Wireless issues at modprobe wl

[R68Goldy]

Hey Guys

I can't seem to get an interface to show up for my PCIe wireless card. I've tried a couple of solutions that I found through google like this this and a whole slew of other solutions with fresh install in between but I run into the same issue with almost every one.

To start out, I'll give you a bit of information about my machine.

uname -a

Linux Network 4.6.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1kali1 (2016-07-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: kali-rolling
Codename: kali-rolling

lspci (removed unrelated devices)

0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)

dmesg | tail

dmesg | tail
[ 170.176897] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 180.177079] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 190.177207] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 200.177391] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 210.177629] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 220.177811] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 230.178012] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 240.178192] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 250.178373] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout
[ 260.178523] ipheth 1-2:4.2: ipheth_tx_timeout: TX timeout


rfkill list

(Blank)

ifconfig -a

eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 1c:b7:2c:ac:1c:20 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 27 memory 0xfe800000-fe820000

eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet netmask 255.255.255.240 broadcast
inet6 2600:380:523e:6a91:b890:888f:4fe0:80e2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 2600:380:523e:6a91:b070:2dff:fe7c:7851 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether b2:70:2d:7c:78:51 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 87665 bytes 98055799 (93.5 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 65828 bytes 9090100 (8.6 MiB)
TX errors 24 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 5364 bytes 1287847 (1.2 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 5364 bytes 1287847 (1.2 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


What I've figured out so far is that I need to install some headers in order to get it to work but whatever steps I follow I always end up with a "fatal error, module not found" or something along those lines when i try to run modprobe wl. I've been able to get wireless working on kali previously so I'm tearing my hair out trying to find a solution. I'd appreciate any help you guys can offer.

Thanks

[Mister_X]

Just FYI, latest kernel is 4.8. You might want to use the code tag (for outputs from console programs) to make the post easier to read and separate the different stuff.

1. For rfkill, use rfkill list all (but it's useless for now since driver doesn't seem loaded).
2. ipeth is the iphone driver, useless in this case. You need to search for stuff related to iw in dmesg, not tail.
3. Could you paste full lsmod?

[_defalt]

Your rfkill list is empty because there are no drivers of your wifi adapter running. Have you installed any driver till now?

To upgrade your kernel to 4.8.0-kali2-amd64 you have to update your kernel headers first:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Make sure your repositories have right entries in it.