[SOLVED] Network (wi-fi) is down on my Asus eeepc

[plankton172]

@AS -- Yes, it is using broadcom-wl  driver.

(posting this while netbook is running Win7, connected wirelessly)

[AS]

@AS -- Yes, it is using broadcom-wl  driver.

(posting this while netbook is running Win7, connected wirelessly)

the broadcom-wl driver was updated recently ... probably it is the cause of your problem.

The old driver was broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1pclos 2010
the new one is broadcom-wl-5_100_82_112-1pclos 2012

Please, could you confirm about ?
That would means: reboot your netbook in linux open synaptic and verify about the broadcom-wl package version.

Thanks

AS

[plankton172]

@AS -- I think I have the latest driver installed. Below is snapshot of what I have in Synaptic:



(posted while netbook is running PCLOS, using wired connection)

[AS]

@AS -- I think I have the latest driver installed. Below is snapshot of what I have in Synaptic:

OK, yours is the second report about broadcom-wl-5_100_82_112-1pclos 2012 update not working, guess there is a problem with that driver. I will post further info as soon as possible.

AS

[plankton172]

Thanks, AS.

Hope the problem is solved soon.

Regards,
- plankton172

[AS]

glad you solved,I misread: the old rpm is still available here:

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ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/www.pclinuxos.com/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.nonfree/dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1pclos2010.i586.rpm
please download the rpm, move it to a USB stick, reboot in linux and move it to some directory, say /tmp
open a terminal and type the following commands:

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su
rpm -e dkms-broadcom-wl
rpm -ivh /tmp/dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1pclos2010.i586.rpm

Let us know if it solve your issue.

AS

[AS]

If you have any further question, please ask.

AS

[plankton172]

glad you solved,I misread: the old rpm is still available here:

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ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/www.pclinuxos.com/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.nonfree/dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1pclos2010.i586.rpm
please download the rpm, move it to a USB stick, reboot in linux and move it to some directory, say /tmp
open a terminal and type the following commands:

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su
rpm -e dkms-broadcom-wl
rpm -ivh /tmp/dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1pclos2010.i586.rpm

Let us know if it solve your issue.

AS

Hello AS:

I followed the steps you gave and YES! It solved the issue! Thank you very much!

I suppose this means I should look out and avoid installing the broadcom-wl-5_100_82_112-1pclos 2012 driver if it appears in Synaptic... until a newer version come out, I guess.

Thanks again!

[AS]

Yes, you are correct, stick with old one, I have requested to pull down the update from the repo.

AS

[AS]

We have rolled back to the previous version dkms-broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36

If you have installed the new dkms-broadcom-wl-5_100_82_112, open synaptic, remove it, reload and reinstall the previous one.

AS