> You didn't write anything about the procedure you used to install the > firmware, so it impossible for others to see what was wrong with it. > Perhaps you should find where the original firmware is installed, move > it away and make sure the new firmware appears there if you install it. Thanks for your message and sorry to be inexact. Following your suggestion, I've removed /lib/firmware/b43 and /lib/firmware/b43legacy and reinstalled the firmware. I am running 2.6.24-18-generic, so I have followed this procedure, as described at http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 : wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2 tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2 cd b43-fwcutter-011 make cd .. export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware" wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta.o After doing this, I checked /lib/firmware and found a new diectory "b43" that contains the firmware, as expected. Next, I did the following to build, install, and load the new wireless module, as described at http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download: wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 cd compat-wireless-2008-06-15 make During the make, I see the following warnings. /home/mroberts/Install/compat-wireless-2008-06-15/config.mk:48: "WARNING: You are running a kernel >= 2.6.23, you should enable in it CONFIG_NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE for 802.11[ne] support" Next, I did the following to install the code: sudo make install And I see the following messages, mixed in with a bunch of stuff from make: Module ath5k not detected -- this is fine Enabling ath_pci ... [OK] Module enabled: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/madwifi/ath_pci.ko Disabling b43 ... [OK] Module disabled: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko Disabling b43legacy ... [OK] Module disabled: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko Enabling bcm43xx ... [OK] Module enabled: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko Your old wireless subsystem modules were left intact: [...] Note: madwifi detected, we're going to disable it. If you would like to enable it later you can run: sudo athenable madwifi Running athenable ath5k... Disabling ath_pci ... [OK] Module disabled: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/madwifi/ath_pci.ko Next, I did "sudo make load" and am told: [...] Disabling bcm43xx ... [OK] Module disabled: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko Enabling b43 ... [OK] Module renamed but another module file is being preferred Renamed module: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko Preferred module: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/updates/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko Enabling b43legacy ... [OK] Module renamed but another module file is being preferred Renamed module: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko Preferred module: /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/updates/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko b43 loaded successfully b43legacy loaded successfully At this point, I try "sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master" and I get the same error as before: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. If I try "dmesg", I get this: [14179.361761] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:04:05.0 [14179.374306] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found [14179.442440] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' [14179.442955] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] [14179.462153] Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PID, Firmware-ID: FW10 ] [14179.549440] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9 [14179.809010] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02) [14179.809020] b43-phy0 warning: You are using an old firmware image. Support for old firmware will be removed in July 2008. [14179.809025] b43-phy0 warning: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4). [14179.926567] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx [14179.926795] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx [14179.926968] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio [14179.974357] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [14180.759583] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 [14180.759592] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:24:07:bd:99 [14180.761280] wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:24:07:bd:99 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) [14180.761285] wlan0: authenticated [14180.761289] wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:24:07:bd:99 [14180.763328] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:24:07:bd:99 (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=3) [14180.763334] wlan0: associated [14180.763350] wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:24:07:bd:99) [14180.764907] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [14191.736155] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present Again, there is a complaint about the firmware, which I don't understand. Now what? 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