Wireless 'connected'?

[buccaneere]

The network applet says connected wireless, but no pages will load (I'm posting from another machine).

Connection timed out, problem loading page, server not found...

Cannot log on to my router. Ping response to 'yahoo.com' erratic, with intermittent 'destination host unreachable'.

Router sigstrength at 5 feet is 61%, Broadcom chip.

Ideas?

[muungwana]

Is it a new install?

Is the computer using a new/different wireless interface?

Did things used to work as expected and thing just started not working "for no good reason"?

[buccaneere]

Yes, this is a new install.

Don't know the answer to Q2.

I had the new install for only a day or 2, and after setting auto-login at boot, did the wireless problem 'seem' to start...

[muungwana]

what do these commands give you?

uname -r

lspci

lsusb

these kind of problems maybe solved by changing to a different kernel, if you arent running a latest kernel, update to it and check if the problem is still there.

[buccaneere]

Kernel version is 2.6.33.5 pclos1.bfs

lspci shows BroadCom 4311

lsusb I think is incorrect syntax for USB hardware list??? (command not found)

[muungwana]

"lsusb" works here:

[ink@mtz ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0781:5151 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro Flash Drive
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c043 Logitech, Inc. MX320/MX400 Laser Mouse
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard
[ink@mtz ~]$

the kernel you are running is too old, update it to a more recent one before you(we) start to troubleshoot the problem.

update to kernel version : "3.2.18-pclos2.bfs". I believe this is the latest one.

[joseph_1802]

I had a similar problem with my Broadcom 4311. I posted the solution that worked for me in "Laptop Hardware" category.
Anyways, what i did was:

REMOVE:
* dkms-broadcom-wl
* bcm43xx (firmware & fwcutter)

INSTALL:
* b43-firmware
* b43-fwcutter

After that, my wireless started working normally. Hope it helps.

[GRSteelers]

I have the same problem, but I'd like some help in my post here: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,108910.msg930976.html#msg930976
because there is more info there for you to work with.