How to connect Slacko 5.4 using Broadcom BCM43224 wireless?

[Rydberg]

Well, I can't even connect to the network. When I try to connect I just get an error message that says that the configuration failed for wlan0. When I logged onto the network on windows it told me to log in with username and password before I was fully connected, just like when you connect to a WEP or WPA encrypted network.

[Semme]

The card you've got there?

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lspci -nn | grep -i network

[Rydberg]

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:0576] (rev 01)

But since I've been connected with this hardware (not software) to the network before, this shouldn't be a problem, or am I missing something?

[Semme]

Well, your chipset appears supported: Name/PCI Device ID = BCM43224/0x0576

*No- NOT compiled for your ride..

Whether it's been prepped for Slacko 5.4 I can't answer.

Open a terminal and type: lsmod | grep brcm80211

Is she listed?

If no one answers, maybe give that Dpup a spin..

==

Who you're really waiting on are the folks with the know-how..

[Rydberg]

Open a terminal and type: lsmod | grep brcm80211

I don't get any output, I just return to bash, or what it's called (I'm new to the terminal stuff too, sorry).

[Semme]

What if you first: modprobe brcm80211

.. then run lsmod?

How about (L)lsmod by itself?

Throw it between code tags..

[Rydberg]

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# modprobe brcm80211
FATAL: Module brcm80211 not found.

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# lsmod | grep brcm80211

(Still no output)

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# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
michael_mic             1394  4 
arc4                     970  2 
ecb                     1393  2 
mperf                    791  0 
brcmsmac              435863  0 
cordic                   669  1 brcmsmac
crc8                     766  1 brcmsmac
brcmutil                2257  1 brcmsmac
mac80211              138904  1 brcmsmac
cfg80211              118408  2 mac80211,brcmsmac
nls_cp850               3713  0 
lib80211_crypt_tkip     6150  0 
wl                   2395574  0 
fan                     1718  0 
radeon                570824  2 
btusb                   8044  0 
uvcvideo               45482  0 
bluetooth             102140  1 btusb
videodev               57199  1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_codec_conexant    34188  1 
i2c_algo_bit            3735  1 radeon
snd_hda_intel          16977  0 
ttm                    36348  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         17792  1 radeon
snd_hda_codec          53504  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_conexant
drm                   120570  4 drm_kms_helper,ttm,radeon
snd_hwdep               3711  1 snd_hda_codec
lib80211                2493  2 wl,lib80211_crypt_tkip
snd_pcm_oss            26490  0 
snd_mixer_oss           9688  1 snd_pcm_oss
pcspkr                  1195  0 
r8169                  33439  0 
agpgart                17753  2 drm,ttm
k8temp                  2351  0 
snd_pcm                46391  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
sg                     16450  0 
i2c_piix4               6440  0 
snd_page_alloc          4697  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
i2c_core               12527  6 i2c_piix4,drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev,radeon
shpchp                 17977  0 
wmi                     5847  0 
battery                 8319  0 
video                   9415  0 
thermal                 6119  0 
evdev                   6006  1 
thinkpad_acpi          45217  0 
snd_seq_dummy            915  0 
snd_seq_oss            18963  0 
snd_seq_midi            3216  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      3588  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_rawmidi            11829  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                32204  6 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device          3516  5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_timer              11545  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    33265  13 snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,thinkpad_acpi,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_conexant
processor              21777  1 
soundcore               3282  1 snd
rfkill                  9973  3 thinkpad_acpi,bluetooth,cfg80211
thermal_sys             9638  4 processor,thermal,video,fan
button                  3350  0 
ac                      2355  0 
hwmon                    873  4 thermal_sys,thinkpad_acpi,k8temp,radeon
fuse                   46417  0 
aufs                  119541  85 
squashfs               18501  1 

[Semme]

Maybe it's called something different in Slacko- I'm not the expert.

brcmutil, mac80211, brcmsmac.. all likely candidates..

[Rydberg]

Maybe it's called something different in Slacko- I'm not the expert.

brcmutil, mac80211, brcmsmac.. all likely candidates..

So, how do I proceed?

[Semme]

Ask an admin/mod to have your thread moved here.. and maybe modify your title to read like what follows..

"How to connect Slacko 5.4 to school 802.1x network using Broadcom BCM43224 wireless?"

[Rydberg]

Okay, thanks!