network UNCLAIMED how to claim it in 9.10

[Fred Roller]

sam R wrote:
> The first part is claimed and has logical name: eth0
> but the second one in unclaimed and does not have logical name at all.
> so how can I claim it to be able to use the wireless.
>
>
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> sudo lshw -C network
>   *-network
>        description: Ethernet interface
>        product: NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
>        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
>        logical name: eth0
>        version: 02
>        serial: 00:16:d3:e0:95:ad
>        size: 100MB/s
>        capacity: 1GB/s
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
> ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd
> autonegotiation
>        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3
> driverversion=3.99 duplex=full firmware=5787m-v3.23 ip=192.168.1.6
> latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
>        resources: irq:28 memory:d6000000-d600ffff
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>   *-network UNCLAIMED
>        description: Network controller
>        product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
>        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
>        version: 01
>        width: 32 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
>        configuration: latency=0
>        resources: memory:d8000000-d8003fff
>
>   
Have you loaded restricted drivers?  I have a broadcom and need to do 
that before it can be used.

    System --> Administration --> Hardware Drivers

I use:
    Broadcom B43 wireless driver

          *-network              
               description: Ethernet interface
               product: MCP67 Ethernet
               vendor: nVidia Corporation
               physical id: a
               bus info: pci at 0000:00:0a.0
               logical name: eth0
               version: a2
               serial: 00:1b:38:75:d7:4e
               capacity: 1GB/s
               width: 32 bits
               clock: 66MHz
               capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet 
physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd                     1000bt-fd 
autonegotiation
               configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes 
driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64                             
latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII
               resources: irq:27 memory:f2688000-f2688fff 
ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:f2689c00-f2689cff                     
memory:f2689800-f268980f
          *-network
               description: Network controller
               product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
               vendor: Broadcom Corporation
               physical id: 0
               bus info: pci at 0000:05:00.0
               version: 01
               width: 32 bits
               clock: 33MHz
               capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
               configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
               resources: irq:19 memory:f2200000-f2203fff


Once this is done everything comes up easy-peasy.  Let us know what you 
have done to date.

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Fred
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