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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