Re: Add Wireless to Laptop

Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:46:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
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Not at all sure.  However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I
think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto
the controller (which the WinXP driver will do).

Just found:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html
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imalone

Thanks for this reference.  I did the recommended things, but
I still have a configuration error.  If I boot with the
wireless on, I get:

   Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet:
      assertion `dev != NULL' failed
   Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless:
      assertion `dev != NULL' failed

Note that I had changed the device name from the incorrect eth1 to
wlan0.  This required some hand file editing, because the change
did not propagate to all gui places.  It appears I am missing a
device name somewhere.

Time to stop for the evening at -0400.

Mike.

Hi Mike, a couple of questions. I see your using NetworkManager. I assume you stopped network

Yes, I set things up with chkconfig.

and also loaded both Network-- files.

If you mean:

   bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /mnt/cdrom/BCMWL5.SYS
   bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /mnt/cdrom/BCMWL564.SYS

yes, I did it.  If you mean some other files, maybe not.

When you use modprobe does the proper module get loaded into your kernel? On my laptop that works great NetworkManager calls both the ethernet port and WiFi ports eth0. It works so I don't care.

When I ran:
   modprobe bcm43xx
from the command line, it didn't say anything, so I assume it worked.
Later, I added it to rc.local, and I assume it is ok.

Karl

When I try to activate it from the "Network Device Control" gui, I get:

   Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
   Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

   Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.

and this in /var/log/messages:
   Jul 14 13:21:51 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware
      address type 801
   Jul 14 13:21:51 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware
      address type 801 Jul 14 13:21:51 localhost dhclient:
      DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
   Jul 14 13:21:54 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
   Jul 14 13:21:59 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
   Jul 14 13:22:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
   Jul 14 13:22:34 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
   Jul 14 13:22:52 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.

Watching the router, I see no sign of action.  I note also that
WinXP on the same box makes the wireless connection with no problem.

Karl

Thanks for your help.
Mike.