sean darcy wrote:
On Fedora 8 I'm having trouble getting my 4311 to connect to the access
point. I've posted on the b43 list, but it may not be a driver problem,
but someplace else in the driver stack.
uname -r
2.6.23.9-85.fc8
lspci -n
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG
wlan mini-PCI [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Wireless
ESSID=belkin
All the right kmods seem to be loaded:
lsmod | grep b43
b43 133221 0
rfkill 9297 2 b43
mac80211 115789 1 b43
input_polldev 7369 1 b43
ssb 30149 1 b43
and the iw tools work OK:
iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"belkin"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:11:50:22:95:52
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=65/100 Signal level=-70 dBm Noise level=-73 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:50:22:95:52
ESSID:"belkin"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=81/100 Signal level=-45 dBm Noise level=-73
dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000008d74d0946c
Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:B6:2E:BA:B7
ESSID:"paulc"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=56/100 Signal level=-83 dBm Noise level=-73
dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000089fb5f7939
but ifup wlan0 fails:
dmesg | grep wlan0
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:22:95:52
wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:50:22:95:52 (alg=0 transaction=2
status=0)
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:50:22:95:52
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:50:22:95:52 (capab=0x601 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:50:22:95:52)
wlan0: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=32
wlan0: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0
wlan0: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=64
wlan0: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=32
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
wlan0: RX too short data frame payload
wlan0: RX too short data frame payload
wlan0: RX too short data frame payload
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:50:22:95:52)
wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:50:22:95:52 (reason=7)
wlan0: deauthenticated
Thanks for any help
sean
FWIW, the laptop is dual boot. Vista connects to the access point.
sean
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