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schnedan

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Registered: 2012-11-02

Posts: 19

no Wireless connection BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [

OK, Thanks resolved it... seems while trying to repair it I replaced the password with a wrong one...

1st: Wireless was working more than 15 years on this notebook with Archlinux - it did even last week.
today I booted after updating last week: no more connection

As suggested I blacklisted bcma and b43 and included brcmsmac,
but that does not resolve the problem.
I can disable and enable wireless, see the networks, but I can not connect...

dmesg:
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:41:59] [ +14,012187] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:41:59] [  +0,000018] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [30. Mar 12:42] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [  +0,000018] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [  +0,039440] wlan0: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (local address=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [  +0,000012] wlan0: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [  +0,007194] wlan0: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (local address=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [  +0,000010] wlan0: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:00] [  +0,006157] wlan0: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx denied authentication (status 15)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:10] [ +10,818821] wlan0: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (local address=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:10] [  +0,000012] wlan0: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:10] [  +0,005749] wlan0: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (local address=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:10] [  +0,000012] wlan0: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
[Mon, 30. Mar 2026, 12:42:10] [  +0,003798] wlan0: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx denied authentication (status 15)

spci -vnn -d 14e4:
44:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: WLAN
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:145c]
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
    Memory at d0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
    Kernel modules: bcma

Mkinitcpio.conf
MODULES=(i915 ahci sd_mod ext4 agpgart e1000e ehci_pci brcmsmac)
HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard sd-vconsole fsck)

/etc/modprobe.d/wireless.conf
blacklist b43
blacklist bcma

Last edited by schnedan (2026-03-30 11:42:34)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 74,660

Re: no Wireless connection BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [

OK, Thanks resolved it... seems while trying to repair it I replaced the password with a wrong one...

\o/
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Also in future please use [code][/code] tags.

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