Comment 69 for bug 732677

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Cary Devlin (crdevlin1) wrote : Re: [Bug 732677] Re: bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 not work on BCM4311

Thank You for the feed back.
  There are a lot of things you can do with it, some things you can't.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Nick Massey <email address hidden>wrote:

> The solution was to buy an SMC Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. It's plug &
> play.
> This is why Linux has never caught on. You have to be a systems geek
> to use it.
> It never works 100% following the install.
>
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:18:53 -0000, "Daniel O. Mondaca S."
> <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Note: it works only for open networks. It´s impossible to connect to
> > a
> > wep or wpa network.
> >
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> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732677
> >
> > Title:
> > bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 not work on BCM4311
> >
> > Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
> > Confirmed
> > Status in “bcmwl” package in Arch Linux:
> > New
> > Status in “bcmwl” package in CentOS:
> > New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > After upgrade to Natty Alpha updated driver bcmwl-kernel-source
> > 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 doesn`t work with wifi module. Notebook
> > Dell inspiron 1501. b43 ot work too.
> >
> > I downgraded to bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5 and
> > still work fine.
> >
> > Please update driver.
> >
> > Additional:
> >
> > 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g
> > WLAN (rev 01)
> > Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
> > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
> > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
> > Region 0: Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> > Capabilities: <access denied>
> > Kernel driver in use: wl
> > Kernel modules: wl, ssb
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >
> >
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677/+subscriptions
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732677
>
> Title:
> bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 not work on BCM4311
>
> Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “bcmwl” package in Arch Linux:
> New
> Status in “bcmwl” package in CentOS:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> After upgrade to Natty Alpha updated driver bcmwl-kernel-source
> 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu2 doesn`t work with wifi module. Notebook
> Dell inspiron 1501. b43 ot work too.
>
> I downgraded to bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5 and
> still work fine.
>
> Please update driver.
>
> Additional:
>
> 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
> (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
> <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
> Region 0: Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
> Kernel driver in use: wl
> Kernel modules: wl, ssb
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677/+subscriptions
>