I'm having a really hard time getting WiFi work on my Macbook Pro 2010 (7.1) in Ubuntu.
It used to work for many years, then I messed up something and was never able to bring it back to life. I tried using a fresh installation on the internal HDD and the Live USB to no avail.
The card is:
On a fresh install, I'd get the firmware:
Make sure the modules are removed prior to inserting b43:
The WiFi is not blocked:
However the state of wlan0 is always DOWN:
This won't change no matter what I try to do:
I still get
The WiFi card used to work for me in the past. It still works, when I boot to Mac OS X. I just don't seem to be able to get it from the DOWN state in Ubuntu. As far as I am aware, there is no hardware key on the Macbook Pro 2010, which could disable the card. Also, I tried Debian 9 on the computer instead of Ubuntu, to the same effect.
Anyone with ideas where to start? Could it be something to do with power management?
Thanks for any ideas and suggestions.
It used to work for many years, then I messed up something and was never able to bring it back to life. I tried using a fresh installation on the internal HDD and the Live USB to no avail.
The card is:
Code:
:~$ lspci -nn |grep -i bcm
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)Code:
:~$ sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installerCode:
:~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 bcma
:~$ sudo modprobe -r brcmsmac bcma
:~$ sudo modprobe -r ssb
:~$ sudo modprobe b43Code:
:~$ rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
1 bluetooth hci0 unblocked unblocked
2 wlan phy0 unblocked unblockedCode:
:~$ ip a show wlan0
4: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether f8:1e:df:ed:bd:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
:~$ cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/operstate
down
Code:
:~$ sudo nmcli radio wifi on
:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 upCode:
:~$ ip a show wlan0
4: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether f8:1e:df:ed:bd:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
:~$ cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/operstate
down
Anyone with ideas where to start? Could it be something to do with power management?
Thanks for any ideas and suggestions.