Broadcom-wl driver & certificates

Hi!
At my university we have students network that uses .crt certificates for network access.
I have Broadcom BCM43225 wifi card and Im using broadcom-wl driver.
Im not able to connect to this network. Is it because this driver does not support certificates? or what is wrong?
That network requires TTLS authentication and MSCHAPv2 inner authentication.
Im using NetworkManager for managing connections...
Thanks for your answers!

wpa_supplicant will probably help you. See the documentation.
Basically you'll need to have something like this in your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (which comes with a 'wpa_supplicant' package from official Arch repos):
network={
ssid="YOUR-SSID"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
eap=PEAP
identity="[email protected]"
password="YOUR-PASSWORD"
ca_cert="/etc/certs/cacert.pem"
phase1="peapver=0"
phase2="MSCHAPV2"
You'll need to change most of the stuff from here, try improvizing.
Last edited by archman-cro (2011-03-21 10:19:53)

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Hi there,
Problem: I cannot proceed the installation of Arch by lack of internet connection. I have a MBPr that has a Broadcom 4360 wireless card. After a little research I found that this requires the broadcom-wl driver. However, the wl driver is not on the install CD by default (at least, it didn't show up with "find / -iname '*wl*o'"). I figured that downloading and installing the driver from the AUR possibly solves the problem. I suppose I need to install the DKMS from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/broadcom-wl-dkms/.
Since I'm new to Arch I have not the slightest idea how the AUR repository works and how to hack it all together with the install CD. I have the possibility to download stuff to a USB drive and mount it during the installation process.
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I installed Arch with kernel26 version 2.6.34 (with same kernel26-headers version), built the module for my broadcom (4312 - broadcom-wl driver), and eventually got wireless internet capability. However, after upgrading the kernel version to 2.6.38, while trying to load my driver I get the error "Module wl not found." Moving the wl.ko module file into the correct directory for the new kernel drivers, I get the message "invalid module format." So I tried rebuilding the module, but I now receive the error "error: implicit declaration of function 'init_MUTEX'" during the build process.
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oh, sorry, I forgot to mention that you had to get it from AUR (thought it was obvious, didn't see you post count, you must be relatively new to arch, welcome)
*Always* use the AUR package if there's one available. It will work most of the time (some of them are outdated and will fail to build).
*Always* use pacman to install stuff. Personally, I've almost never installed from source. If something is not in AUR or the AUR package does not build, it's always better to write your own PKGBUILD to install stuff. This way you're sure that:
1) you won't overwrite an existing system (or not system) file
2) you can uninstall the package completely and cleanly with a pacman -R
Sticking to that principles, I haven't had to re-install my system for the past 2 years...

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OS : Windows XP SP2
1) When i tend to install the Broadcom WLAN Driver in Windows XP, The system Hangs and never recovers back even after a whole night.
2) I could be able to install the WLAN driver in Safe mode of XP. After installation, the XP (in safe mode) promotes me to restart the PC. After restarting, the OS hangs in the Windows loading page itself and never recovers back.
3) After the WLAN driver is being installed in Safe mode, after disabling the Broadcom WLAN device in the Device manager, if i restart the PC, in normal mode, the OS did not hanged. In this situation, when i tend to enable the WLAN in device manager, the OS hangs.
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Hello,
First, some preliminary information:
I'm currently in need of a wireless adapter for my desktop computer. I recently got an Asus RT66U router, so I'm looking for a wireless adapter that supports the 802.11ac standard. The best candidate I've come across is the Asus PCE-AC68, and PCIe based adapter that uses Broadcom's BCM4360 chip, the same wifi chip used in the Late 2013 retina Macbook Pro. It is worth noting that every available 802.11ac compatible PCIe based wireless adapter seemingly uses this chip (I've heard of people having success with 802.11ac speeds using Qualcomm Atheros based wifi adapters and the ath10k driver, but there are no Atheros-based PCIe wireless adapters on the market, as far as I can tell).
The Broadcom BCM4360 chip is not supported by the b43 driver, and I believe it also isn't supported by the brcmsmac driver, since it isn't listed here.
This leaves me with the proprietary broadcom-wl driver, which is listed as supporting the BCM4360.
What I'm interested in learning is how a wireless adapter based on the BCM4360 will perform using the broadcom-wl driver--I don't want to buy a wifi adapter that won't work at its full capacity, after all.
I have found user reports here and here from April 2014 stating that the driver runs BCM4360 based adapters in 802.11a/b/g mode and doesn't allow 802.11n and 802.11ac connections to be made. On the other hand, this user (in a post from June) states that he managed to get ac speeds in Arch simply by changing his router settings. Unfortunately, he doesn't detail what changes he made.
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Last edited by aliwho (2014-07-18 22:02:40)

I am currently using the BCM4360 (rev 03) in a MacBook Pro. You are correct in that it does not work with the b43 driver. It mostly works with the proprietary wl driver. I am using the broadcom-wl AUR package. I can confirm that 802.11n works. I am connected right now at 324Mbps (3 .11n spatial streams). I have not tried 802.11ac yet. I will soon, so I will report back.
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$ lspci -vnn | grep Network
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03)
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After quite some hurdle, I managed to get the wireless working with a Broadcom 4322 with the wl driver working. But there are two minor issues which I'd like to ask the more experienced audience:
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yeah, I know it seems odd, but when you install broadcom-wl, it sets the interface to eth0. You'll find it in the wiki. I also know it's eth0 because that's the interface I use to connect to wifi at home.

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I'm just starting off using Arch Linux, after a long time in Ubuntu. I've installed it several times, but I don't have easy access to an ethernet port in my home, I rely on wireless. I have a Macbook Pro 4,1 with a broadcom chip, and my research says that it requires the broadcom wl driver, which is only available in the AUR. Normally I wouldn't have a problem learning to use something like that, but in cli, plugged in to the hardly accessible ethernet port, and trying to read the standardized tutorial and remember it through a reboot and install, and having trouble after installing even using the ethernet port, I'm requesting help. Is there a way to install Arch through FTP with the broadcom driver? And, with this being my only computer, how can I download it from OS X or Vista and then install it from Arch? (I've already downloaded the file actually)
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Veovis Muad'dib wrote:I can install with an internet connection through ethernet, but as soon as I'm done installing and I boot from the HD instead of the CD, I can't use ethernet anymore.
You need to configure your network interface. See the wiki for details.
Veovis Muad'dib wrote:As for the source, I already have the archive downloaded from the AUR, and it is on both my HFS+ partition and my NTFS partition, if that helps.
The tarball provided on the broadcom-wl AUR page provides the PKGBUILD and associated files that will enable you to build an Arch package for the driver. It does not include the driver's source - that is downloaded from broadcom during the build process. Alternatively, you can download it yourself and place it in the build directory. Again, full details are available in the wiki.
I strongly recommend that you set up your ethernet connection correctly and use it to install and configure the wl driver.
References;
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_network
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312

Broadcom-wl driver

Hi,
I have just got a new computer and am trying to set up the wireless. I have a broadcom BCM4312 and the broadcom-wl driver from AUR. Having followed the instructions on the wiki it fails to get a dhcp address from the router, timing out. I have a working ethernet through the same router.
ifconfig says
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4D:D4:CE:99
inet6 addr: fe80::223:4dff:fed4:ce99/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:302
TX packets:16 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:4016 (3.9 Kb)
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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I had the same issue, not getting a DHCP address with broadcom-wl. I never did get it to work using dhcpcd, but for some reason it works fine with NetworkManager, so I didn't pursue the issue too much. You might want to try that if you aren't already.

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Considering it's a net install image, I really think you should include network drivers for at least the more popular adapters, my Broadcom certainly isn't anything esoteric.
Last edited by yu_raider (2009-10-31 21:42:23)

There is no official Arch package for the wl driver, therfore there is no package to include on the ISO. If you want the devs to change this, post a feature request in the bugtracker - they generally don't read forum posts.
While you're waiting... you mentioned a desktop. Why not reach around the back of it, unplug the network cable, stick it into your laptop, do the net install, and the broadcom-wl install. Then unplug the cable, put it back in the desktop where it belongs.... and be happy.

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fixed !!! now i come to know, the problem is drives which i update it from intel websites, paul you suggest me correct driver for my bluetooth but it is allready in my laptop which i updated before but again i download and install and nothing happen then i reformate laptop and again install all drivers which i downloaded from hp website for my laptop and again update all drivers manually and automaticallu both from intel website and intel utility drivers software and update windows too and i got same problem. cant hear music from bluettoth head phone, so again i reformate laptop but this time i just installed drivers which listed from hp website, i didnt update anything and as you said i didnt install broadcom bluetooth drivers because it is not for my laptop so then i connect my blutooth and try to access listen to music and o m g. it works now i can hear nusic form bluetooth, i dont believe this. but yes it works this forum help other also so thanks paul and have a nice day now i newer going to update my drivers... in pic you can understand that i am not using latest version of bluetooth drivers.

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Let me tell you that Broadcom really ***** on BCM43XX driver for windows. I've spent five days on this and changed four wireless routers, nothing improved.
I use Macbook Air and the wireless adapter is shown as Broadcom 802.11n Adapter in Windows XP. It works very well in MAC OS, but in Windows XP, it only works fine for first ten or thirty minutes, and then lost connection frequently.
By ping 192.168.1.1 (generally for most routers), the feedback "Request time out" also comes up.
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I'm looking to build a slipstream ISO for Ubuntu LTS. The current LTS ISO comes with the wired NIC driver but not the wireless - can someone point me to the place to find the driver? I know I can plug in a wired connection and then do an update within Ubuntu but I'm trying to avoid that or at least have the wireless NIC work from the start.
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which broadcom chip do you have? im pretty sure the 4313 broadcom chip has the same driver as my atheros chip in my b570 which the driver is already on linux mint, ubuntu and a few others you just need to do a little command line stuff.
to get mine working i had to type:
sudo service network-manager stop
sudo rmmod acer_wmi
sudo modprobe acer_wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo service network-manager start
sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi
that would get it working, then you type this to get it to stick past reboots:
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Last edited by Riot777 (2010-09-28 23:00:45)

I spent close to an hour shortly after it was added to the staging-next branch and managed to compile it against 2.6.35.4 (not sure about the .4 part however). Unfortunately, it wasn't especially stable and got some kernel oops on suspend. After that, I went back to using the wl module.
Recent changes don't look like they could have improved the stability of the driver by much, so I'd advise against using it for now.
With the above said, if you're feeling adventurous you can build the driver as follows:
0. Make sure you have the `base-devel' group installed, along with `kernel26-headers' (preferably version 2.6.35.6-2 as 2.6.35.6-1 had some issues) and `linux-firmware' 20100911-1 (the one in [core] doesn't contain the firmware files for brcm80211 AFAIK).
1. Grab just the brcm80211 directory from the staging-next branch by clicking the `snapshot' link on this page.
2. Extract the compressed tarball and then open a terminal inside the staging-next-2.6-x directory that gets created.
3. Change the Makefile a little by running `curl -s http://ompldr.org/vNW82NA/Makefile.patch | patch -Np0'. After that, run `make'.
4. Now, you should have the compiled module `brcm80211.ko' in the current directory, which you can copy into `/lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/updates/'. (Create the updates directory if it doesn't exist.)
I didn't test the above steps thoroughly and I'm not certain this is the correct way to build the driver. However, I believe it'll get you a working kernel module.

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