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Hi all,
First of all thank you all.
Finally i got my wireless card working with b43 drivers. But throughput
is really low :-(.
Below is dmesg output for b43 driver.
<snip>
flukebox flukebox # dmesg|grep b43
[ 27.087297] kobject b43: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: module
[ 27.087328] kobject holders: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL>
[ 27.087404] fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/b43'
[ 27.087501] kobject notes: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL>
[ 27.088021] bus ssb: add driver b43
[ 27.088030] kobject b43: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: drivers
[ 27.088060] fill_kobj_path: path = '/bus/ssb/drivers/b43'
[ 27.088075] ssb: Matched Device ssb0:0 with Driver b43
[ 27.088077] ssb: Probing driver b43 with device ssb0:0
[ 27.088201] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
[ 27.124445] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8
[ 27.124465] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050,
Revision 2
[ 27.163484] bound device 'ssb0:0' to driver 'b43'
[ 27.163487] ssb: Bound Device ssb0:0 to Driver b43
[ 27.163505] kobject drivers: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL>
[ 74.710234] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input11
[ 74.936281] b43-phy0 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29
05:54:02)
[ 76.197406] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[ 76.199682] b43-phy0 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized
[ 76.213855] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:tx'
[ 76.213863] kobject b43-phy0:tx: registering. parent: leds, set: devices
[ 76.213883] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:tx
[ 76.213906] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:tx'
[ 76.213927] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
[ 76.213939] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:rx'
[ 76.213947] kobject b43-phy0:rx: registering. parent: leds, set: devices
[ 76.213966] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:rx
[ 76.213989] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:rx'
[ 76.214007] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
[ 76.214019] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:radio'
[ 76.214027] kobject b43-phy0:radio: registering. parent: leds, set:
devices
[ 76.214045] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:radio
[ 76.214068] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:radio'
[ 76.214086] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio
[ 76.214183] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[ 76.253791] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
</snip>
Actually this kernel log lines really help me out.
<snip>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.088239] ssb: Matched Device ssb0:0 with
Driver b43
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.088367] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.122350] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4,
Type 2, Revision 8
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.122371] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf
0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161505] bound device 'ssb0:0' to driver
'b43'
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161508] ssb: Bound Device ssb0:0 to Driver
b43
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161534] kobject drivers: registering.
parent: b43, set: <NULL>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 98.817654] input: b43-phy0 as
/class/input/input11
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063914] b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO
NEW. Please downgrade your firmware.
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063917] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this firmware
tarball: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063920] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this
b43-fwcutter tarball: http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063923] b43-phy0 ERROR: Read, understand and
_do_ what this message says, please.
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.081093] input: b43-phy0 as
/class/input/input12
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.218499] b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not
responding
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.218503] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download
the correct firmware (version 4).
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.339472] input: b43-phy0 as
/class/input/input13
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475159] b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO
NEW. Please downgrade your firmware.
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475163] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this firmware
tarball: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475166] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this
b43-fwcutter tarball: http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475169] b43-phy0 ERROR: Read, understand and
_do_ what this message says, please.
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.073085] input: b43-phy0 as
/class/input/input14
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.211085] b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not
responding
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.211088] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download
the correct firmware (version 4).
</snip>
There after i did exactly what these error lines are saying. I unloaded the
b43 module. Removed my b43 firmware. Then got firmware and b43-fwcutter
listed in error lines and
installed them. And then modprobe the b43 module again. Thats it. My
wireless card began to work again.
Now, Is there anyway i can choose or change the Bit rate ?
Output of iwconfig is as below,
<snip>
flukebox flukebox # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0_rename no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"iitk"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point:
00:11:95:D8:E3:33
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-69 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
</snip>
Output for iwlist wlan0 scan is as below.
<snip>
flukebox flukebox # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:D8:E3:33
ESSID:"iitk"
Mode:Master
Channel:7
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality=83/100 Signal level=-44 dBm Noise level=-68
dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000011b4e9037
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:B5:96:C6:70
ESSID:"iitk"
Mode:Master
Channel:10
Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
Quality=53/100 Signal level=-71 dBm Noise level=-68
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=0000000ecfc4aabc
Cell 03 - Address: 00:11:95:D8:E3:46
ESSID:"iitk"
Mode:Master
Channel:12
Frequency:2.467 GHz
Quality=41/100 Signal level=-82 dBm Noise level=-68
dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000005e677b0059
Cell 04 - Address: 00:0F:B5:96:C5:2B
ESSID:"iitk"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=43/100 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise level=-68
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=0000007fa688b18
</snip>
Moreover, Card was working with 56Mb/s bit rate with ndiswrapper
perfectly.
Anyway to increase that ??
thanks and regards,
flukebox
On Feb 13, 2008 4:41 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 February 2008, dell core2duo wrote:
>
> >but I am still getting WEXT errors.
> >Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0
> > ...
> > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
> > WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not
> > supported [ ok ]
> > th param 5 value 0x1 -
> > * Starting wpa_cli on wlan0
> > ...
> > [ ok ]
> > * Backgrounding ...
>
> WEXT seems to suggest "wireless extensions" (but I might be wrong of
> course). I have the following options enabled in my kernel (some might
> be redundant):
>
> CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
> CONFIG_CFG80211=y
> CONFIG_NL80211=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_RCSIMPLE=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC=y
> CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y
> CONFIG_B43=y
> CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
> CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
> CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_B43_DMA=y
> CONFIG_B43_PIO=y
> CONFIG_B43_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO=y
> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y
>
> I'm pretty sure some of them are redundant, but I have not had the time
> yet to read about the wireless extensions/*80211 changes and their
> implications. However, my card is working correctly with the above
> config.
>
> Is the firmware in place (the correct one for your driver)? Post the
> relevant sections from /var/log/messages where the wireless card is
> recognized and initialized.
> --
> gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
>
>
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Hi all,<br> First of all thank you all.<br> Finally i got my wireless card working with b43 drivers. But throughput is really low :-(.<br><br>Below is dmesg output for b43 driver.<br><snip><br>flukebox flukebox # dmesg|grep b43<br>
[ 27.087297] kobject b43: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: module<br>[ 27.087328] kobject holders: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL><br>[ 27.087404] fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/b43'<br>[ 27.087501] kobject notes: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL><br>
[ 27.088021] bus ssb: add driver b43<br>[ 27.088030] kobject b43: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: drivers<br>[ 27.088060] fill_kobj_path: path = '/bus/ssb/drivers/b43'<br>[ 27.088075] ssb: Matched Device ssb0:0 with Driver b43<br>
[ 27.088077] ssb: Probing driver b43 with device ssb0:0<br>[ 27.088201] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found<br>[ 27.124445] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8<br>[ 27.124465] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2<br>
[ 27.163484] bound device 'ssb0:0' to driver 'b43'<br>[ 27.163487] ssb: Bound Device ssb0:0 to Driver b43<br>[ 27.163505] kobject drivers: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL><br>[ 74.710234] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input11<br>
[ 74.936281] b43-phy0 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02)<br>[ 76.197406] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized<br>[ 76.199682] b43-phy0 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized<br>[ 76.213855] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:tx'<br>
[ 76.213863] kobject b43-phy0:tx: registering. parent: leds, set: devices<br>[ 76.213883] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:tx<br>[ 76.213906] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:tx'<br>[ 76.213927] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx<br>
[ 76.213939] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:rx'<br>[ 76.213947] kobject b43-phy0:rx: registering. parent: leds, set: devices<br>[ 76.213966] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:rx<br>[ 76.213989] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:rx'<br>
[ 76.214007] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx<br>[ 76.214019] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:radio'<br>[ 76.214027] kobject b43-phy0:radio: registering. parent: leds, set: devices<br>[ 76.214045] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:radio<br>
[ 76.214068] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:radio'<br>[ 76.214086] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio<br>[ 76.214183] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started<br>[ 76.253791] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2<br>
</snip><br><br><br>Actually this kernel log lines really help me out.<br><br><snip><br><br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.088239] ssb: Matched Device ssb0:0 with Driver b43<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.088367] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found<br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.122350] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.122371] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161505] bound device 'ssb0:0' to driver 'b43'<br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161508] ssb: Bound Device ssb0:0 to Driver b43<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161534] kobject drivers: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL><br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 98.817654] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input11<br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063914] b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO NEW. Please downgrade your firmware.<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063917] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this firmware tarball: <a href="http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2">http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2</a><br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063920] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this b43-fwcutter tarball: <a href="http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2">http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2</a><br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063923] b43-phy0 ERROR: Read, understand and _do_ what this message says, please.<br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.081093] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input12<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.218499] b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not responding<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.218503] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to <a href="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware</a> and download the correct firmware (version 4).<br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.339472] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input13<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475159] b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO NEW. Please downgrade your firmware.<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475163] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this firmware tarball: <a href="http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2">http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2</a><br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475166] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this b43-fwcutter tarball: <a href="http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2">http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2</a><br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475169] b43-phy0 ERROR: Read, understand and _do_ what this message says, please.<br>
Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.073085] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input14<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.211085] b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not responding<br>Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.211088] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to <a href="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware</a> and download the correct firmware (version 4).<br>
<br></snip><br><br>There after i did exactly what these error lines are saying. I unloaded the b43 module. Removed my b43 firmware. Then got firmware and b43-fwcutter listed in error lines and <br>installed them. And then modprobe the b43 module again. Thats it. My wireless card began to work again.<br>
<br>Now, Is there anyway i can choose or change the Bit rate ?<br><br>Output of iwconfig is as below,<br><br><snip><br><br>flukebox flukebox # iwconfig <br>lo no wireless extensions.<br><br>eth0 no wireless extensions.<br>
<br>wmaster0_rename no wireless extensions.<br><br>wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"iitk" <br> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 00:11:95:D8:E3:33 <br> Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm <br>
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B <br> Encryption key:off<br> Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-69 dBm<br> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br>
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br><br></snip><br><br>Output for iwlist wlan0 scan is as below.<br><br><snip><br>flukebox flukebox # iwlist wlan0 scan<br>wlan0 Scan completed :<br>
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:D8:E3:33<br> ESSID:"iitk"<br> Mode:Master<br> Channel:7<br> Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)<br> Quality=83/100 Signal level=-44 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm<br>
Encryption key:off<br> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s<br> 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s<br> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s<br>
Extra:tsf=000000011b4e9037<br> Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:B5:96:C6:70<br> ESSID:"iitk"<br> Mode:Master<br> Channel:10<br> Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)<br>
Quality=53/100 Signal level=-71 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm<br> Encryption key:off<br> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s<br> 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s<br>
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s<br> Extra:tsf=0000000ecfc4aabc<br> Cell 03 - Address: 00:11:95:D8:E3:46<br> ESSID:"iitk"<br> Mode:Master<br>
Channel:12<br> Frequency:2.467 GHz<br> Quality=41/100 Signal level=-82 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm<br> Encryption key:off<br> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s<br>
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s<br> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s<br> Extra:tsf=0000005e677b0059<br> Cell 04 - Address: 00:0F:B5:96:C5:2B<br>
ESSID:"iitk"<br> Mode:Master<br> Channel:11<br> Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)<br> Quality=43/100 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm<br>
Encryption key:off<br> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s<br> 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s<br> 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s<br>
Extra:tsf=0000007fa688b18<br><br></snip><br> <br>Moreover, Card was working with 56Mb/s bit rate with ndiswrapper perfectly. <br><br>Anyway to increase that ??<br><br><br>thanks and regards,<br>
flukebox<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 13, 2008 4:41 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <<a href="mailto:shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org">shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Tuesday 12 February 2008, dell core2duo wrote:<br><br>>but I am still getting WEXT errors.<br>>Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0<br>> ...<br>> ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported<br>
> WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not<br>> supported [ ok ]<br>> th param 5 value 0x1 -<br>> * Starting wpa_cli on wlan0<br>> ...<br>> [ ok ]<br>> * Backgrounding ...<br>
<br></div>WEXT seems to suggest "wireless extensions" (but I might be wrong of<br>course). I have the following options enabled in my kernel (some might<br>be redundant):<br><br>CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y<br>CONFIG_CFG80211=y<br>
CONFIG_NL80211=y<br>CONFIG_MAC80211=y<br>CONFIG_MAC80211_RCSIMPLE=y<br>CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG=y<br>CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG=y<br>CONFIG_IEEE80211=y<br>CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG=y<br>CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=y<br>CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=y<br>
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=y<br>CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC=y<br>CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC_DEBUG=y<br>CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y<br>CONFIG_B43=y<br>CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y<br>CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y<br>CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y<br>
CONFIG_B43_DMA=y<br>CONFIG_B43_PIO=y<br>CONFIG_B43_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y<br>CONFIG_B43LEGACY=y<br>CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y<br>CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y<br>CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y<br>CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA=y<br>
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO=y<br>CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y<br><br>I'm pretty sure some of them are redundant, but I have not had the time<br>yet to read about the wireless extensions/*80211 changes and their<br>implications. However, my card is working correctly with the above<br>
config.<br><br>Is the firmware in place (the correct one for your driver)? Post the<br>relevant sections from /var/log/messages where the wireless card is<br>recognized and initialized.<br><font color="#888888">--<br></font><div>
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