Results so far....
In a word Wow. It still doesn't work but I suspect that is could just
be my configuration. Power levels are not being reported correctly all
the time iwlist works but nothing else to my knowledge. I remember
there being talk of power level reporting patches. Is there anything I
can try adding. For the first time in a long time it does associate
with AP's but I can't dhcpcd eth1. I am using an access point next
door. Mine is down. I will test it with a good one at school on
Tuesday.
####To recap I am on...
MFG: Compaq V3000 (V3019US)
CPU: AMD Turion 64 x2
Kernel: linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r2
I have SMP on and I am in 64 bit.
BCM Chip: BCM4311
BCM FW: V3 Sorry I don't recall exactly what version
####Patches used
patch_2.6.18.1_fix_leds
patch_2.6.18.1_for_PCI-E
radio_hwenable_for_2.6.18
####The following work
ifconfig eth1 up
iwconfig eth1 essid NAME channel #
kismet -c bcm43xx,eth1,bcm43xx
iwlist eth1 scan <-the power levels are reported here
####The following don't work
iwconfig <-the power levels are reported as always being 0
kismet <-no power levels are reported
LED <-always off (I have a slider switch on the front to
turn radio on/off)
dhcpcd eth1 <-low transmit power???
#####The following don't work but might be my fault (I will get back
to you later on these)
dhcpcd eth1
#####example bad iwconfig power level reporting
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:16:B6:43:DE:C4
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm
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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