BCM4311/4312/4321/4322 Wireless in openSUSE 11.3
Posted by admin on October 22nd, 2010
To get your Wireless up and running, you need your Wired Ethernet assistance to connect to the internet and download the b43-firmware package 1-click installer.
To check and confirm the Broadcom wireless card installed on your Laptop:
Annai:~ # lspci|grep -i broad
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01
Click 
to download and automatically start YST package manager. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Once installed, reboot your laptop and run the following command:
Annai:~ # /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
Downloading b43 firmware
######################################################################## 100.0%Extracting b43 firmwareThis file is recognised as:ID : FW15filename : wl_apsta.oversion : 478.104MD5 : bb8537e3204a1ea5903fe3e66b5e2763Extracting b43/ucode5.fwExtracting b43/pcm5.fwExtracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43/ucode9.fwExtracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fwExtracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fwExtracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fwExtracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fwExtracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fwExtracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fwExtracting b43/ucode11.fwExtracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fwExtracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fwExtracting b43/n0initvals11.fwExtracting b43/ucode13.fwExtracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fwExtracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fwExtracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fwExtracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals13.fwExtracting b43/ucode14.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals14.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fwExtracting b43/ucode15.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals15.fwExtracting b43/ucode16.fwExtracting b43/n0bsinitvals16.fwExtracting b43/sslpn0initvals16.fwExtracting b43/n0initvals16.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals16.fwExtracting b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fwDownloading b43legacy firmware######################################################################## 100.0%Extracting b43legacy firmwareThis file is recognised as:ID : FW10filename : wl_apsta.oversion : 295.14MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fwExtracting b43legacy/ucode4.fwExtracting b43legacy/ucode5.fwExtracting b43legacy/ucode11.fwExtracting b43legacy/pcm4.fwExtracting b43legacy/pcm5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fwb43 firmware successfully installed.b43legacy firmware successfully installed.
This should enable your Wireless Card on your laptop.
To confirm
Annai:~ # iwconfiglo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:”xxxxx”Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FFBit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBmRetry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:offEncryption key:offPower Management:offLink Quality=70/70 Signal level=-22 dBmRx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0pan0 no wireless extensions.
You can now connect your Wireless network from your Network Manager
January 26th, 2011 at 1:38 am
Hi, I just installed this driver, but my Broadcom wireless card is still not working
does anybody have some help for me ?
February 11th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Hi,
i have the same problem. My hardware is Dell Latitude D630. The WLAN-Card 1500 Draft 802.11b/g/n will not working after the installation.
Regards
C
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March 29th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
My wifi still not working.I followed the steps on this thread, but when I
try to confirm the activation, then I see that my wifi still not works.
I have a power button for the wifi, but that’s not activating it neither.
Can you help me what should be my next step to get my wlan working ?
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off