Re: Add Wireless to Laptop

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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:29:50 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

[...]
>> 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.
>>   
> Do not assume a darn thing. Do a lsmod and make sure it is in the 
> kernel. Now take the thing out of rc.local. NeworkManager will add it to 
> /etc/modprobe.conf and it will be taken care of.
> 

With modprobe in rc.local:
   [root@mbrc35 ~]# lsmod | grep bcm
   bcm43xx               419681  0
   ieee80211softmac       35137  1 bcm43xx
   ieee80211              35081  2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
   bcm43xx_mac80211      397985  0
   ssb                    35013  1 bcm43xx_mac80211
   mac80211              145609  2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac80211

With modprobe removed from rc.local:
   [root@mbrc35 ~]# lsmod | grep bcm
   bcm43xx_mac80211      397985  0
   ssb                    35013  1 bcm43xx_mac80211
   mac80211              145609  2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac802

Is this ok?

[...
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>   
> Well your not set up right yet in Linux so it will not work. What does 
> nm-tool tell you about your setup?
> 
> Karl
> 

[root@mbrc35 ~]# nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: disconnected

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0
  Type:              802.11 Wireless
  Driver:            bcm43xx-pci
  Active:            no
  HW Address:        [correct MAC address, pardon my paranoia]

  Capabilities:
    Supported:       yes

  Wireless Settings
    Scanning:        yes
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Networks (* = Current Network)


- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth0
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            e100
  Active:            no
  HW Address:        [correct MAC address, pardon my paranoia]

  Capabilities:
    Supported:       yes
    Carrier Detect:  yes
    Speed:           10 Mb/s

  Wired Settings
    Hardware Link:   no

Looks ok to me; how does it look to you?

Mike.



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