Wifi enabling issues on Dell - BCM4312 LP-PHY
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I so wanted my first post on this forum to be an extremely happy one. I am new to Trisquel though I have tried SUSE,Ubuntu,Mint,PCLinux etc.
I am also a bit of a novice so if some of you can be a little patient with me in helping me out, I'd be most delighted.
The lspci -vvnn|grep 14e4 output on my Dell 1510 is as under
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
I am not able to get the wifi to work and when I tried these
apt-get update
apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
I get a message that reads - package not found or something to that effect.
Could someone please guide me in enabling the wifi.
Thanks!
I'm sorry but that particular wireless card will not work with all free software. that particular package you mentioned is not included in trisquel because it is non-free software.
I understand that when hardware doesn't function as expected it can be frustrating. However, we can't compromise on user freedom. I would recommend you check the website h-node specifically the wireless cards. There you will find wireless cards that are known to work without proprietary software.
First of all, Thank you all for being such good sports
That the wireless card I have won't work is rather unfortunate. I still think trisquel is just beautiful and do not wish to change my OS anymore. I do believe I have found one that I really like.
Anyhow, that aside, given that I have never attempted to change anything on my laptop; I should like to know what a wireless card is and how am I to replace (or in addition to existing card as the case may be) it with a card that is compatible. Could you suggest some cards that surely will work?
Thanks again!
As Cris mentioned it, the best place to get such a card is the online shop ("Wireless Networking" section) at http://libre.thinkpenguin.com
This company, which ships worldwide, guarantees that all devices they sell perfectly work with Trisquel GNU/Linux. Furthermore, by clicking on the link above (the "libre" part of the URL is important), 25% of the benefits made on your purchase are donated to the Trisquel project.
By buying a card somewhere else, you may end up with another Wifi card that does not work on Trisquel... even if other users of the same model report it works! The point is: the manufacturers sometimes change the chipset and it is the crucial component.
As Cris mentioned it, the best place to get such a card is the online shop
("Wireless Networking" section) at http://libre.thinkpenguin.com
This company, which ships worldwide, guarantees that all devices they sell
perfectly work with Trisquel GNU/Linux. Furthermore, by clicking on the link
above (the "libre" part of the URL is important), 25% of the benefits made on
your purchase are donated to the Trisquel project.
By buying a card somewhere else, you may end up with another Wifi card that
does not work on Trisquel... even if other users of the same model report it
works! The point is: the manufacturers sometimes change the chipset and it is
the crucial component.
I am a translator!
You are not as novice as you think (after all, you used the lspci command
with a pipe and grep combined ;) ). SirGrant is right of course, and it is
not your fault, that the WiFi card doesn't work. One has to be very careful
when choosing hardware, if you wish to run it with free software only.
Especially laptops have lots of hurdles to take, one of them being WiFi. I
hope you can find a cheap replacement that will work well, else you will have
to use really long cables...
First of all, Thank you all for being such good sports
That the wireless card I have won't work is rather unfortunate. I still think
trisquel is just beautiful and do not wish to change my OS anymore. I do
believe I have found one that I really like.
Anyhow, that aside, given that I have never attempted to change anything on
my laptop; I should like to know what a wireless card is and how am I to
replace (or in addition to existing card as the case may be) it with a card
that is compatible. Could you suggest some cards that surely will work?
Thanks again!
If you want a wireless USB adapter, I would recommend you to buy either
'OvsiLink AirLive X.USB' or 'Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter for GNU / Linux'.
Both supports the IEEE 802.11b/g/n standards, based on Atheros chipset and
the first one could be bought with two extra antennas for better signal.
More info here:
http://www.airlive.com/product/X.USB
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter
I am a member!
I would probably advise G over N if you are planning to get a USB wifi card.
The rtl8187b is more stable than ar9170 devices. That said though most people
don't have a problem with either. The ar9170 works good for people looking to
setup an access point. If you are looking for speed or distance I'd really
suggest a non-USB card.
I don't have a ton of info at the moment on the X.USB adapter although I know
it isn't generally sold at retail. It is targeted at 'projects' according to
the manufacturer, and may be hard to get. We will have something shortly to
replace our older adapter with the optional external antennas.
We have a sample test batch coming in next week and have secured funding from
two difference sources to source new AR9170 adapters. Both with and without
antennas. We do have in stock about 70 AR9170 adapters without the antennas.
That should last us long enough to get more.
We also have new N PCI and PCIe wireless cards coming in. We have low profile
brackets for one of them and are working on getting the brackets for the
other. They haven't been manufactured yet so I'm not sure exactly when they
will be ready for the other card.
We have N Mini PCI and Mini PCIe half height and full cards too. We allso
have G Mini PCI cards.
I am a member!
ie
https://libre.thinkpenguin.com/
Trisquel gets 25% of the profits for any purchases above. Everything is
supported under Trisquel, free software, mainline and derived free kernels,
etc.
Try the latest kernel at http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
I am a translator!
You are not as novice as you think (after all, you used the lspci command with a pipe and grep combined ;) ). SirGrant is right of course, and it is not your fault, that the WiFi card doesn't work. One has to be very careful when choosing hardware, if you wish to run it with free software only. Especially laptops have lots of hurdles to take, one of them being WiFi. I hope you can find a cheap replacement that will work well, else you will have to use really long cables...
You might want to try the latest kernel at http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
I am a member!
ie
http://libre.thinkpenguin.com/
Trisquel gets 25% of the profits for any purchases above. Everything is supported under Trisquel, free software, mainline and derived free kernels, etc.
You can get a wifi card in just about any form factor including: USB, Mini PCIe, Mini PCI, PCI, PCIe and even low profile of some cards (should have everything in the near future).
If you want a wireless USB adapter, I would recommend you to buy either 'OvsiLink AirLive X.USB' or 'Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter for GNU / Linux'. Both supports the IEEE 802.11b/g/n standards, are based on Atheros AR9170 chipset and the first one could be bought with two additional antennas for greater signal range.
More info here:
http://www.airlive.com/product/X.USB
https://libre.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter
I am a member!
I would probably advise G over N if you are planning to get a USB wifi card. The rtl8187b is more stable than ar9170 devices. That said though most people don't have a problem with either. The ar9170 works good for people looking to setup an access point. If you are looking for speed or distance I'd really suggest a non-USB card.
I don't have a ton of info at the moment on the X.USB adapter although I know it isn't generally sold at retail. It is targeted at 'projects' according to the manufacturer, and may be hard to get. We will have something shortly to replace our older adapter with the optional external antennas.
We have a sample test batch coming in next week and have secured funding from two difference sources to source new AR9170 adapters. Both with and without antennas. We do have in stock about 70 AR9170 adapters without the antennas. That should last us long enough to get more.
We also have new N PCI and PCIe wireless cards coming in. We have low profile brackets for one of them and are working on getting the brackets for the other. They haven't been manufactured yet so I'm not sure exactly when they will be ready for the other card.
We have N Mini PCI and Mini PCIe half height and full cards too. We allso have G Mini PCI cards.
I am a member!
I believe your Broadcom LP-PHY card has the core_rev 15 and you would need a ucode15.asm to build ucode15.fw binary.
Unfortunately, it seems openfwwf project has been able to reverse engineer just revision 5 of these cards (ucode5.asm).
For now, I am afraid you're only option is to buy a free software-friendly card, as the folks already suggested.
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