Helo ...this is a new install of 11.6 2011 pclinuxos on a Dell 1300 Inspiron laptop ..there is no wlan switch on the pc and is working on wired connection..but cannot get the pc to recognise the wireless adapter
If anyone has managed to make it work on this pc . .. help ........please
The results of the commands i have tried so far are here....
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"wlan0"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
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[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=35
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
USERCTL=yes
DNS1=192.92.195.94
DNS2=195.92.195.95
RESOLV_MODS=yes
WIRELESS_MODE=Auto
WIRELESS_ESSID=wlan0
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=s:grytviken
WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER=wext
WIRELESS_WPA_REASSOCIATE=no
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
ACCOUNTING=no
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
PEERDNS=no
PEERYP=yes
PEERNTPD=no
[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /bin/true
alias wlan0 b43
alias eth0 b44
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel
options snd-ac97-codec power_save=1
options ipv6 disable=1
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist ssb
[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.preload
# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules
fuse
raw1394
sbp2
ohci1394
nvram
evdev
[root@localhost ~]# ping 192.168.0.3
connect: Network is unreachable
[root@localhost ~]# service -f network
Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Configuring wireless regulatory domain [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface wlan0: RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Failed to initialize driver interface
Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for wlan0 running.
Identification
Vendor: Broadcom Corporation
Description: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
Media class: Network controller
Connection
Bus: PCI
PCI domain: 0
Bus PCI #: 2
PCI device #: 3
PCI function #: 0
PCI revision: 0x02
Vendor ID: 0x14e4
Device ID: 0x4318
Sub vendor ID: 0x1028
Sub device ID: 0x0005
Misc
Module: unknown
