BCM4328 - broadcom-wl vs ndiswrapper

I'm using Arch linux on my Macbook, and I have almost everything set up the way I want. But there is one thing that's bugging me a little bit. I know that it has Broadcom BCM4328, from lspci:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
But there are two ways of getting it to work:
- using broadcom-wl (available from AUR, but I got it straight from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and compiled myself)
- using ndiswrapper and using driver from (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD … y_No-Fluff)
I've tested both ways, and they both work, but with a couple of caveats:
- with broadcom-wl, the ESSID and Link quality information can only be seen as root (as described here
- I've noticed that broadcom-wl doesn't like waking up after suspend (using wicd, but networkmanager works fine. I thought it was dhcpcd problem, but it works fine with ndiswrapper)
- using ndiswrapper feels hotter than broadcom-wl
I guess my main question is which one should I be using? Could anyone recreate the above observations (the first one is verified, I think, but not sure about the other two).

Daniel_F wrote:Have you tried using dhclient instead of dhcpcd ?
Tried that, without success. It fails at the same place where dhcpcd did.
BurntSushi wrote:Have you heard of cnetworkmanager? It's a command line interface to nm :-) (It's in community.)
I tried that as well :-P. I was looking for something that is curse based (like wicd-client), so that I can see the list and scroll through the selection. There is also nmcli which I find better than cnetworkmanager, but nm-applet is working for me
Also, the temperature has been very stable and at normal temperature since I moved to broadcom-wl, so I guess there's the conclusion

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[HOWTO] Wireless card BCM4328 without ndiswrapper

Hey,
Not an issue at all this time. I want to make my little contribution about how to install the BCM4328 card without using ndiswrapper. Probably, the majority of you know that Broadcom released drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit for the following cards: BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321 and BCM4322. Check this out for more info: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
The thing is that about 3 weeks ago I re-installed everything and now I'm happily using Arch64 on my MacBook 3.1 Santa Rosa but unfortunately I had some issues with ndiswrapper and I couldn't configure the wireless card (BCM4328). So, I gave a chance and I tried the Broadcom drivers even if my card wasn't on the list. And my surprise was that works perfectly!!
Some outputs:
lspci
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
lsmod | grep wl
wl 1079104 0
ieee80211_crypt 7300 2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip
iwconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Cadaques" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:14:A5:CD:75:6F
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-25 dBm Noise level=-91 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
There is also a package at http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 on AUR for Broadcom 802.11abg Networking Drivers it's called "broadcom-wl" and it really works very nice and smooth with the latest version of the kernel (2.6.27.5-1)
You can easily install it by doing:
yaourt -S broadcom-wl
After installing the package just make sure that you unload (or blacklist) the following modules:
rmmod ssb
rmmod b43
rmmod bcm43xx
Load the good one:
modprobe wl
ifconfig eth1 up
Now you should be able to see the interface and connect to your preferred network using for example wicd or any other tool.
If you find this useful and you think should go to the wiki, let me know. I found the MacBook wiki a bit outdated but I wasn't sure at all so suggestions are welcome!
Last edited by miguimon (2008-11-17 06:31:32)

Ok thanks I'll give it a go, I really am new to this networking stuff as I've only really used ubuntu before. In the setup for Arch I did have it include wireless-tools and the bcw43-fwcutter packages because it's that packages that got my wireless working in ubuntu. But my cards the same model as yours so I'll try it this way. Is there anything else I need to do to like my module or Wireless option in rc.conf or any of the network files, because I read that the drivers are modules and they sometimes need to be specified if not automatically detected.
Ok I'm going to combie the beginers guide with your HOWTO. iwconfig returns:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
This is odd because lspci | grep network returns
0b:00.0 Network controller: Boradcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
and its logical name is eth1.
Last edited by Ben9250 (2010-06-11 15:18:54)

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Hi everybody,
After some problems I could made my wireless card work by using ndiswrapper (cf post 117105 )
But recently ndiswrapper was removed from the repositories... I don't want to reopen this subject, enough have been told on it. However it seems that my card should be supported by the b43legacy driver but it doesn't work. I could install the ndiswrapper from AUR but i would prefer to use the kernel module.
So here is the problem I have with b43legacy. I can see the different wireless networks but when connected it fails on authentication.
Dmesg shows
[10252.685714] b43legacy-phy2: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[10252.789223] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy2::tx
[10252.790395] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy2::rx
[10252.790504] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy2::radio
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[10255.076301] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10255.275707] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10255.475713] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10255.675708] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
[10266.545993] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10266.745707] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10266.945706] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10267.145713] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
[10267.419045] b43legacy-phy2 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[10278.005961] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10278.205716] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10278.405955] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10278.605715] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
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[10289.479066] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10289.679055] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10289.879054] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10290.079050] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
I tried to extract the firmware manually, using b43-fwcutter, and to use the one in AUR but always got the same results.
I didn't try yet without protection (now I am trying with WEP and WPA) because other people are using the network now and even if it is work without protection it will not be an acceptable solution.
Can someone help me on this?
Thanks

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Broadcom BCM4328 connection problem

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For days I've been struggling to get my wireless up and running. And I'm pretty close I think, I believe I've set up everything correctly. My wireless card connects to my local home network (WPA secured) using netcfg and everything seems well. However it disconnects within the hour. Sometimes after 15 mins and sometimes after 30 mins or so, it's kind of driving me nuts. Is anybody else experiencing the same problems with this card? The only way to regain my connection is to manually reconnect with netcfg.
I'm using the driver from AUR for this card and the installation procedure I got from the corresponding Wiki. But like I said everything works except for this stupid glitch. And it isn't only netcfg that gives this problem, I've had the same issue with Wicd and NetworkManager.
I hope somebody can clarify this for me,
Ivan.
Last edited by geniuz (2010-04-15 17:25:25)

Is there really nobody who can help me? I noticed that when this happens, I'm not really "disconnected" from the network since running "iwconfig" shows I'm still connected:
eth0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"bistarac" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:0C:F6:50:DB:CC
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-52 dBm Noise level=-90 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:2 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
There is however 0 traffic, no webpage is loaded and the only thing I can do is disconnect and reconnect to get a connection for another short period of time until the problem happens again. Can this be some kind of WPA or netcfg issue? Or is this related to the broadcom-wl driver?
Also here is my netcfg config file for this network in the hope that it may help:
CONNECTION='wireless'
INTERFACE='eth0'
SECURITY='wpa-configsection'
ESSID='bistarac'
IP='dhcp'
TIMEOUT=300
CONFIGSECTION='
ssid="bistarac"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="..."
proto=WPA'
Thanks again !

Broadcom Air Force One, any Ndiswrapper instructions?

Hi everyone!
I've been hearing great things about Arch, and being a fairly new Ubuntu user, I naturally like things to be easy and mostly automated (although I'm willing to learn!), and I just happen to be one of those unlucky few who need to use Ndiswrapper to get their wireless card working. We have some pretty nice tutorials on how to do this on Ubuntu, such as: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD … y_No-Fluff and I'm wondering if there's a corresponding Arch step-by-step guide. I no longer have an XP install, so I can't rip drivers out of there.
Thanks,
Slip
Last edited by Slipstream (2008-07-13 05:15:24)

Most of the documentation is found on the wiki.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/
The wireless docos are here
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup
in particular b43 and bcm43xx
Last edited by iphitus (2008-07-13 06:39:47)

[SOLVED] Ndiswrapper, NetworkManager 0.7 and 64-bit Arch Linux

Hi there!
I am having problems configuring my wireless card. I know I have to use Ndiswrapper, and this is what I have tried to do; however, it didn't go quite well.
This is rather odd because it worked perfectly in the 32-bit version of Arch Linux, but now it doesn't work.
So, here comes the code.
valandil ~ $ lspci | grep Network
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
I really use ndiswrapper and have already installed what I think is the proper driver (it seems that the list the official ndiswrapper site had has somehow disappeared.
sudo ndiswrapper -l
Password:
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)
Here's iwconfig:
valandil ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
I use NetworkManager 0.7 and have configured properly:
rc.conf:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/Vancouver"
KEYMAP="cf"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(fuse ndiswrapper fglrx !b44 !mii bcm43xx !snd_pcsp snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore !pcspkr)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="cipher"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo !eth0 !wlan0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
#NETWORKS=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(@stbd httpd !network syslog-ng netfs crond alsa hal dhcdbd networkmanager fam gdm)
hosts file :
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost cipher
# End of file
/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf:
GNU nano 2.0.9 File: /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
[main]
plugins=keyfile
[keyfile]
hostname=cipher
I hope you can solve this problem; wireless is really crucial.
Thanks for any help,
Last edited by valandil (2012-05-02 18:27:09)

Alleluia!!!
I think I will write a new rule for myself to follow :
Thou shalt never use ndiswrapper again.
Thanks a lot, wonder, and thanks to you too, Xyne.
FYI, I tried to use something else than ndiswrapper before, but it didn't yield satisfying results. Anyway, thanks.

[SOLVED] An another Broadcom thread

Hey there,
I could use a bit help over here. I'm trying to get my wireless working and so far it's going like hell.
Here's some info:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme
Kernel driver in use: wl
Ok, let's give the wl driver a go.
iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Seems like it's working. Let's try to connect it with my AP through wpa_supplicant.
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
eth1: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 completed [id=0 id_str=]
Looks ok, but when you execute dhcpcd wpa_supplicant goes crazy:
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
eth1: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
eth1: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 completed [id=0 id_str=]
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
eth1: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 completed [id=0 id_str=]
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
eth1: WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4)
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
eth1: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
eth1: Association request to the driver failed
eth1: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
Let's give ndiswrapper a go
root@localhost:~[root@localhost ~]# rmmod wl
root@localhost:~[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
root@localhost:~[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:130 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2447 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: Authentication with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 timed out.
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01" auth_failures=1 duration=10
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01"
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2447 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2447 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: Authentication with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 timed out.
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01" auth_failures=2 duration=20
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Resource temporarily unavailable
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01"
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2447 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: Authentication with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 timed out.
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01" auth_failures=3 duration=20
b43:
>ifconfig wlan0 down
>rmmod ndiswrapper
>modprobe b43
>ifconfig wlan0 up
>iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
>wpa_supplicant
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 completed [id=0 id_str=]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4)
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4)
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01" auth_failures=1 duration=10
wlan0: No network configuration found for the current AP
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: No network configuration found for the current AP
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="netgear01"
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 completed [id=0 id_str=]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
wlan0: WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4)
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35
wlan0: WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4)
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 (SSID='netgear01' freq=2437 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Device or resource busy
wlan0: Association request to the driver failed
wlan0: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:24:b2:4c:f5:35 reason=0
^Cwlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="netgear01"
psk="[password]"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
What the heck is going on? The password is right, every time I make sure one driver is loaded at a time. I tried rebooting.
I took down the password on my AP and tried connecting the normal way. It goes like this:
> iwconfig eth1 essid netgear01
> iwconfig - yep it's there
> dhcpcd
> iwconfig
> ssid disappears
Would be very glad if somebody could help me. Wireless is the only way I can access internet right now.
Last edited by Matt-L (2013-08-10 23:24:52)

Welcome to the forums. Could you replace those [ quote ] blocks with [ code ] blocks please. Code blocks are presented in a monospace font with scroll bars which makes them much easier to read. Also, while in these cases I can infer them, including the exact command you used for each bit of output would be important. Specifically, we have to assume your invocation of wpa_supplicant was correct ... in normal use it will be passed many parameters and you have not shown which parameters you passed.
While we could work on figuring out why dhcpcd is failing, I'd prefer to start from scratch and make sure wl is necessary. Can you post the output of
lspci -vnn | grep -i net
EDIT: I believe most of the 4321 chipsets will now work with b43 with recent kernels. But the command above will specify which chip you actually have - the broadcom wireless page on the wiki links to a b43 support chart which lists most 4321's as "partially supported" in kernel 2.6.39, but things have come a long way since then as were at linux 3.10.x now. I have one of the 4321's that works perfectly with b43 (I think it's the 14e4:4329, but I'm not on that computer now).
EDIT2: my most consistent typo fixed "not"->"now"
Last edited by Trilby (2013-08-07 17:31:36)

Linksys AE1200 wifi adapter with Broadcom BCM43235 driver not working

I followed the instructions on the Broadcom wireless page from ArchWiki, and I tried every method, and none worked at all. The interface never showed up with "ifconfig -a", and I could not get ndiswrapper to work with the windows drivers either. Any suggestions for alternate ways?

wolfo9999 wrote:but I know that the os detects it because it shows up in lsusb
That doesn't say anything except that the device is powered on. It does not say anything about the OS. The OS should know something, the docs claim that the brcmfmac driver supports it, but you haven't provided any info for us to know what's going on. ewaller gave you the hint: dmesg. Also exact lsusb output would be nice, so we'll know the usb-id of the device.
Last edited by Gusar (2013-01-20 15:24:19)

Ndiswrapper/iwlist scan not showing ESSID

I just installed Arch-64 on my HP dv6000 laptop. Working from the command line still to get wireless working, I compiled and installed ndiswrapper-1.43. It compiled and installed perfectly for my Broadcom 4311 wireless. I've used this same ndiswrapper for both Ubuntu Feisty-64 and Sabayon-64 with no issues.
When I type 'iwlist scan', I get the long list of networks we can see from our house, but none of them display the essid (which they normally do from this laptop) and all say 'Mode: Unknown/bug'. When I load the ndiswrapper module, the essid is automatically set to the only unencrypted network available. I tried to connect to my home WPA network, but it wouldn't connect w/ wpa_supplicant (which also normally works fine).
Any ideas what to check? I've looked through these forums and the ndiswrapper forums and didn't see anything similar.
I'd really love to keep on going here...my first day w/ Arch!
Thanks, Scott

Hi, firecat53, and welcome aboard!
In fact there already is a forum topic which covers at least one of your problems (the iwlist scan one), although they might be connected and we simply haven't tested WPA yet. Unfortunately we don't have found a satisfying solution to this problem yet.

Broadcom Wireless Card Setup Problems

Hello there, I'm very new to Archlinux and to linux overall. Since I'm done with my classes for the summer, I had the crazy idea to setup a home web server with my old machine and at the same time use the wireless card as an acess point for my laptop. The problem is that I followed all the steps in the Archlinux wiki about the wireless setups for the B43 driver several times. However, my system seams to ignore all my efforts and keeps making fun of me. According to what I understood, it's not setting up the network interface. (Which is suposed to be done automaticly I think) So here's a bunch of troubleshooting commands results.
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lspci | grep -e Network
01:06.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
lshw -C network
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:01:06.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32
resources: irq:16 memory:40000000-40001fff
lsmod| grep -e b43 -e bcm43xx -e ssb -e ndiswrapper
b43 172775 0
ssb 44979 1 b43
mmc_core 52043 2 b43,ssb
pcmcia 29658 2 b43,ssb
mac80211 171331 1 b43
cfg80211 126817 2 b43,mac80211
led_class 2609 1 b43
Here are the links I followed to try to setup and try to troubleshoot my things
For b43 driver:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780692
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
For ndiswrapper driver
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780590
(There was an other one that told how to set it up but i can't find it)

Ok, I"ve done it and I got a few errors.
b43-pci-bridge 0000:01:06.0: PCI INT A disabled
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
b43-pci-bridge 0000:01:06.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ssb: PCI-ID not in fallback list
ssb: CHIPID not in nrcores fallback list
ssb: Core 0 found: UNKNOWN (cc 0x8FF, rev 0x7F, vendor 0xFFFF)
ssb: WARNING: Invalid SPROM CRC (corrupt SPROM)
ssb: Unsupported SPROM revision 255 detected. Will extract v1
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:06.0
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLS, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
So, does that mean that I don't use the proper firmware?

Problem with broadcom driver (wl) - can't set essid

After a long history of failure installing linux on Mac hardware, I thought I'd try once again try installing Arch a MacBook (4,1) containing the Broadcom BCM4328 wireless card.
I followed the instructions on this wiki page (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312) and installed the broadcom driver from AUR (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514).
A couple of strange behaviors resulted. The first is that after the module installation, the wireless interface was set to eth0 and the ethernet interface is set to eth1. Not sure if this is a problem, but it was new to me.
That said, eth0 (wireless) was up and able to detect my wireless network with "iwlist eth0 scan".
My attempt to set the essid, however, failed.
I issued the following commands:
ifconfig eth0 up
iwconfig eth0 essid "homeplate"
But when I typed:
iwconfig eth0
it still showed essid as empty ("").
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone encountered similar problems with the Broadcom driver?

I got it to work, I used the package from AUR (I Have a broadcom 4322, totally wish it was something else =p)
yaourt -S broadcom-wl
Anyways, then I added the modules 80211_crypt_tkip and wl in rc.conf. At first I tried to use Wicd, but it wouldn't start at one point, and at another couldn't find any wireless hotspots. I decided to give network manager a try. So I downloaded and installed networkmanager, and network-manager-applet .
pacman -S networkmanager network-manager-applet
It was able to find the wireless connections at this point, and I was able to connect(WEP Hex key) definitly did not get full speed that I have gotten from other distros typically 700k+, it was bouncing around 100-200. Mind you this was after a long process of trying to load wl as a daemon (DOH!) and I was completely stumped as to why it wouldn't work. Anyways, hopes this help you in someway.
Broadcom neeeeeeds to give us open source plssssssssssssss.
Coleys!
I have ARCH on this computer, but *for now* my laptop is using sabayon (Dual booting arch, It rocks...) Hopefully us broadcom 4322,4328 users get a solution! D=
Last edited by coleys (2009-06-25 23:40:00)

No network and Broadcom wireless card

I'm new to Solaris OS, and I installed Solaris 10 with no network since I'm using a broadcom wireless card. Before installing Solaris10 on this box I had Ubuntu running on it and was able to use the ndiswrapper for the broadcom card.
But... I'm a bit lost now since I installed solaris 10 with no network at all. So my question is, how do I create a new network and get my broadcom card installed?

Solaris is a great OS... welcome to the fold.
First, Broadcom is not a good choice for any alternative OS including Solaris but OpenSolaris does have drivers despite Broadcom's lack of cooperation with other operating systems. I do suggest staying away from this vendor because of their "closed" nature of driver support.
That being said, the HCL at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/ can help. As well as Linux and others. While vendors like Broadcom are closed, others are not.
My favorite has been Intel 82557, 82558, 82559-controllers, I bought a bunch of them dirt cheap years back knowing they were supported with Linux, BSD and Solaris. They work well in pairs too, use then for firewalls.
The best thing we can do is only buy hardware that works with all OSes.

Problems with broadcom wlan adapter and wlan-button.

I've got a laptop (HP Compaq 6715S), which has an integrated wlan adapter (broadcom 4311/4312?). A couple of weeks ago the adapter was working ok with ndiswrapper and bcmwl5.inf driver, but it stopped working recently probably after ndiswrapper and/or kernel upgrade. Loading the ndiswrapper module from rc.conf made the whole system kernel panic (IRQ problem?) until I added:
acpi=noirq
to the kernel boot parameters. Now this error doesn't occur every time I load ndiswrapper, but the problem still exists. BCM43xx driver doesn't work either. I'm using the 64-bit arch.
in my rc.conf I have:
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MOD_BLACKLIST=(pcspkr joydev bcm43xx bluetooth hci_usb pcmcia yenta_socket pcmcia_core)
MODULES=(fglrx ieee80211 ieee80211softmac ieee80211_crypt ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211_crypt_tkip
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp powernow-k8 k8temp thermal fan battery button cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand
freq_table)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus laptop-mode acpid cpufreq @alsa network wicd gdm)
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7914
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7915
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b6)
10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
30:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
dmesg |grep ndis (after error)
ndiswrapper version 1.49 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=yes)
ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:576): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,10/12/2006, 4.100.15.5) loaded
Modules linked in: ndiswrapper snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss container tsdev rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib serio_raw evdev psmouse i2c_piix4 i2c_core ehci_hcd
ohci_hcd shpchp pci_hotplug cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave k8temp ieee80211_crypt_ccmp
ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211softmac ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt fglrx(P) usbcore tg3
snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_hwdep snd soundcore ac button battery fan sbs thermal
video output powernow_k8 freq_table processor ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod sr_mod cdrom sg ahci ata_generic
pata_atiixp libata
[<ffffffff88405e77>] :ndiswrapper:win2lin2+0xe/0x11
[<ffffffff883fa330>] :ndiswrapper:IoAcquireCancelSpinLock+0x10/0x20
[<ffffffff883fae47>] :ndiswrapper:IofCompleteRequest+0x87/0x180
[<ffffffff883fc4d2>] :ndiswrapper:pdoDispatchPnp+0x52/0x490
[<ffffffff88400c08>] :ndiswrapper:mp_init+0xa8/0x1e0
[<ffffffff883fa5f4>] :ndiswrapper:IofCallDriver+0x34/0xc0
[<ffffffff883fb930>] :ndiswrapper:IoSyncForwardIrp+0x90/0xd0
[<ffffffff88400e1b>] :ndiswrapper:NdisDispatchPnp+0xdb/0xee0
[<ffffffff883fb1db>] :ndiswrapper:IoInitializeIrp+0x3b/0x70
[<ffffffff88405e77>] :ndiswrapper:win2lin2+0xe/0x11
[<ffffffff883fa5f4>] :ndiswrapper:IofCallDriver+0x34/0xc0
[<ffffffff883fa61f>] :ndiswrapper:IofCallDriver+0x5f/0xc0
[<ffffffff883fa330>] :ndiswrapper:IoAcquireCancelSpinLock+0x10/0x20
[<ffffffff883fa5f4>] :ndiswrapper:IofCallDriver+0x34/0xc0
[<ffffffff883fb6bf>] :ndiswrapper:IoBuildSynchronousFsdRequest+0x2f/0x50
[<ffffffff883fc9fc>] :ndiswrapper:IoSendIrpTopDev+0xac/0x100
[<ffffffff883fccff>] :ndiswrapper:pnp_start_device+0x4f/0xa0
[<ffffffff883fcf6f>] :ndiswrapper:wrap_pnp_start_device+0x21f/0x260
[<ffffffff883fd000>] :ndiswrapper:wrap_pnp_start_pci_device+0x50/0x60
[<ffffffff883ef04c>] :ndiswrapper:loader_init+0x13c/0x260
[<ffffffff883700b7>] :ndiswrapper:wrapper_init+0xb7/0xc3
The other problem that I have is the wlan-button: The wlan adapter isn't always turned on at boot and I have found no way to turn it on from linux. It can be turned on by booting to windows or resetting the bios to defaults, but it is not very nice. I've noticed that pressing the wlan button adds one usb device:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard
Is there a way to fix these problems?

lenni wrote:
When I used to use ndiswrapper, just downloading one of the generic INF files didn't do the trick for me. I had to go to my manufacturer's homepage and download it there extract the drivers from the exe and use them in order to get my card work reliably.
Also, have you used a 64 bit driver? This guy reckons you need it:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ost2952703
I guess I solved it. I have been using the 64-bit driver, but have tried the 32-bit driver from hp diver site too. For some reason ndiswrapper seems to install a driver named "ndiswrapper" with this 32-bit driver, which is why it didn't work. So my solution was:
1) Get the 32-bit driver from hp.com
2) rmmod ndiswrapper
3) remove all installed ndiswrapper drivers: ndiswrapper -r <drivername>
4) installed the 32-bit driver: ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
5) ndiswrapper -l gave me:
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4312) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
ndiswrapper : invalid driver!
6) Got rid of the weird ndiswrapper driver inside ndiswrapper: ndiswrapper -r ndiswrapper
7) modprobe ndiswrapper
Rebooted a couple of times and it seems to work ok.
How about the wlan-button problem?

BCM4328 - broadcom-wl vs ndiswrapper

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