• Problem installing and configuring Broadcom BCM4312 LP-PHY

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:00 am**

Hi everyone,

It's my first time here so please be gentle.

I'm coming from Linux world and it's also my first time in BSD world.

I've used Lubuntu previously on this PC and managed to get the Wireless adapter working but I've found that here on BSD it's quite more difficult.

I've managed to install bwm module following every step on FreeBSD docs and the system recognizes the Wireless adapter and shows it as bwn0:

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bwn0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
	ether 00:24:2c:0e:c5:8a
	nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b
	status: associated

Then, the FreeBSD guide doc asks to run:

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sudo ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev bwn0

Which works too, creating a new interface called wlan0 as expected. Then, I want to list the networks around here running:

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sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

At this point, the Wireless LED light doesn't turn on, but overlooking at this, I run:

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sudo ifconfig wlan0 list scan

But nothing happens.
Here are the contents of /etc/rc.conf and /boot/loader.conf:
/boot/loader.conf

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if_bwn_load="YES"
bwn_v4_lp_ucode="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"

/etc/rc.conf

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# Network interface.
ifconfig_ale0="DHCP"
# Power saver.
powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a adp -b adp"

# DEVFS rules
devfs_system_ruleset="system"

# All Gnome need. 
cupsd_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"

gdm_lang="es_ES.UTF-8"
keymap="spanish.iso"
hostname="netbook"

Thanks and best regards to everyone!

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:36 pm**

in /etc/rc.conf add

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 # Network interface.
ifconfig_ale0="DHCP"
# Your wifi configuration
wlans_bwn0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
# Power saver.
powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a adp -b adp"

# DEVFS rules
devfs_system_ruleset="system"

# All Gnome need.
cupsd_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"

gdm_lang="es_ES.UTF-8"
keymap="spanish.iso"
hostname="netbook"

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:04 pm**

Added, but the result is the same.

I'll keep investigating.

Thanks!

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:08 pm**

Broadcom on FreeBSD are not well supported.

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:53 am**

Thanks and best regards, A

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