WUSB54G + Fedora 6 = Install Help!

Rayven · 12-02-2006, 05:40 PM

I am running Fedora Core 6, and trying in install a Linksys WUSB54G. I have been on numerous posts, saying to use NdisWrapper, use built in...etc. I have installed NdisWrapper and configured it properly, i.e. driver installed, hardware found. I have "tried" using wpa_supplicant by using the following config file:

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
   ssid="MonkeyNet"
   key_mgmt=WPA_PSK
   proto=WPA
   pairwise=TKIP
   group=TKIP
   psk="ASCII_KEY"
"

If I use

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.4 up
route add default gateway 192.168.1.1

the device appears in both ifconfig and iwconfig. When I try to ping 192.168.1.2, I get the error 192.168.1.4 HOST UNREACHABLE. I have disabled both selinux and firewalls. Any ideas on how to setup this system? Or at least a very good guide to setting up this wireless device?
Thanks!

Simon Bridge · 12-04-2006, 02:16 AM

I think you still need to enable the network connection in Network Device Control.

kuhazor · 12-08-2006, 01:38 PM

Hi everyone,

Since I got this going I thought I want to share my experience with you. First of all Fedora 6 comes with a kernel that supports Broadcom 43xx chipset, however the Microcode needed to run the chipset is NOT! Therefore forget about ndiswrapper, native way is better, trust me! So after inserting your wireless card it will be recognized and appear on your network configuration (restart required). However when you try to enable it "transmit" link will not blink and running

dmesg

will show error messages saying

bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.

First thing you need to is to get fwcutter (firm ware cutter) which will extract microcode from the windows .sys driver. On Fedora Core 6 you can get this via yum.

yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter

Now extract your windows drivers somewhere and find driver .sys file. CD to that folder and run

bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware XXXXXX.sys

This will install firmware into /lib/firmware folder where Kernel knows to pick it up automatically.

Since network config GUI sucks really bad on Fedora Core 6 (when are you guys going to rewrite this, especially for wireless?) there is really no way to set the system to use specific accesspoint (ESSID). Therefore we will fix this manually.

You can either run /sbin/iwconfig eth1 ESSID "AP NAME"

or

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file assuming your wireless card shows up as eth1. Find line with ESSID and set this to be whatever you have configured your access point to be. Mine happens to be Kuhazor. Here are contents of my ifcfg-eth1:

TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:14:bf:46:b5:48
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
ESSID=Kuhazor
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto

Save file with modified ESSID and go back to your Network Config GUI. Select edit card and add any WEP key you might be using. If you are using hexadecimal notation indicate that by using 0x9ABA3ABC77DC (12 digits for 64-bit key) in front of your key. Save changes and enable interface! It shoudl work now!

Good luck guys,

Kuhazor

Rayven · 12-09-2006, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kuhazor

Hi everyone,

Since I got this going I thought I want to share my experience with you. First of all Fedora 6 comes with a kernel that supports Broadcom 43xx chipset, however the Microcode needed to run the chipset is NOT! Therefore forget about ndiswrapper, native way is better, trust me! So after inserting your wireless card it will be recognized and appear on your network configuration (restart required). However when you try to enable it "transmit" link will not blink and running

dmesg

will show error messages saying

bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.

First thing you need to is to get fwcutter (firm ware cutter) which will extract microcode from the windows .sys driver. On Fedora Core 6 you can get this via yum.

yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter

Now extract your windows drivers somewhere and find driver .sys file. CD to that folder and run

bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware XXXXXX.sys

This will install firmware into /lib/firmware folder where Kernel knows to pick it up automatically.

Since network config GUI sucks really bad on Fedora Core 6 (when are you guys going to rewrite this, especially for wireless?) there is really no way to set the system to use specific accesspoint (ESSID). Therefore we will fix this manually.

You can either run /sbin/iwconfig eth1 ESSID "AP NAME"

or

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file assuming your wireless card shows up as eth1. Find line with ESSID and set this to be whatever you have configured your access point to be. Mine happens to be Kuhazor. Here are contents of my ifcfg-eth1:

TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:14:bf:46:b5:48
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
ESSID=Kuhazor
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto

Save file with modified ESSID and go back to your Network Config GUI. Select edit card and add any WEP key you might be using. If you are using hexadecimal notation indicate that by using 0x9ABA3ABC77DC (12 digits for 64-bit key) in front of your key. Save changes and enable interface! It shoudl work now!

Good luck guys,

Kuhazor

Thanks!!! I will let you know when you try this out!