Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver
Here is the output of 'lspci -v' for the NIC
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0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0007
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
Memory at efdfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
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I have never used the bcm43xx module to run a broadcom chipset wireless card and have a few quick questions:
If I do a 'modprobe bcm43xx' as root, is that all I need to do to get my 'ethX' interface to show up?
Is there anymore configuration needed?
At boot up I get this when the wireless card is found:
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bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19)
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19)
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19)
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19)
Does 'Radio turned off' mean I need to do something more to get the card active?
I have the firmware, the NIC doesn't show up as 'ethX'. 'wlan0 shows up even without ndiswrapper installed. So, I tried to connect to an AP and I try to enter the essid and its a no go, with wlan0. My AP name is "ByteMe" and I can only enter in lowercase and up to 5 characters, so: "bytem"
What is my problem? The driver is loaded and the hardware is recognized, what else is there?
I just joined this mailing list and do not have the time to search for this topic, sorry if this has already been answered.
Thanks in advance!
Alk3
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