Re: Add Wireless to Laptop

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Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
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.


Well nm-tool is accurate. You have it all set up but it isn't working. Check /etc/modprobe.conf and remove anything you put in it. I think you put a wlan0 in there.

Karl


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