** Description changed: On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS the device [1] appears as "wlan0" but no wireless network is ever found, while on the same machine [2], using Windows 7 pro, wifi works flawlessly. - In the system log sometimes error like the following show up: - [ 3454.485775] ERROR @wl_dev_intvar_get : error (-1) - [ 3454.485788] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) - [ 4310.789941] ERROR @wl_dev_intvar_get : error (-1) - [ 4310.789955] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) + In the system log sometimes errors like the following show up: + >[ 3454.485775] ERROR @wl_dev_intvar_get : error (-1) + >[ 3454.485788] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) + >[ 4310.789941] ERROR @wl_dev_intvar_get : error (-1) + >[ 4310.789955] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) I also built the driver provided by broadcom [3] with the same result. + + The same hardware, pciid 14e4:4359, seems to work in a wide range of + Ubuntu certified laptop and desktop pcs [4]. + + + Maybe anyone can guide me how to further debug the issue? + + I tried to connect to some networks using networkmanager's "connect to hidden network" feature to no avail. + The count of RX and TX bytes stays at 0 and the output of iwconfig is always the same, even when trying to connect. + + >wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any + > Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated + > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off + > Power Management:off + + Then, I tried to create an ad-hoc network named 'checko' with networkmanagers's "create new network" feature. + Now the output of iwconfig changes to + + >wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"checko" + > Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 9E:86:DA:59:C2:A3 + > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off + > Power Management:off + + And in addition to the mentioned wl_dev_intvar_get and wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power errors the following message occurs repeadtedly in the systemlog. + > [15951.974567] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_station : Wrong Mac address + + The the ad-hoc config the there are some TX bytes, but Trying to connect to the network with another Ubuntu pc fails, and no TX or RX bytes are added during the connection attempt. The only value that now constantly increases is the "window" value in the output of ifconfig (sorry output is German, Fenster means window). + > RX-Pakete:0 Fehler:0 Verloren:0 Überläufe:0 Fenster:18351 + [1] 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359] [2] HP EliteBook 755 G2 [3] http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php + [4] http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/component/pci/14e4%3A4359/
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