47@somerton47-laptop:~$ clear

somerton47@somerton47-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  *-network
       description: IBM High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card
       product: Version 01.01
       vendor: IBM Corporation
       physical id: 0
       slot: Socket 1
       resources: irq:3
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:90:4b:6d:57:a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+bcmwl5 driverversion=1.53+The Linksys Group, Inc.,07/ latency=64 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:02:05.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:b7:a7:7c
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full firmware=5705-v3.16 ip=192.168.1.70 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ba:15:14:17:b2:24
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
  *-network:1
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: eth1
       serial: 00:02:2d:0d:e4:24
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=orinoco driverversion=0.15 firmware=Lucent/Agere 6.04 ip=192.168.1.3 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
02:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0552] (rev 04)
02:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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
Linux somerton47-laptop 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
[ 0.710742] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.725931] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 2.177747] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.432179] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.432682] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.433313] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.433682] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.438801] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.442413] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.030085] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:04.0
[ 15.656604] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 15.784383] nsc_ircc_pnp_probe() : From PnP, found firbase 0x2F8 ; irq 3 ; dma 3.
[ 15.784427] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 15.784485] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 15.885948] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 16.013924] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 16.311690] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 16.349250] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 16.349274] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 17.658654] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 1546.665474] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc i915 drm ppdev bridge stp bnep b44 ssb mii ndiswrapper lp parport orinoco_cs orinoco hermes_dld hermes joydev arc4 snd_intel8x0 ecb snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm pcmcia snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd psmouse iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support soundcore video irda shpchp serio_raw dcdbas snd_page_alloc pcspkr output crc_ccitt intel_agp agpgart ohci1394 tg3 ieee1394 fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor [last unloaded: ndiswrapper]
[ 3.017146] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKE] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 16.311690] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 16.349250] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 16.349274] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 16.372049] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 22.208911] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A disabled
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 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.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"MAUREEN" Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1B:2F:66:0C:2A
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=10/92 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:17208 Rx invalid frag:4411
          Tx excessive retries:21 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

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

Please disconnect your PCMCIA IBM Wireless 802.1b adapter, as we only want to test your BCM4306 wireless card and we want to keep the wireless setup as simple as possible.

Then please follow this Broadcom driver installation 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 b43-fwcutter
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Step 3: Run the following command:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# Add the following line at the end of the blacklist.conf file and save the change:

blacklist ndiswrapper

Step 4: Reboot your pc and then retest wireless.

Step 5: If the BCM4306 wireless chipset still does not work after rebooting, please send us the output again of the following command:

The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below into a Terminal, press enter, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Regards,

Mark

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Ludovic (ludovic-windsor) said : 		#4

Hi Mark,

I've tried the above but to no avail.

Here are the results of the Step 5 as above.

~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for somerton47:
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:90:4b:6d:57:a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+bcmwl5 driverversion=1.53+The Linksys Group, Inc.,07/ latency=64 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:02:05.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:b7:a7:7c
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full firmware=5705-v3.16 ip=192.168.1.70 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 86:d4:93:98:ce:61
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
02:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ac)
02:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0552] (rev 04)
02:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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
Linux somerton47-laptop 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
[ 0.708907] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.724114] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 2.176085] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.424177] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.424682] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.425315] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.425685] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.430900] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.434515] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.018654] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:04.0
[ 13.622820] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 13.776427] nsc_ircc_pnp_probe() : From PnP, found firbase 0x2F8 ; irq 3 ; dma 3.
[ 13.776469] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 13.776527] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 13.826746] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 13.954018] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:03.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:014f]
[ 14.138993] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 14.160039] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 14.160063] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 15.527108] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 3.015237] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKE] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 14.138993] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 14.160039] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 14.160063] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 14.184045] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 20.175073] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A disabled
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 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.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Please send the full output of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

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