No Network, WiFi or Cable

Help with setting up network cards, including WiFi cards.
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limo
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No Network, WiFi or Cable

Post by limo »

Hi,
I started a Ghost BSD live session on my laptop. I could not get any internet whether WiFi or DSL cable.
I read here in the forum and tried editing some files as recomended in some posts, start/restart services... etc. Nothing worked.
Sorry I am absolutely new to BSD.

This is my hardware if this can help you guide me how to do it.

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[limo@lenovo ~]$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.69-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.5 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20157 v: Lenovo G580
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: Lenovo G580 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
    v: 62CN97WW date: 07/12/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 22.7 Wh (99.6%) condition: 22.8/42.8 Wh (53.3%)
    volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: SMP LNV-L11M6Y01 status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3210M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1371 high: 1478 min/max: 1200/3100 cores: 1: 1422
    2: 1478 3: 1325 4: 1262 bogomips: 19954
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Acer Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.5:5
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: modesetting gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa
    22.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.69-1-lts running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl
    v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8162 Fast Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
    driver: alx v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:4
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: disabled
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 69.03 GiB (29.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 232.59 GiB used: 67.35 GiB (29.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /home size: 232.59 GiB used: 67.35 GiB (29.0%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /var/log size: 232.59 GiB used: 67.35 GiB (29.0%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 206 Uptime: 2h 49m Memory: 7.61 GiB used: 2.07 GiB (27.2%)
  Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: 1098 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  inxi: 3.3.21
[limo@lenovo ~]$ 

I will appreciate any guidance (and prefer commands I can copy/paste) as I am not that techie.
Thank you.
wb7odyfred
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Re: No Network, WiFi or Cable BCM 4313

Post by wb7odyfred »

Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl
v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.0

Check under "Networking" topic for 4313 I think there might be a solution. google "freebsd bcm4313"

https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.p ... bwn#p10712 bwn wifi chipset driver for some Broadcom chips.
wb7odyfred
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Re: No Network, WiFi or Cable, QA8162 Ethernet card

Post by wb7odyfred »

http://bsd-hardware.info/?id=pci:1969-1090-17aa-3979
Read more about card from This Lenovo G580 laptop
AR8162 Fast Ethernet
Works under FreeBSD 10.2 or later

The BCM4313 wifi card might have support now. Broadcom is propietary and does not share programing details.
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