Re: Fwd: Broadcom 4318
On Sunday 12 November 2006 1:09 am, David Gasa Castell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After many days trying to run Broadcom wifi unfructouslessly, I write
> you again...
>
> Doing # iwconfig, i obtain:
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
> Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
> RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> sit0 no wireless extensions.
>
> And when, I do # iwlist wlan0 scanning, I obtain:
>
> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device
>
> Why ??
>
> Previously that, I made bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware BCMWL564.SYS
> and I rebooted the laptop. I tried to do this in two kernels 2.6.18.
> The results on booting are the same as my first message in this queue:
>
> bcm43xx driver
> bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2
> bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
> bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243, enabled
> bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, disabled
> bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243, enabled
> bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243, enabled
> bcm43xx: PHY connected
> bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7
> bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8)
> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
>
> Any ideas ??
The native kernel drivers for bcm43xx doesnt work properly. Its far better to
use ndiswrapper.
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