bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 driver not working on BCM4311/4312 Broadcom wireless chipsets

Asked by daniel brauner

danielbrauner@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for danielbrauner:
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grep is already the newest version.
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  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1d:72:1e:be:ab
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress 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=3.119 duplex=full firmware=5787m-v3.23 ip=192.168.1.10 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:45 memory:f6000000-f600ffff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f8000000-f8003fff
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

irda0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller [8086:2828] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
0f:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
0f:06.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
0f:06.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 5986:0102 Acer, Inc Crystal Eye Webcam
H/W path Device Class Description
========================================================
                                 system Extensa 4620 ()
/0 bus Biwa
/0/0 memory 105KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T237
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/10 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/10/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MH
/0/10/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MH
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Con
/0/100/2 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graph
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graph
/0/100/1a bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Cont
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Contr
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet P
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1c.1/0 network BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Po
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contr
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Cont
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/6 bridge PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
/0/100/1e/6.1 bus PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Ho
/0/100/1e/6.2 storage 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/M
/0/100/1e/6.3 generic PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD H
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Cont
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Co
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L632H
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.2 scsi2 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA I
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB Hitachi HTS54161
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 149GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controll
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:28:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f7d60] f7d60
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.216660] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.242075] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.242079] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.261715] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.261729] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.261772] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.280619] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.283079] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.283165] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.294627] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.364532] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.365764] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.400685] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.788199] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.808283] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.808708] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.809057] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.809392] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.809729] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.810070] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.846933] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.100029] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.339946] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95787m) rev b002] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:1d:72:1e:be:ab
[ 2.339953] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5787 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
[ 2.339958] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[ 2.339962] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[ 2.346673] sdhci-pci 0000:0f:06.3: SDHCI controller found [104c:803c] (rev 0)
[ 2.346788] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 34.743432] nsc_ircc_pnp_probe() : From PnP, found firbase 0x2F8 ; irq 3 ; dma 3.
[ 34.744487] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 34.751956] nsc-ircc, Found dongle: Supports SIR Mode only
[ 34.761547] nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
[ 34.780098] yenta_cardbus 0000:0f:06.0: CardBus bridge found [1025:011c]
[ 34.903619] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 35.020674] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Acer Crystal Eye webcam (5986:0102)
[ 35.021327] wl 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 35.021337] wl 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 35.023990] eth%d: 5.100.82.38 driver failed with code 21
[ 35.086792] input: Acer Crystal Eye webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input4
[ 35.086956] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 35.559897] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 35.728604] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 36.685515] type=1400 audit(1323648841.334:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=821 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 36.685942] type=1400 audit(1323648841.334:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/telepathy-*" pid=821 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 36.796504] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 38.374930] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 38.374935] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 38.375265] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 40.123015] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 49.216032] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 116.246412] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 285.369230] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 285.369241] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 296.056025] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Release Date: 02/01/2008
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name: Extensa 4620
 Serial Number: LXEA00X0128080616A2000
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name: Biwa
 Serial Number: LXEA00X0128080616A2000
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Serial Number: None
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Mfg 0
 Serial Number: 1234-B0
 Manufacturer: Mfg 1
 Serial Number: 1234-B1
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

irda0 no wireless extensions.

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2314: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
27: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.JCaaxhFHMb2
  Parent ID: z8Q3.u_Lm074qHs1
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x1693 "NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1025 "Acer Incorporated [ALI]"
  SubDevice: pci 0x011c
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "tg3"
  Driver Modules: "tg3"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf6000000-0xf600ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 45 (4922 events)
  HW Address: 00:1d:72:1e:be:ab
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00001693sv00001025sd0000011Cbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: tg3 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe tg3"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)

28: PCI 400.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: YmUS.D1FqthfVec2
  Parent ID: qTvu.wpEG_FJELd2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1468 "AMBIT Microsystem Corp."
  SubDevice: pci 0x0422
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0xf8000000-0xf8003fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00001468sd00000422bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: wl is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 820 0.0 0.2 170812 5364 ? Ssl 16:14 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1868 0.0 0.0 7128 1532 ? S 16:18 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-3b2f7d8b-73bb-4ac5-a017-62da711ea68b-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
1000 2328 0.0 0.0 7964 892 pts/0 S+ 16:26 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 12557 1
isofs 40253 1
parport_pc 36962 0
ppdev 17113 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
bnep 18436 2
rfcomm 47946 0
bluetooth 166112 10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 17540 1
joydev 17693 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 330769 1
acer_wmi 23948 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 acer_wmi
pcmcia 49378 0
wl 2568210 0
uvcvideo 72711 0
videodev 92992 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17083 1 videodev
snd_hda_intel 33390 2
snd_hda_codec 104802 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96714 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
tifm_7xx1 13089 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
tifm_core 15654 1 tifm_7xx1
snd_rawmidi 30547 1 snd_seq_midi
yenta_socket 28084 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18430 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 22614 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
psmouse 73882 0
serio_raw 13166 0
nsc_ircc 28008 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
irda 201273 1 nsc_ircc
crc_ccitt 12667 1 irda
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
i915 566827 3
snd_timer 29991 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper 42558 1 i915
drm 236290 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd 68266 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lib80211 14991 1 wl
soundcore 12680 1 snd
wmi 19256 1 acer_wmi
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 i915
video 19412 1 i915
firewire_ohci 40722 0
sdhci_pci 14032 0
firewire_core 63626 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
sdhci 32166 1 sdhci_pci
tg3 147729 0

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Jacobsallan (jacobsallan) said :
#1

Is there a question in there?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#2

Yes, there definitely is a question in there :-)

I am pretty sure that your BCM4311 wireless adapter is experiencing the
following Broadcom driver bug in Ubuntu 11.10:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677

I suggest installing bcmwl-kernel-source (5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5)
from maverick (Ubuntu 10.10) using gdebi

Solution is described here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677/comments/23

Then reboot your PC and run the following commands to enable your
wireless adapter:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install rfkill
rfkill unblock all
sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless using NetworkManager

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daniel brauner (dmjbrauner) said :
#3

what are the updates i cant read them
and where do i put them in

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daniel brauner (dmjbrauner) said :
#4

also what is the network manager

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