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Hi there
I am impressed with Slitaz but unfortunately cannot get the wireless working. I don't have ethernet to test wired. Is there any help for me please.
The driver I am looking for is BCM4311 chipset id 14e4:4319 (rev 2)Dell Latitude D610.
the windows device manager says the name is this: Dell Wireless 1470Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
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Download: http://people.slitaz.org/~mojo/stuff/b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg
Copy to flash drive move to SliTaz 4.0
Open terminal,su ,password: root
[c]tazpkg install b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg[/c]
[c]modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43[/c]
Applications/System Tools/Wifi configuration
Password: root , click OK button
Dbl click WAP to connect, or enter WPA Password: click OK if secure to connect.
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Thank you mojo
Did as per your instructions, unfortunately I have blank wifi connections detected to double click. The wifi configuration table is empty. I try to connect by feeding the encryption key and type and tried to configure but still could not find network. Can you help me. Thank you.
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It seems that your wifi adapters radio is not switched on.
Forgot to mention to set the wireless router to broadcast a ESSID name or you can't connect.
Reviewed my instructions on a 2006 Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop which has BCM4311 wireless.
I found it was not necessary to [c]modprobe -r b43 ; modprobe b43[/c]
Install the firmware,open Wifi configuration which opens Wifi network box.
A couple of seconds later the computers wifi indicator lights up and the wireless access point ESSID name appears under any.
Dbl clicked my access points essid name,which opens Wifi connection box.
Enter the WPA password, click OK button and it connects.
Check the firmware md5sum matches mine:
tux@slitaz:~$ md5sum b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg
bee851150681f04ad914aad3d1fb444f b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg
Run the command in bold after installing firmware and opening Wifi configuration.
You should see similar output:
tux@slitaz:~$ dmesg | grep -i b43
b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
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Hi mojo
Thank you very much. I tried on virtualbox of other machine Dell D505 too with no match from dmesg |grep -i b43. however this has Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG. I will retry on actual machine once I get my hand to it. Meanwhile please can you help me know how to do the following. "To set the wireless router to broadcast a ESSID name or you can't connect." Thank you very much.
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Read the directions that come with the wireless router.
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