I'm using a Netgear WN311B PCI wireless adapter on my desktop. The device works without problems under Windows (dual boot).
I have enabled the Broadcom STA wireless drivers in "Additional Drivers".
This is the output of /etc/log/syslog when I enable wireless in the Wicd dialog:
May 6 16:50:41 cosine NetworkManager[816]: <info> WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
May 6 16:50:41 cosine NetworkManager[816]: <info> (eth2): bringing up device.
May 6 16:50:41 cosine wpa_supplicant[2693]: nl80211: 'nl80211' generic netlink not found
May 6 16:50:41 cosine NetworkManager[816]: <info> (eth2): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
May 6 16:50:41 cosine NetworkManager[816]: <info> (eth2): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42]
May 6 16:50:41 cosine NetworkManager[816]: <info> (eth2): supplicant interface state: ready -> inactive
May 6 16:50:41 cosine NetworkManager[816]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
May 6 16:50:42 cosine avahi-daemon[795]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth2.IPv6 with address fe80::21f:33ff:feb3:b184.
May 6 16:50:42 cosine avahi-daemon[795]: New relevant interface eth2.IPv6 for mDNS.
May 6 16:50:42 cosine avahi-daemon[795]: Registering new address record for fe80::21f:33ff:feb3:b184 on eth2.*.
This is the result when I run "sudo iwlist eth2 scan": eth2 No scan results
This is the output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
wl 2568210 0
nvidia 12319264 40
rfcomm 47604 0
snd_hda_codec_via 51398 1
bnep 18281 2
bluetooth 180104 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32866 0
snd_hda_intel 33773 3
ppdev 17113 0
snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17390 0
snd_usb_audio 122982 1
snd_pcm 97188 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
uvcvideo 72627 0
videodev 98259 1 uvcvideo
snd_hwdep 13668 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_usbmidi_lib 25395 1 snd_usb_audio
psmouse 87692 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17128 1 videodev
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30748 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
joydev 17693 0
lib80211 14381 2 wl,lib80211_crypt_tkip
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
serio_raw 13211 0
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
asus_atk0110 18078 0
snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 78855 19 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15091 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mac_hid 13253 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
vesafb 13844 1
r8169 62099 0
usbhid 47199 0
hid 99559 1 usbhid
This is the output of "sudo lshw -C network":
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 48:5b:39:d1:74:b4
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:44 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:f8eff000-f8efffff memory:f8ee0000-f8eeffff memory:feaf0000-feafffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4321 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth2
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:33:b3:b1:84
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:16 memory:febfc000-febfffff
I'm at a loss. I've tried using wicd, without results. I've tried removing and reinstalling the card. I've tried removing the driver and modprobing it. I've tried disabling the STA driver.
What am I doing wrong?