I'm typing this message via the bcm43xx driver. I had no issues with
it, but I'm using Ubuntu and it just showed up with a kernel upgrade.
I've not messed with WPA. I run my home AP open and use a VPN for my
security. Does it work without WPA?
I have had some fun with getting an Invalid AP. " iwconfig eth1 ap
any" takes care of that for me.
I'll check through the errors and see if I can see anything that stands out.
Mike K.
Has anyone had any luck with installing the new native bcm43xx drivers? I have them installed but I'm having trouble connecting using WPA.
I followed the instructions given on this page for Fedora Core 5 kernel 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras/
I get the following error when I try to start the wpa_supplicant service.
[root@localhost ~]# service wpa_supplicant start Starting wpa_supplicant: ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: No such device Could not configure driver to use managed mode ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: No such device ioctl[SIOCGIFINDEX]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device Failed to disable WPA in the driver. ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: No such device ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device [FAILED] I also get this message when I do "iwconfig".
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Warning: Driver for device dev0 has been compiled with version 20 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19. Some things may be broken...
dev0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"NSA_FIELD_OPS" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.422 GHz Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off 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.
Could "some of the things that might be broken" include WPA?
MikeG
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