I'm trying to configure wireless on the setup above.
Lspci reports the following:
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g
(rev 02)
10:00.0 0280: 14e4:4312 (rev 02)
I'm running Slackware current kernel version 12.1 2.6.24.4-smp i686
I've followed the instructions on
http://linuxwireless.org/ and used
b43 cutter to install firnware for the card. I'm currently trying to
get a connection without security before I try and implement security.
I can't get a response from
http://linuxwireless.org/ at the minute,
but I vaguely recall seeing that the 4312 wasn't supported, but I've
had some limited success so it may be. I know it can be done with
ndiswrapper too, and that may be my next step.
Anyway, as I've mentioned, I think I have some limited success.
If bring up wlan0, ifconfig reports this:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:1A:73C
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-1A-73-DC-6C-6F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
iRX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
and iwlist wlan0 scan reports this:
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:**:**:**:**:**
ESSID:"*****"
Mode:Master
Channel:5
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality=88/100 Signal level=-47 dBm Noise level=-73 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000010d189a2d5
Cell 02 - Address: 00:**:**:**:**:**
ESSID:"SKY79516"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=55/100 Signal level=-88 dBm Noise level=-73 dBm
Encryption keyn
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000002b2b0cd81
which correctly reports my wireless access point as Cell01, and I guess
a neighbour's as cell2. I've removed anything that can used to
identify. This seems to show it's working to an extent and from this
point I don't know whether it's a networking or wireless issue.
I've edited rc.inet1.conf
##Example config information for wlan0. Uncomment the lines you need and
fill in your info. (You may not need all of these for your wireless
network)
IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
IPADDR[4]=""
#NETMASK[4]=""
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="Pscylo"
#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""
WLAN_ESSID[4]=******
WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
##WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="5"
##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"
##WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="AuthMode=WPAPSK EncrypType=TKIP WPAPSK=7B1ABEEB5D197741923ED26727569C365E31212096A 0EAFAD563B268BAD01CAF TxRate=0"
#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"
and on startup, it says something about polling for an IP address at
which point it says no carrier detected and consequently no connection
is made.
I don't know whether I've set the network up wrong, or if it is the card.
If anyone can point me in the right direction even to the point that you
can tell me what files I need to look in to troubleshoot I will be
extremely grateful. I would post the messages I get on startup, but I
don't know where I would find the output. It doesn't appear to show
anywhere in /var/logs (whether dmesg or anythng else).
I'm not quite a newby, but I'm still finding my feet a bit; of course YOMV
.
Have always gone Redhat previosuly, but this time I want to learn.
Ta
--
Pscylo
On a mission to remove Windows from work and home machines. Too many to
pay license fees for.