Wireless card is bad

I have a 24" iMac that I purchased i January of 2008, and was having trouble getting on the network. Even though I have other Apple products, one of which is a an ancient PowerBook G4 and they all were able to find the internet. I couldn't figure out what it was and then I used an ethernet cord to connect to my wireless modem and was able to get on the internet. So I am assuming the wireless card is bad, after a little over three years? Is this common? My Apple Care contract ran out last January. Thanks.

I doubt your assumption is correct and no the wireless cards don't go out that often. What I'd recommend is to take your machine into an Apple Store or AASP to have it professionally diagnosed.

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I would down grade to 4.1, and make sure you repair your priorities after you install it manually. The installer will balk at trying to install a downgrade:
Please see the following link for a probable fix:
Dan White1, "Airport losing signal FIX!!", 05:53am Sep 5, 2005 CDT
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Is my wireless card bad?

I have just spoken to Lenovo support and tried some things to resolve my wireless connectivity, but before I ship my computer back, which I really do not want to do, I thought I would ask for some help here...
I have a T510 running an Intel Centrino Ulimate-N 6300 wireless card. For quite a few weeks now, I have had problems with dropped internet connections. I first thought the problem was my internet connection or router, but I have ruled that out -- all my other computers and devices work fine -- I have concludede that there is something wrong with my laptop. This morning I remembered that I had a wireless-N usb adapter in a drawer, so pulled it, plugged it in and had immediate and fast interet connectivity, while the connection on my Ultimate-N 6300 is out. The problem with the Ultimate-N is that it is intermittent -- sometimes will not work at all, sometimes works for a little while, sometimes comes and goes within a matter of a few minutes. I have tried reinstalling the drivers and such with no luck. The Lenovo tech said he could not tell for sure and I would just have to send the machine in. Is there anything I can do to determine 'for sure' if this is indeed a hardware problem related to the card?
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Hi couver,
Try this, launch ThinkVantage Power Manager -> Switch to Advanced mode -> Click Advanced Settings -> Scroll down and set "Maximum Performance" in "Wireless adapter settings" -> Press OK then exit. See this:- http://img824.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=lenovo1.png
Further, go to the device manager, select your wifi card -> go to Properties -> and put "Transmit Power" to maximum, and "Roaming Aggressiveness" to "Highest". See this:- http://i52.tinypic.com/w02v0l.jpg
Let us know if this helps.
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Wireless pcmcia card runs badly in Arch but fine in Wolvix (atheros)

I've got some differences between the way my wireless pcmcia card runs on Wolvix when compared to Arch and I'd appreciate any advice on getting it to run better.
Basically on Arch it sometimes cuts out or stalls for short periods when downloading, but mostly it just does not reach the same speeds as I get when running Wolvix on the very same machine (or windows for that matter). It's fine for browsing in firefox, but for any sizable download the difference really shows. Both installations use Wifi-Radar to connect to the internet and madwifi for the drivers.
Ath5k is disabled in Arch, and does not even try to start-up in Wolvix - so it's a non-issue. I no longer have the network module loading at start-up in Arch (I'd been going through the guides for ages going over my config files and then decided to stop using as many of them as possible - and instead just let wifi-radar connect for me using pretty much the same settings as Wolvix, so that as much as possible was the same as in the Wolvix install)
The main difference seems to be that madwifi and wifiradar are both about a year out of date in Wolvix, but are the latest ones in Arch. The output of iwconfig for both installs is shown below. I've highlighted a couple of differences I spotted.
On wolvix:-
root@wolvix ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"FinniX" Nickname:"FinniX"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: 00:0D:88:ED:45:25
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:AB46-DF38-CDEB-89CA-23FB-67DE-47 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=24/94 Signal level=-70 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:215 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
and on Arch:-
[root@FinniX ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"FinniX" Nickname:"FinniX"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: 00:0D:88:ED:45:25
Bit Rate:5 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:AB46-DF38-CDEB-89CA-23FB-67DE-47 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=20/70 Signal level=-74 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:40 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
There are pretty much no differences between the outputs when I give the ifconfig command or for lsmod | grep ath. inet6 is not up as default on Arch and is on Wolvix (I followed some advice I found on a post and blacklisted it on Arch to see if it helped), but running with inet6 either up or down on arch makes no difference to the speeds, I've tried both.
I'm unable to change the Sensitivity of the wireless card (says I cannot change it on this card when I try) and have no idea how to go about changing the max link quality from 70 to 94. Yet these are the only two unchanging values that are different between the wireless set-up of the two installations.
I think the next move is to replace my current version of madwifi on Arch with an older version that matches the one installed in Wolvix, so that both installations use the same drivers for the card to see if it helps. But I'd really appreciate any input on why the same card functions so much worse in Arch than it does in the slackware based Wolvix.

Thanks for the reply Zenlord I've used ndiswrapper before on another PC for a wireless USB dongle, but I never thought it'd be needed for this card since it's proven to work with madwifi in the past. But it might be worth a try anyway.
As for the card, it's a Kcorp KLG-520 pcmcia card. This is the sites spec page for it:-
http://www.kcorplifestyle.com/products/ … LG-520.htm
Under chipset they give these two results:-
RF: AR2112
BB/MAC: AR5212
and in Arch I get this:-
[root@FinniX ~]# lspci | grep Atheros
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
I'll have a look to see if the other distro gives the same output later.
Edit:-
Wolvix output:-
root@wolvix ~ # lspci | grep Atheros
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Last edited by Nixie (2008-09-30 10:26:31)

Wireless card and kernel panic

So for no apparent reason my airport has failed in my powerbook 17" 1.5 w/1.5. It just has no strength to start and seems to loose juice as time in a given session passes. so I threw a wireless card I had in to see how it would fare. The good news is that it works great but the bad news was that I often had to restart it up to 10x to get it to start instead of just going to the kernel panic screen. The functionality is so hobbled without the card that I'm willing to do this every time I restart but it would be great to make everything sing again.The card is a Sonnet card and they have no functional plugin to fix the issue. I'm running 10.4.9 solidly with no other issues and no other problems once i get a clean startup. Any ideas?

Kernel panics are not good news as my FAQ* explains:
http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html
If they happen only with the Sonnet card, ask them for updated drivers.
If they happen with no Sonnet card, it sounds like the router you are using needs a new firmware update. See my FAQ* on Wireless:
http://www.macmaps.com/WIFI1048.html
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I noticed that S12 (nvidia) rejects other Wireless Mini PCIe cards
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Is there a list of cards that are accepted?
My card has a suspected defective contact. I expect that I must replace it soon.
Lenovo, please provide us with a BIOS update that is less restrictive.
Thank you.

Hi fr0ggie,
This should explain why it doesn't work. Lenovo matches the card to the antennae in the computer in order to comply with FCC regulations regarding interference.
Any replacement wireless card has to have an FRU part number and be branded for a Lenovo. A generic card won't work, even though it might be the same exact card.
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A now unrecognized wireless card

I've got a wonderful little PowerBook G4, 12", and its almost 3 years old. It didn't come with wireless at that point, but I bought an Airport card in May. It worked perfectly right off the bat - the Apple guy stuck it right in and ta-dah, I had wireless!
Yesterday my computer slid off my lap and onto the floor, landing on it's right hand corner/side. The screen dimmed and told me to restart it - so I did. The computer works fine, and I praise Apple for making sturdy casing (it's the second time I've dropped it...).
But the problem is this: the computer is no longer recognizing the wireless card! So I turned off the whole thing, and tried to take out the card, jiggle it around, and get it back in. It dislodged slightly but I couldn't take it out completely because of the extra wire thing that locked it in. I put it back into place, but nothing is working. I'm wondering if maybe some of the hardware got jarred out of place inside the casing.
The question:
Is there a way I can safely unhook the wire plug thing myself?
Do I take it in to the apple store (an hour away) and is it repairable (for not a lot of money since I don't have apple care)?
Or do you think my wireless capabilities will now be just a memory for me?

Hey Techieskittles, welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Sorry for the bad news about dropping your laptop, that's never a good thing. One thing I would like to mention before I throw some tips your direction: This particular discussion board is for the Power Mac G4, not the PowerBook G4 (Power Mac = Desktop, PowerBook = Laptop in "Apple" terms). That said, any question is welcome to the boards, but you'll find more specalizied/knowledgable people if you post in the right area. So if my tips don't help, consider posting here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=120
Since I also own a PowerBook, can I offer some insight that might help. You could try resolving your issue from a software standpoint. I've worked with PowerBooks in the past that contained known working AirPort cards, yet OS X refused to acknowledge their existence in the system.
My first tip is to try resetting the PRAM & NVRAM. In multiple cases, that has restored recognition of AirPort cards on PowerBooks. Here's how to do it:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
If that doesn't work, try resetting the NVRAM via Open Firmware:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42642
Otherwise, when you say your laptop is not acknowleding the card, do you mean the AirPort menu icon is "hollowed" out? If so, click on that menu icon and make sure it's simply not turned off. If it's "hollowed" out, but clicking the menu icon doesn't provide an option to turn it on, then it could need to be reseated (see my tip below on checking your manual for AirPort installation/replacement instructions) or is damaged.
If you're showing gray bars indicating no signal strength, check out this article for a possible solution on restting your trusted networks. The kernel panic (crashing of OS X) could have corrupted the AirPort preferences file:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300342
Here are some general Apple technical articles/sites you could also read through to try and resolve your issue:
PowerBook Support:
http://www.apple.com/support/powerbook/
PowerBook Manuals (which should include a section on installing AirPort cards, which you can use to help reseat your existing AirPort card:
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/powerbook/
AirPort Quick Assist (Includes a section titled "I'm having trouble connecting to the Internet over AirPort"):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303595#trouble
Good luck, let us know if any of these tips work (or don't work)! If they don't, re-post to the PowerBook discussion board.

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What would be the best wireless pcima card for a Titanium powerbook G4 at 1GHZ running trusty OS 9? I heard these models have very bad wireless, so it would be best for a wireless card.

Hi, Sabrina. See this thread in the Titanium Powerbook Discussions area. Any of the cards discussed there should work fine in OS 9.
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Hi all,
I've got a HP G62-18sa notebook with the standard RT3090 wifi+bluetooth combo card in and I was wondering if I can replace it at all? I've been looking at this card http://is.gd/nNjsK8
Reason I'm asking is the RT3090 card has very, VERY bad support for Linux and I'm looking to replace it. If the above card won't fit can anyone suggest ones that might fit and work under Linux?
Many thanks.
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Hi,
There are 2 compatible wifi/bth cards for your laptop, the Ralink and a Broadcom 4313. I would suggest to disable the whitelist (list of the compatible components) in the BIOS and after that you may use the Intel 6230 combo card (any wireless card you want) without problems..
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/20223-Remove-whitelist-check-add-ID-s-to-break-hardware-res...
I have disabled the whitelist myself and upgraded the wireless card to an Intel Ultimate-N 6300 450Mbps. It's not the best solution but works. I also use linux and Intel wireless cards have the best support, like HP printers..
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Hp dv6865el downgrade bios f.45 wireless card unsupported

hi,
i've flash my hp with an old bios version f.45 for a fan problem. Laptop work but on startup system don't boot os and display this error: "error 104 - unsupported wireless network device detected. System halted. Remove device and restart".
I've removed the wireless card and system now boot... my question is: can i flash again my bios to restore it with last version without wireless card connected to laptop?
thanks and sorry for my bad English

steelcowboy wrote:
My wireless card is going out (as you may expect from an old computer like this) and I am wanting to upgrade, preferrably to something with Bluetooth built in.
Will the Intel 7260 (http://www.amazon.com/Intel-7260-HMWG-Wireless-AC-7260-Bluetooth/dp/B00DMCVKMU/ref=sr_1_2?s=electron... ) work with my model? Would HP be so kind as to whitelist any Intel device in the BIOS?
If not, could someone suggest to me a good wireless card with Bluetooth that will work with the G71? Thanks!
Operating System: Linux
First to start that laptop only came with Windows 7 driver support and doesn't indicate any Linux driver support. If you need more Linux support you might have to go to the Linux distro support support site that matches your Linux O/S version that would have more resources to help you to do what your doing and only list drivers for Windows 7.
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My power mac g4 with wireless card 801.11b cannot log into new AirPort Extreme 801.11ac network

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Hello!
I have noticed that some manufacturers (Linksys and possibly D-LINK) only accept upper-case WEP keys only.
This drove me nuts when trying to integrate a Linksys PC PCMCIA card into my old "g" network.
As far as using WEP, it's bad and broken; but I understand that your choice of security is limited to the devices that you are trying to network.
For what it's worth, I have my network set up with the AEBS 'n' connected to my Cable Modem, with one of the ports going to a gigabit switch for my wired network. I then have two AirTunes set up as WDS extensions for music & Internet delivery to two separate areas. The AEBS 'n" serves up DHCP and routing for the entire network.
It works quite well; I get 54 mbits/sec for the two WDS AirTunes, and 145 mbits/sec to one of my ATV's. My gigabit wired machines see data rates of 15-27 MBytes/sec (depending on the type of transfer).
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Wireless-Card doesn't not work with WPA/WPA2 but with WEP [Solved]

Hello I have a MacBook (late 2007) with a wireless-card from Broadcam, the card works with WEP and the classic configuration over rc.conf very well. But I can't get the card running with WPA and the net network-profiles.
Here is the link to the driver - http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
eth2 = wireless-card
eth1 = firewireanything
eth0 = wired-card
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
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# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
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# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
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# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
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INTERFACE=eth2
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IP="static"
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GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
DNS1=192.168.1.1
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#KEY=
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 11"
#WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0 # use this if you have a special wireless interface
# that is linked to the real $INTERFACE
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USEWPA="yes" # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
WPAOPTS="" # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
# options (eg, "-D ipw")
# see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration
Can I set here the WPA/WPA2-Key also? Why here ESSID? Do I need still a configuration in wpa_supplicant.conf?
Thats very confusing and not explained.
WPAOPTS? Do I need to add something like "-D wext"?
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="topsecret"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
I need help. Please
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:58)

fwojciec wrote:If this info is not in the wiki it might be worth it to add it -- it's all detailed in /etc/network.d/examples/complete.example though.
Thats the reason why I was so confused.
My new and well working configuration:
# /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="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
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=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
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# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
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# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
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# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
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DESCRIPTION="Very verbose complete wireless example"
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HOSTNAME=macbook
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IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
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DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.1.1
DNS2=
SEARCH=
# Standard Wireless Settings
ESSID=3Com
SECURITY=wpa-config # One of wep, wpa, wpa-config, none
KEY=""
# Scans to see if network is available before connecting (reccomended)
SCAN="YES"
# Time to wait to connect to a network. Default 15.
TIMEOUT=10
# Pass *custom* options to iwconfig. Usually not needed (optional)
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"
# Any extra arguments for wpa_supplicant
WPA_OPTS=
# For SECURITY='wpa-config' only - filename of a wpa-supplicant config
WPA_CONF=/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="Linksys"
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="areulookingatmybreasts"
priority=5
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="nomam"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
There are also profiles for the Linksys-Router and for wired cable.
Thanks for the help!
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:23)

PCI-e wireless card causes lock ups Z87 MPower MAX

I've already asked this question once, but was part of an epic essay that I've decided to break down into smaller more manageable chunks (as unsurprisingly that one got no replies).
I've got an ASUS PCE-A66 wireless ac pci-e card. Had absolutely no issues with it in my old Z77 board, but I seem to be having a lot of issues with it in my new Z87 MPower MAX. System was locking up like mad when I was trying to install the drivers at first. Had to rip out the WiFi/Bluetooth/WiDi module to get the drivers installed but the system randomly hangs on boot up? Don't get the issues with the card unplugged and don't always get it with it plugged in, but there seems to be some form of conflict with it that I can't resolve. Has anyone else had any such issues with any PCI-e add in cards on this motherboard?
Specs are:
i7 4770k
MSI MPower MAX using .128 bios (will try the .131 later)
2x4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Coolermaster Silent Pro Hybrid 1050w
EVGA NVidia GTX 780 SC ACX
Windows 8 Pro 64bit

Yes, old system was Win8 Pro 64 bit too and the drivers are Windows 8 certified. As I say though, I had no issues with it on the old build? Even got a replacement sent out by Amazon in case the card itself was damaged Did initially try to do a warm update of the hardware into the same OS installation but didn't play well so did a full re-install in the end. Tried standard and UEFI installs (just in case) and after a problem with my OCZ Vector 2 not being recognised I bought a new Samsung 840 Pro so was a virgin SSD installed on to as well.
I'll raise it directly with MSI but just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced anything similar with any wireless cards in this mobo.
Cheers for the reply though

Wireless card BCM4313 no connection at boot

Hi,
I have an HP Pavilion dv6 with a Broadcom BCM4313 wireless card. I use NETCFG and before the last kernel upgrade I was able to connect to my home wireless connection at boot without troubles. Now I have to do it manually and I need to try 2 or 3 times to see my connection active.
lspci -vnn
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1483]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at c3400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: brcmsmac
Kernel modules: bcma, wl, brcmsmac
lsmod
Module Size Used by
cpufreq_stats 3890 0
radeon 992718 0
ttm 54360 1 radeon
ipv6 290407 22
cpufreq_ondemand 6132 4
uvcvideo 64931 0
videodev 78006 1 uvcvideo
media 10437 2 uvcvideo,videodev
usbhid 35256 0
hid 81635 1 usbhid
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 8292 1 videodev
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 22092 1
joydev 9895 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 55175 1
i915 707307 7
snd_hda_intel 22122 0
snd_hda_codec 77927 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
drm_kms_helper 25409 2 radeon,i915
lib80211_crypt_tkip 8506 0
drm 183380 5 radeon,ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_hwdep 6325 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 73856 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 19416 1 snd_pcm
r8169 42643 0
lib80211 4158 1 lib80211_crypt_tkip
snd 57786 7 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
sg 25557 0
hp_accel 13864 0
lis3lv02d 10508 1 hp_accel
i2c_i801 8187 0
serio_raw 4294 0
iTCO_wdt 12717 0
hp_wmi 7738 0
intel_agp 10904 1 i915
arc4 1410 2
btusb 11577 0
evdev 9530 9
bluetooth 138465 1 btusb
soundcore 6146 1 snd
bcma 13762 0
i2c_algo_bit 5199 2 radeon,i915
sparse_keymap 3088 1 hp_wmi
mei 31249 0
i2c_core 20133 7 radeon,videodev,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
pcspkr 1819 0
snd_page_alloc 7121 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_ips 11213 0
psmouse 55224 0
intel_gtt 14423 3 i915,intel_agp
mii 3995 1 r8169
input_polldev 2882 1 lis3lv02d
battery 10905 0
wmi 8411 1 hp_wmi
ac 3265 0
button 4470 1 i915
brcmsmac 594624 0
thermal 7863 0
video 11228 1 i915
brcmutil 6563 1 brcmsmac
mac80211 215605 1 brcmsmac
cfg80211 160516 2 brcmsmac,mac80211
rfkill 15402 3 hp_wmi,bluetooth,cfg80211
crc_ccitt 1331 1 brcmsmac
acpi_cpufreq 5877 1
freq_table 2451 3 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
processor 24256 1 acpi_cpufreq
mperf 1275 1 acpi_cpufreq
ext4 369556 2
mbcache 5817 1 ext4
jbd2 71074 1 ext4
crc16 1297 2 bluetooth,ext4
sr_mod 14951 0
sd_mod 28307 4
cdrom 36329 1 sr_mod
ahci 20865 3
libahci 18885 1 ahci
libata 173297 2 ahci,libahci
ehci_hcd 39511 0
scsi_mod 131482 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
usbcore 142544 5 uvcvideo,usbhid,btusb,ehci_hcd
dmesg | grep wlan0
[ 11.715805] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 13.791409] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 16.885059] wlan0: authenticate with 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (try 1)
[ 16.886567] wlan0: authenticated
[ 16.890100] wlan0: associate with 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (try 1)
[ 16.892793] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=1)
[ 16.892798] wlan0: associated
[ 16.894146] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 26.697130] wlan0: deauthenticating from 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 87.612906] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 89.754106] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 92.849882] wlan0: authenticate with 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (try 1)
[ 92.851661] wlan0: authenticated
[ 92.851823] wlan0: associate with 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (try 1)
[ 92.854142] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=1)
[ 92.854150] wlan0: associated
[ 92.855920] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 103.719958] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 105.980215] wlan0: deauthenticating from 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 120.237260] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 122.316759] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 125.422195] wlan0: authenticate with 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (try 1)
[ 125.423760] wlan0: authenticated
[ 125.423960] wlan0: associate with 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (try 1)
[ 125.426083] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 50:67:f0:ab:4f:d4 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=1)
[ 125.426090] wlan0: associated
[ 125.428085] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 136.398877] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
You could see that first I get the connection and then I lost it... for 2 or 3 times, then I could connect without problems.
ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:27772 (27.1 Kb) TX bytes:27772 (27.1 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr E0:2A:82:A2:B5:88
inet addr:192.168.1.33 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::e22a:82ff:fea2:b588/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12484 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13841736 (13.2 Mb) TX bytes:1241490 (1.1 Mb)
iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"WLAN_A9"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 50:67:F0:AB:4F:D4
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=19 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=40/70 Signal level=-70 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:82 Missed beacon:0
my wirelessCasa netcfg profile
CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WEP encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wep'
ESSID='WLAN_A9'
KEY='s:mykey'
IP='dhcp'
POST_UP="notify-send -u critical -i /usr/share/icons/Faenza/status/48/connect_established.png -t 15000 'Connected to WLAN_A9'"
POST_DOWN="notify-send -u critical -i /usr/share/icons/Faenza/status/48/gnome-netstatus-disconn.png -t 15000 'Connection lost'"
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
#HIDDEN=yes
rc.conf
NETWORKS=(wirelessCasa)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus net-profiles net-auto-wired !network !netfs crond laptop-mode alsa slim @acpid @cups)
When I execute netcfg for the first time (after boot) I see:
#NETCFG_DEBUG=yes netcfg wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
:: wirelessCasa up [BUSY] DEBUG: status reported to profile_up as:
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up start_wpa wlan0 /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf nl80211,wext
DEBUG: wireless_up stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up Configuration generated at /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf
DEBUG: wireless_up ifup
DEBUG: wireless_up start_wpa wlan0 /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf nl80211,wext
DEBUG: wireless_up wpa_check
DEBUG: wpa_cli -p /run/wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 status
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: ethernet_iproute_up ifup
DEBUG: ethernet_up dhcpcd -qL -t 10 wlan0
DEBUG:
> DHCP IP lease attempt failed.
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: ethernet_down if_down
DEBUG: wireless_down stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: profile_up connect failed
[FAIL]
And the second one:
#NETCFG_DEBUG=yes netcfg wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
:: wirelessCasa up [BUSY] DEBUG: status reported to profile_up as:
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up start_wpa wlan0 /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf nl80211,wext
DEBUG: wireless_up stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up Configuration generated at /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf
DEBUG: wireless_up ifup
DEBUG: wireless_up start_wpa wlan0 /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf nl80211,wext
DEBUG: wireless_up wpa_check
DEBUG: wpa_cli -p /run/wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 status
DEBUG: Loading profile wirelessCasa
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: ethernet_iproute_up ifup
DEBUG: ethernet_up dhcpcd -qL -t 10 wlan0
DEBUG:
DEBUG: ethernet_iproute_up hostname archlap
[DONE]
I've tried to use the wl driver but it doesn't seems to work properly.
Could anyone help me please?
Thank you,
enrico

litemotiv wrote:
Hmm it seems your card now takes longer to connect, the 'deauthenticating by local choice' often means that the default timeout is reached and netcfg disconnects. You can try adding a specific timeout parameter to your netcfg profile:
TIMEOUT=60
That doesn't explain why it takes longer to connect than before, but at least you should be able to connect in 1 try again.
Hi,
thank you for your time!
I'v tried adding the timeout line to my profile but it doesn't change nothing
I could connect at 3rd try.
Any other idea?

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