Broadcom 94306 with ndiswrapper 0.5
I am running FC2 test 1 and I cannot get the Broadcom WiFi to work.
I installed everything and it is detected but, I just can't get online. so my question is how do you troubleshoot a WiFi connection. I have disabled the firewall, cleared the iptables and tried it but, i get no connection. Any help will be appreciated:D |
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when I type # iwconfig wlan0 I get Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 16 of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 15. Some things may be broken... wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:54Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:100/0 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:262 Missed beacon:0 when I type # iwconfig wlan0 essid any to retrieve any available network name, I get a name assigned to essid as "tsunami" and when I type # ifconfig wlan0 up The WiFi is up but, I still cannot connect online. Do I need to set up an "ifcfg-wlan0"? |
I am having this exact same error/problem in Suse9. Please let me know if you find a resolution.
Grateful. |
Okay after some hair pulling and skull cracking and some :scratch: , I finally got it to work.
I went to ndiswrapper's site and downloaded the cvs ndiswrapper - basically it is version 5 + cvs. but anyway, open a Konsole and type $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ndiswrapper login When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ndiswrapper co ndiswrapper This is the cvs website instruction ndiswrapper cvs It will download the cvs ndiswrapper to a file callled ndiswrapper If you have installed a previous ndiswrapper, uninstall it by running "make clean" in that directory and you can leave the alias entry in "/etc/modprobe.conf" and the ndiswrapper directory "/etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5" I created an file in "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/" called ifcfg-wlan0 and this is what it contains DEVICE=wlan0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=no MODE=Managed ESSID=any Basically I want dhcp to automatically detect and configure wlan0. Go to the ndiswrapper directory as root and somewhat follow the instructions # make install # ndiswrapper -i /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/bcmwl5.inf --- this is the directory for the inf from the previous install of ndiswrapper-0.5 # ndiswrapper -l -- make sure it says "bcmwl5 present" because I had to try almost three different drivers and I settled on the emachine driver. # modprobe ndiswrapper # dmesg --you will see a log about the driver been loaded if you do then # ndiswrapper -m # iwconfig -- to make sure you device is recognized and finally # ifup wlan0 Some modification my be necessary so read the "INSTALL" documentation that came with ndiswrapper. Finally I must say Kudos to the developers at ndiswrapper |
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