On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:38:40 +0000, Pscylo wrote:
> 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
Linux and wifi - what a joke. The limitations of the opensource way of
things rears its ugly head with wifi. It just doesn't cut it.