WORKING CONFIGURATION (Changing back to network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu1) $ uname -a Linux xyz 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 22:31:43 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux sudo modprobe b43 outputs nothing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:08:4b:f2:53 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1466 (1.4 KB) TX bytes:6132 (5.9 KB) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:2174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:108700 (106.1 KB) TX bytes:108700 (106.1 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:73:08:a9:02 inet addr:192.168.0.102 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21a:73ff:fe08:a902/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:461 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:406 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:475763 (464.6 KB) TX bytes:90576 (88.4 KB) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1A-73-08-A9-02-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"PossuWLAN" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:17:9A:47:90:FD Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B Link Quality=80/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-17 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: NetXtreme BCM5753M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 21 serial: 00:17:08:4b:f2:53 size: 100MB/s capacity: 1GB/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=3.86 duplex=full firmware=5753m-v3.56 latency=0 link=no module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s *-network description: Network controller product: BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:10:00.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 module=ssb *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:1a:73:08:a9:02 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.0.102 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ sudo dhclient eth1 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6 Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 SIOCSIFADDR: No such device eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Bind socket to interface: No such device ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ sudo dhclient eth0 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6 Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/eth0/00:17:08:4b:f2:53 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:17:08:4b:f2:53 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 No DHCPOFFERS received. Trying recorded lease 192.168.0.101 PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. --- 192.168.0.2 ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.520/2.520/2.520/0.000 ms bound: renewal in 232587 seconds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ lsmod | fgrep b43 b43 129960 0 rfkill 10128 3 rfkill_input,b43 mac80211 192532 1 b43 led_class 7176 1 b43 input_polldev 6928 1 b43 ssb 37636 1 b43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ dmesg | fgrep b43 [ 31.429815] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found [ 56.903643] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9 [ 58.194457] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx [ 58.194479] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx [ 58.194497] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio [ 58.233276] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED [ 58.936559] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software [ 58.936569] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on. [ 1740.892737] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10 [ 1742.004509] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx [ 1742.004532] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx [ 1742.004551] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio [ 1742.045977] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED [ 1909.293901] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED [ 2009.729741] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input11 [ 2011.192283] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx [ 2011.192307] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx [ 2011.192326] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio