[ncolug] Re: Native Broadcom Drivers
- From: Michael Goracke <mgoracke@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:06:47 -0400
Well, it may be time for me to give up my obsession with RedHat/Fedora.
I've read several forums and have found that the bcm43xx drivers and WPA
work pretty much out of the box on Mandriva, Ubuntu and Suse. Not to
mention some nice wifi GUI tools.
Mike G.
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 07:54 -0400, M. Knisely wrote:
> 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.
>
> Michael Goracke wrote:
> > 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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