Hi
This is my first ever post here...
I'm using Fedora Core 2 with KDE 3.3.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8600, I've installed ndiswrapper to allow my "truemobile 1400" aka Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 02) wireless card to access my AP, a D Link 724p+
The install of ndiswrapper looks to have run ok with a simple make install. These messages have been logged:
Oct 23 07:45:38 localhost kernel: ndiswrapper version 0.11 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
Oct 23 07:45:38 localhost kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 7
Oct 23 07:45:38 localhost kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device <mac addr> using driver bcmwl5a
Oct 23 07:45:38 localhost kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5a (Broadcom,06/25/2004, 3.40.73.0) added
I can add the essid and wep key via iwconfig ok with no problems... and an iwlist wlan0 scan gives me a result (but only when I set the essid parameter in iwconfig)
I can only set the wep key before the essid is set.
]# iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"celery" Nickname:"miso"
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: <mac addr reported in iwconfig/iwlist>
Bit Rate=54Mb/s Tx-Power:88 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:<my wep key> Security mode
pen
Power Management
ff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:16 Missed beacon:0
]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: <mac addr reported in iwconfig/iwlist>
ESSID:"celery"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Frequency:2.412GHz
Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Encryption key
n
Bit Rate:6Mb/s
Bit Rate:9Mb/s
Bit Rate:12Mb/s
Bit Rate:18Mb/s
Bit Rate:24Mb/s
Bit Rate:36Mb/s
Bit Rate:48Mb/s
Bit Rate:54Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
This is where it gets interesting... the Cell 01 - Address value doesn't match the MAC address of my Wireless Access point. (and the Protocol in iwlist differs from that in iwconfig) I believe this may be causing the problems I'm finding.
This may even be my neighbour's AP which is unsecured. This is a bit weird given my AP is 3 metres away and my neighbours AP is "somewhere".
Anyway, when I try to get an IP address on wlan0 I get nothing. If I'm connecting to my AP *or* the neighbours I should get some form of 192.168 address ?
ifconfig results:
]# ifconfig
//eth0 reports a 192.168 IP address given by DHCP in my router.
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <same mac addr reported in ndiswrapper logs above>
inet6 addr: fe80::290:4bff:fe1b:be9e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:392 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:125568 (122.6 Kb)
Interrupt:7 Memory:faff6000-faff7fff
ifup results
]# ifup wlan0
Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.
logs report:
Oct 23 10:24:31 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
Oct 23 10:24:41 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
So is it the wireless router or the card or the driver, this is the bit I have yet to work out?
I can ping 192.168.0.1 via eth0 but not via wlan0, if I unplug my cable on eth0, I get no connectivity at all.
Hope someone can help?
