Wireless Network its not working

Bug #206277 reported by jairjaramillo
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linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

In Ubuntu Gutsy, ubuntu detects my broadcom wireless card and download the firmware using bcm43xx-fwcutter, then the wireless work perfect.
Now in Ubuntu Hardy beta, ubuntu does the same but the wireless card can not detect any access point.
some usefull information:

root@jair-laptop:/home/jair# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"XXXXXXXXXXXXX"
          Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
          Encryption key:XXXX-XX-XX
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

#In Gutsy, wmaster0 does not exist and wlan0 is called "eth1"

root@jair-laptop:/home/jair# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

root@jair-laptop:/home/jair# dhclient
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 7698
killed old client process, removed PID file
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
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:19:7e:aa:37:89
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:19:7e:aa:37:89
Listening on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on LPF/wmaster0/
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:16:d4:e1:45:6d
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:16:d4:e1:45:6d
Sending on Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network is down
receive_packet failed on wmaster0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.1.254
bound to 192.168.1.64 -- renewal in 36166 seconds.

root@jair-laptop:/home/jair# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Release: 8.04

root@jair-laptop:/home/jair# uname -a
Linux jair-laptop 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 23:01:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

root@jair-laptop:/home/jair# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
06:00.0 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller
06:00.1 SD Host controller: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI SmartMedia / xD Card Reader Controller
06:00.2 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc Unknown device 0720
06:00.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital / MMC Card Reader Controller

05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)

I am usig a Acer Aspire 5710z

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Christian Mangold (neversfelde) wrote :

Is your hardy up to date? If it is not, please upgrade and try it a second time.
This may be a duplicate of several other bugs. Thank you.

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Christian Mangold (neversfelde) wrote :

If it is up to date, please tell us, if you did an upgrade or a fresh install of hardy. Thank you.

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jairjaramillo (jairjaramillo) wrote :

OK, my distro is up to date and still have the same problem, but i solve it.
It seems to be the b43 driver, its not working.

-First, I disable the b43 module ($ modprobe -r b43)

-Then I install the bcm43xx-fwcutter from the ubuntu repositories

.Finally, I activate the bcm43xx module ($ modprobe bcm43xx)

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Sebas (comandantecobra) wrote :

Same problem. I've Ubuntu 8.04 up to date too.

My wireless card info:
0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

But I solve it by removing the b43 and the b43legacy modules and running that scprit:

#!/bin/bash
bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware AppleAirPort2
bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` AppleAirPort2
rmmod bcm43xx
modprobe bcm43xx
lsmod | grep bcm43xx
ifconfig eth1 up
iwconfig

Where AppleAirPort2 file it's my firmware extracted from my Mac OS partition.

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status .

Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

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