b43-fwcutter-no connection with WEP encrypted network while WPA network works
 

Hi!

There is a strange thing going out there in my box, I've tested b43-fwcutter on wpa-psk encrypted network, and there was no problem connecting (my card is broadcom 4318), recently I was trying to connect to WEP encrypted network without success. Network connection tested on other laptops(vista, xp machines)so there is no possibility that the key isn't valid.
Any suggestions? Maybe you have/had similar problem.

cheers,

blorpton

Which distro are you using?

I had a problem with a broadcom 4306 card and ended up using ndiswrapper and a XP driver. The problem is the later distros have native drivers and you need to black list them.


Larry

hi!

the distro is ubuntu 9.10, had the same problem on debian though...so basicly, you suggest blacklisting native drivers from kernel, hmmmm, but the driver overall works, with wpa, wpa2 it does, but with wep encryption just connects forever resulting lack of connection....

ndiswrapper, on the other hand, worked for me, funny because i never had to download any other drivers than ndiswrapper itself. after compiling the source and modprobing it was working no bother with my 4318 card. This time for some another strange reason, I am unable to compile it, 'make' ends with several errors unable to continue(yes i do have build-essential and header files installed).

cheers for replay;]

First I am not familiar with ubuntu. I was surprised though from posts I have seen the later broadcom cards seem to work with native drivers. In my experience if you have any errors you will need to take care of them first.


Larry

WEP
 

Not sure if you are using a network manager, but you need to make sure you are using the correct WEP format either passcode or hexidecimal. Try both formats if you are unsure.

I've tried it all I'm afraid without a result...network manager just connects forever trying to obtain ip address...
as I said before it works with all wpa flavours though.
Anyway, thanx for your posts guys;]

ooops!

guess like this was my mistake...thing is livebox router, there is a wee button underneath the router, the 'reg' button. while trying to connect i had to press it to register a new connection. ever since i did, it works flawlessly.....thank you very much all for your interest in my post....
cheers