Broadcom 43224 abgn adapter not working

[Adwin]

The ID is 14e4:4353
On wireless.kernel.org, it's unsupported (b43 driver, even in compat-wireless), which is why I emerged the broadcom-sta hybrid driver (5.60.48.36).

1: UDEV recognises the hardware type "KERNEL" as "eth*" instead of "wlan"
2: unable to set a lot of options like iwconfig ap mac_address_of_ap (invalid argument)

I even tried compiling the ubuntu source package, but it's the same.

[Rexilion]

Do you have CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT enabled?

[Adwin]

Yes of course.
Compilation and deps are not the issue here.

mac80211, cfg80211 lib80211_crypt*, is here. Firmware also is loaded (/lib64/firmware/b43/)
The module loads; iwconfig lists the interface, with the standard output, but it's listed as eth*
(iwconfig eth1)
O_o

I've tried both the broadcom-sta emerge version and a manual compile, with the same results.

eth1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:44 Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Module Size Used by
wl 1943458 0
mac80211 174901 0
cfg80211 141779 1 mac80211
ssb 42121 0
lib80211_crypt_tkip 7965 0

[Rexilion]

You tried the "iwconfig ap", that is fairly non-standard. Does associating with a non-secured network work? Do you see anything in dmesg?

[Adwin]

No. I just tried connecting to an unsecured net, with no success.
iwconfig eth1 essid somessid
and
iwconfig eth1 commit "work", in the sense that no error is produced, but iwconfig eth1 doesn't reflect the changes.

I tried changing the freq too, to no avail.

Commands like iwconfig eth1 enc off or key off yield in
Set FAILED on devide eth1: Invalid argument

Strange. It IS recognized as a wireless device, since it's listed in /proc/net/wireless

[Rexilion]

Can you post the output of:

[Adwin]

b43 doesn't support bcm43224 yet.

Here's a tail of my dmesg though
Funny, since the adapter is a 43224

[79489.275836] wl 0000:12:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[79494.347502] wl 0000:12:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[79494.347515] wl 0000:12:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[79494.363767] eth1: Broadcom BCM4353 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.60.48.36


*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:12:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: c4:17:fe:c3:97:36
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:17 memory:fbd00000-fbd03fff

[Rexilion]

The fact that it's called eth1 is confusing at most it's not such a big deal. I've had my wireless known as eth as well for quite a while, worked wonderfully .

Okay, try this as your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (we try an open network that is broadcasting first):

[Adwin]

1: I don't need wpa_supplicant running since all I want is to connect to simple unsecured networks
I already tried with wpa_sup., but I always get ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Invalid argument

[Rexilion]

Ok, I see I see a ssb module in your lsmod, get rid of it . Make sure it does not load in the first place.

[Adwin]

Yeah, I got rid of it earlier (it was used in conjunction with b43 for testing)
Thanks anyway.
;]

Managed to put adapter in ad-hoc mode for testing.
Frequency and channel cycling working.
note: Monitor mode no working.

Association successful with AP under ad-hoc (didn't test managed mode yet)

Unfortunately, still can't switch on/off: key/enc; will have to pass through wpa_supplicant

[Rexilion]

Did removing ssb did the trick? If not, what did it?

[Adwin]