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Old 01-16-2007, 05:23 PM   #1
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problems getting ndiswrapper to work with BCM4309


Hi. I am a linux n00b and was having problems getting my wireless network card to work with a Dell C640 laptop. I am using Fedora Core 6. I have tried to give as much detail as I can.

Here is what I get when i run lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)



I followed the instructions at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/...hp/Installation
I downloaded the bcmwl5a drivers from: http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R76521na.exe


I believe I have downloaded, compiled and installed ndiswrapper correctly.

This is what I get when I run ndiswrapper -l:

bcmwl5a : driver installed
device (14E4:4324) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)

This is what I get when I run dmesg | grep ndiswrapper

ndiswrapper version 1.34 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper


I am not able to configure the card to connect to my Linksys wireless router. I am broadcasting my ESSID. My ESSID is "wireless"
I am using 128 bit WEP encryption and filtering by MAC address. I have had this card working in a windows machine before and know the MAC filter is setup ok to allow traffic from this card.

Here is what I get when I run: iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption key:encryption info emoved by me Security modepen
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.


Here is what iwlist eth01 scan gives me:

eth01 Interface doesn't support scanning.


I tried to manually configure eth01 through Network Configuration GUI. I set the Mode to Auto, Network Name to wireless, Channel, and key.

When I try to activate the card, I get:

Determining IP information for eth1...failed. No link present. Check cable

I also tried to configure the card by using the command:
iwconfig eth1 essid wireless.

When I run iwconfig after this, it shows my ESSID as blank.

I am not sure what to do from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Old 01-16-2007, 07:55 PM   #2
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Check lsmod and see if native bcm43xx is loaded. Will conflict with ndiswrapper so you might have to stop it from loading at boot. Similar thread here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=510131 , no point at the moment trying the firmware route as bcm4309 is still unstable http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices
 
  


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