Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-06 Thread Freddy Freeloader
George Borisov wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: No. I just listed the ssid in wpa_supplicant.conf. I didn't set the channel or the ssid with iwconfig as I've never had to do that before. I'll try it, but what's the reasoning behind using iwconfig for that when wpa_supplicant is supposed

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-06 Thread Freddy Freeloader
H.S. wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: Well, that was a good idea, but it didn't work. I simply cannot connect with any type of encryption. There is a line in dmesg that says "Cleared all keys" before the card starts sending out sending out dhcp requests, so I'm guessing that is what the p

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-04 Thread George Borisov
Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > No. I just listed the ssid in wpa_supplicant.conf. I didn't set the > channel or the ssid with iwconfig as I've never had to do that before. > I'll try it, but what's the reasoning behind using iwconfig for that > when wpa_supplicant is supposed to take care of it?

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-02 Thread H.S.
Freddy Freeloader wrote: George Borisov wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: I haven't, however, gotten this to work with or without any security. It goes through the motions but it never recieves a dhcp offer from the router. Just to check, did you set the channel / ssid with iwconfig?

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-02 Thread Freddy Freeloader
George Borisov wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: I haven't, however, gotten this to work with or without any security. It goes through the motions but it never recieves a dhcp offer from the router. Just to check, did you set the channel / ssid with iwconfig? No. I just listed t

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-02 Thread H.S.
Freddy Freeloader wrote: Well, that was a good idea, but it didn't work. I simply cannot connect with any type of encryption. There is a line in dmesg that says "Cleared all keys" before the card starts sending out sending out dhcp requests, so I'm guessing that is what the problem is. An

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-02 Thread George Borisov
Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > I haven't, however, gotten this to work with or without any > security. It goes through the motions but it never recieves a dhcp > offer from the router. Just to check, did you set the channel / ssid with iwconfig? -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd signature.a

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-01 Thread Freddy Freeloader
H.S. wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: Thanks for your reply. Well, I've made some progess on this since I posted last time. I have found out that you must use the bcm43xx-fwcutter utility from berlios.de to extract all the *.fw (firmware) files from the bcmlw.sys windows Ah yes, I had

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-01 Thread H.S.
Freddy Freeloader wrote: Thanks for your reply. Well, I've made some progess on this since I posted last time. I have found out that you must use the bcm43xx-fwcutter utility from berlios.de to extract all the *.fw (firmware) files from the bcmlw.sys windows Ah yes, I had to do that too.

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-01 Thread Freddy Freeloader
H.S. wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: Is anyone else having problems with the new Broadcom bcm43xx module? I get the following error in dmesg when the wireless interface is configured in /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/default/ifplugd, etc/default/wpasupplicant, and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-01 Thread H.S.
Freddy Freeloader wrote: Is anyone else having problems with the new Broadcom bcm43xx module? I get the following error in dmesg when the wireless interface is configured in /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/default/ifplugd, etc/default/wpasupplicant, and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. The error is r

Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

2006-08-01 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Is anyone else having problems with the new Broadcom bcm43xx module? I get the following error in dmesg when the wireless interface is configured in /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/default/ifplugd, etc/default/wpasupplicant, and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. The error is repeated about 30 times.