broadcom-wl-kmdl-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686, Unable wifi connection kernel updagrade

[newzen]

Hello, new at list.

After a Kernel upgrade i can't find a broadcom-wl-kmdl-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686 , any one now where can i donwload.
For old kernel yum install broadcom-wl-kmdl-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.i686 --enablerepo=atrpms but in atrpms no package for the actual kernel.

Thanks for any help.

[redman]

First of all, welcome to the list.

The new kernel was released yesterday.
That means that others (like the people who created additional packages) will be working on their stuff.
Probably within the next couple of days the broadcom package will become available.

You could downgrade to the previous kernel (and use the broadcom driver),
or use the newest kernel and connect your system with a old fashioned lan cable.

[adebened]

Hello,

You may want to ask at the elrepo project here for a build of a kmod, which should work across kernel upgrades. My understanding is that they're pretty good about such requests.

Cheers,

[northd_tech]

Hi newzen (if you're still having trouble with that Broadcom).

I just moved to SL6.1 about 2 days ago from Ubuntu and needed to compile the proprietary "wl" or STA driver module for my Broadcom 4321AG / "4328" wireless directly from Broadcom's "hybrid" sourcecode found on their website:

802.11 Linux STA driver
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

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These packages contain Broadcom's IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux® device driver for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-based hardware. There are different tars for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 CPU architectures. Make sure that you download the appropriate tar because the hybrid binary file must be of the appropriate architecture type. The hybrid binary file is agnostic to the specific version of the Linux kernel because it is designed to perform all interactions with the operating system through operating-system-specific files and an operating system abstraction layer file. All Linux operating-system-specific code is provided in source form, making it possible to retarget to different kernel versions and fix operating system related issues.

I didn't see which kind of hardware you have (the Broadcom 4301, 4306, 4318, and a couple of others work better with the Broadcom "b43" driver from my experience, although the firmware cutting/copying can get a little tricky at times.)

Also, these are good references to keep handy for Broadcom wireless and Linux:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

Also, that newest "STA" driver from Broadcom's website now supports rfkill and monitor mode where the older, pre- 5.100.82.xxx versions did not (but the "b43" and open source drivers might). From the newest Broadcom STA README.txt:

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ISSUES FIXED AND WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE ------------------------------------------- + Added cfg80211 API support. The choice of API is done at compile time. If kernel version >= 2.6.32, cfg80211 is used, otherwise wireless extension is used. (End users should notice little difference.) + Supports Linux kernel 2.6.38 + Fix for problem with rebooting while wireless disabled via airline switch. + Fixed a kernel panic observed on some 64-bit systems HOW TO USE MONITOR MODE ----------------------- To enable monitor mode: $ echo 1 > /proc/brcm_monitor0 Enabling monitor mode will create a 'prism0' network interface. Wireshark and other netwokk tools can use this new prism0 interface. To disable monitor mode: $ echo 0 > /proc/brcm_monitor0 ISSUES FIXED AND WHAT'S NEW IN RECENT RELEASES ------------------------------------------- + Supports monitor mode + Supports cfg80211 + Supports hidden networks + Supports rfkill

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

If you have a STA-compatible Broadcom, I think you would be happier with these functions that work with the newer driver module.

Also, my newly-compiled STA driver tells me this for a working Broadcom setup:

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$ lspci -kvvnn | grep 14e4 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03) $ lsmod | egrep 'wl|b4|ssb' wl                   2590748  0 cfg80211              139304  1 wl lib80211                5991  2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl $ modinfo wl filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-131.21.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/net/wireless/wl.ko srcversion:     AC38E801A7070535F4077AB alias:          pci:v000014E4d00000576sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000435Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004359sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004358sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004727sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004357sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000A99Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004353sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004329sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004328sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004315sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004313sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004312sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004311sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends:        cfg80211,lib80211 vermagic:       2.6.32-131.21.1.el6.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions parm:           oneonly:int parm:           piomode:int parm:           instance_base:int parm:           nompc:int parm:           name:string $ rfkill list all 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no $ rfkill --version rfkill 0.3 $ lshw -C network   *-network        description: Wireless interface        product: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n        vendor: Broadcom Corporation        physical id: 0        bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0        logical name: eth1        version: 03        serial:[MACaddress]        width: 64 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.112 ip=192.168.0.2 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg        resources: irq:19 memory:f2200000-f2203fff memory:f2000000-f20fffff(prefetchable)

Note: the red "lshw" command above was not installed by default on my SL6.1 distribution. That is something that I love and need dearly from the Ubuntu world. You could look here for that EXTREMELY helpful program:

64bit
http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=lshw&search_on=name&distro=82&arch=64-bit

32bit
http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=lshw&search_on=name&distro=82&arch=32-bit

[helikaon]

Thank for sharing info!

cheers,