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Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:43 pm
by Charlie Brown
So, we can eliminate that :)
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:18 pm
by PhantomTramp
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Device-2: Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: wl v: kernel
modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4353
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
I have a MacBook 6,1 that works. He has BCM43222 and the kernel module looks different.
I have b43, b43 legacy and a host of other drivers blocked by default in MX Network Assistant..
The Tramp
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:21 pm
by BitterTruth
What does these show:
ip link
cat /etc/network/interfaces
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:40 pm
by Charlie Brown
PhantomTramp wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:18 pm...
I have b43, b43 legacy and a host of other drivers blocked by default...
Yep, by default wl is enabled and /etc/modprobe.d/
broadcom-sta-dkms.conf looks like this:
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# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:49 pm
by Charlie Brown
... @Griffy
on yours it shows:
driver: wl ... modules: ssb
is ssb not blacklisted as above? (if so, you can either edit the file to look like the above, or use the MXNA to do that)
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:04 pm
by Griffy
ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:23:df:9e:cf:74 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DORMANT mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:23:6c:97:a5:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:18 pm
by BitterTruth
The dormant state is like a power saving state. Let's see if we can set it to the default state:
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sudo ip link set wlan0 mode default
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:28 pm
by Griffy
Didn't appear to do anything.
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:30 pm
by BitterTruth
Now do:
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
and then post the output from ip link again
Re: Trying to use WIFI on my old Macbok Pro
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:37 pm
by Griffy
ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:23:df:9e:cf:74 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DORMANT mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:23:6c:97:a5:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff