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Post subject: Broadcom wireless troubles
 Posted: Dec 29, 2006 - 03:06 AM
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Joined: Nov 23, 2005
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Broadcomm BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] installed ndiswrapper using driver from winwows xp this
Compaq Presario laptop. Router shows some packets when getting lease but never connects.
D-Link Router Setup
ssid = jenn
channel = 1
Authentication = Open System
WEP = enabled
wep encryption = 128 bit
key type = Hex
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup( , ifdown(
# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo eth0 eth1
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-mode auto
wireless-channel 1
wireless-essid jenn
pre-up wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="jenn"
#psk="AF19675469AF19675469012345"
psk=42d28241ac64826c7ea170775c76ee8690dbc5ba07c9a1f9ffc1b8051564b099
}
root@Blaze:~# ifup eth1
Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5
Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
All rights reserved.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/eth1/00:14:a5:ec:80:c7
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:14:a5:ec:80:c7
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
SIOCADDRT: File exists
bound to 192.168.0.102 -- renewal in 302400 seconds.
root@Blaze:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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Posted: Dec 29, 2006 - 03:42 AM
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Joined: Mar 22, 2006
Posts: 82
Location: dayton, oh usa
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There is a native driver bcm43xx kernel module which conflicts with ndisdwrapper driver.
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If you use ndiswrapper, you need to blacklist the native driver
blacklist the native driver by adding
#broadcom native driver
blacklist bcm43xx
to the bottom of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
-- edit this file as root
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(native driver works quite well with kanotix kernel -- if you want to use it, make sure you have bcm43xx-fwcutter installed, and run bcm43xx-fwcutter against your Windows .sys file (Broadcvom firmware) -- then you'll need to remove your driver from ndiswrapper, or blacklist ndiswrapper)
(You can search for more info on Broadcom drivers if you need it or are interested)
Mike |
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Posted: Dec 29, 2006 - 04:00 AM
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Joined: Nov 23, 2005
Posts: 24
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I blacklisted that driver already.
Thanks Bill |
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Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 04:24 AM
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Joined: Nov 23, 2005
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Got it fixed using ndiswrapper although it probably could work with other driver. Googled around
and found a site that said for WEP 64 bit is default, so I changed to 64 bit and shared key.
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(, ifdown(
# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo eth1
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-mode Managed
wireless-channel 2
wireless-key AF19675469
wireless-essid bill |
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