BCM4321 connected but no internet

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BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#1 by knixter » 23 Dec 2015, 20:59

Hello, I am new to Linux and just installed Porteus. My card is listed in the hardware info
One other distro I tried said this number might be helpful
14e4:4329
I show as connected to the wifi network, through the network manager but cannot view any web sites
Thank you for any help offered

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#2 by knixter » 23 Dec 2015, 21:10

Not sure if this will help but I ran the lspci command

00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:06.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#3 by knixter » 23 Dec 2015, 22:41

I have just tried connecting to the router directly, vi ip address, nothing :wall:

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#4 by knixter » 23 Dec 2015, 23:05

and tried disabling the firewall on the router ( still :wall: )

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#5 by aus9 » 24 Dec 2015, 00:12

Hi

You should have 2 internet devices. your wireless one and wired (ethernet) one.

If you plug in your ethernet cable to router and reboot it should work out-of-the-box but if not you could consider reading and trying out Nemesis?

your wl device 4329 shows up as needing the wl kernel module here
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... f_hardware

and nemesis already has that kernel module built into it. Grab 3.4 iso but be aware after xmas brokenman is likely to supply a improved iso.

http://brokenman.porteus.org/porteus/x86_64/iso/

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#6 by knixter » 24 Dec 2015, 00:38

wired is not a option
currently dual booting between win7 and porteus
wifi works with win7
one other note, using live cd, "Ultimate Boot CD" wifi works with out a flaw, out of the box, so to speak

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#7 by aus9 » 24 Dec 2015, 02:41

wired is not a option
because your router is not in same room? or has only one port already used?

I am pretty sure you do have ethernet, if not try posting the results of

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lspci | grep Ethernet

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#8 by knixter » 24 Dec 2015, 03:45

Wired is not an option because I do not have the cable or a way to permanently run one if i did. If I can do it, I can prefer wired over wifi but I cannot in this case

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#9 by aus9 » 24 Dec 2015, 03:58

ahh thanks for the explain.

Are you strongly for Slackware based or Archlinux based Porteus. IMHO the future of Porteus is the Nemesis
Nemesis Arch based Porteus

And I am not sure if Slackware based has the wl kernel module. But I have sent you a pm on that.

Maybe Neko or others who want Slackware base can tell OP if wl kernel module is available please?

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#10 by francois » 24 Dec 2015, 05:23

Under porteus the bcm driver strategy of fanthom the developer is here:
viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1099
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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#11 by knixter » 24 Dec 2015, 11:59

Here is a link to a screen shot of the network manager
http://s244.photobucket.com/user/knixte ... .jpeg.html

I did try Nemesis from the live cd but no joy
I just don't get it. I show connected but can't view a webpage

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#12 by aus9 » 24 Dec 2015, 12:17

Hi well showing connected is a good sign

I am now confused but I have a hard drive install. Is that image from Porteus or Nemesis?

If that image is not Nemeis and if you have time, reboot into Nemesis try my tutorial.
viewtopic.php?f=137&t=5337

Offtopic ....so your cisco router can only do protocols b and g and not n?
http://homenetworkadmin.com/wireless-b- ... ifference/

EDIT
I have a router that can lock out any machine ID that I have not enabled. Its called MAC filtering. Does Cisco have such a beast?

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#13 by knixter » 24 Dec 2015, 13:04

Image is from Porteus, hdd install
I will try a hdd install of Nemesis and try your tutorial. I tried it as a live cd and it showed (in the network manager) a very similar image
the router does support "n" and mac filtering, not sure why "n" isn't listed.
Filtering is a moot point, there isn't anything that would need it

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#14 by knixter » 24 Dec 2015, 14:59

Tried to install Nemesis but it doesn't auto mount drives
I couldn't find my cd drive or my windows hdd so i could install or try your tutorial
the network manage did show pretty much the same thing but i couldn't save a screenshot

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Re: BCM4321 connected but no internet

Post#15 by knixter » 24 Dec 2015, 15:04

I just read your tutorial and I did that
I showed connected to the cisco but could not get through to the web "page not found"
One more thing, in both versions , my signal after connected was about half of what I get in win7 and didn't show the "n"

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