[kwlug-disc] 2008 iMac wifi resolving issues / Xubuntu

[Charles M]

Ack sorry all... the issue appears to be the kernel driver that we
selected in the graphical "drivers" program (something like
bcmwl-kernel-source).

When I removed that driver and ran:

sudo apt install  firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter

Then rebooted and presto, everything is resolving fine over wifi.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 2:51 PM CrankyOldBugger
<crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm going to assume that either your or Network Manager set up the /etc/resolv.conf file, so my next guess would be that you need the wpa_supplicant set up? (I had problems with that file before....)
>
> I might be sending you down the wrong rabbit-hole but it might be worth checking..
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 2:44 PM Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone running any form of Linux on an iMac
>> has experienced issues with wifi connecting, but not resolving?
>>
>> Here's the scenario: We have a wifi router set up and all our laptops
>> are connected to it and resolving web sites just fine. We just
>> installed Xubuntu Linux on 2 x 2008 iMacs and it installed fine, and
>> connects to the wireless router fine, but it doesn't seem to resolve
>> any web site (or internal I.P.). Plugging an ethernet cable into the
>> iMacs results in the iMac resolving things just fine (same subnet as
>> the wifi router, same subnet mask, default route, and primary dns).
>> Other devices work, it just seems to be the two iMacs we set up that
>> have a problem with the wifi. The driver appears to be installed and
>> working since I can see other networks and connect to our network.
>> It's a bit bizarre...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Charles
>>
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