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Old 09-10-2008, 03:42 AM   #1
Hairyloon
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Fedora Wifi setup on Compaq laptop


Ok, I've tried connecting with the button at the top right. It just comes back with "network disconnected".

I tried activating it with the Network Device Control, and it came back with "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory".

Following this thread, I've downloaded some firmware from http://www.prism54.org (NB, in the other thread, it directs to #.com which is wrong) and put it in /etc/firmware.

Now when I try to activate it, I get:
"Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06):
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for wlan0...dhclient(3443) is already running - exiting. "

I'm stumped. Any clues?
Just tried it again and it's back to "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory"
Hmmm...

It's a Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

Last edited by Hairyloon; 09-10-2008 at 04:34 AM.
 
  


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