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Re: dhclient problem with BMC4312



В сообщении от Thursday 10 of May 2012 02:29:12 Francisco написал:
> Hi all,
> 
> i have a problem trying to do dhclient to the wifi interface, i can
> associate the ap, the problem is when i try to do dhclient, And i get No
> DHCPOFFERS received. I'm sure my modem works cause i'm sending this mail
> thru this connection. I've read documentation from kernel and wiki debian
> manual about how to load wl module and b43 and i get the same result.
> 
> Here is some vital information:
> 
> Device
> 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g
> LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
> 
> kernel
> Linux Debian 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun May 6 04:01:19 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> I've been doing a lot of things trying to make it works, but it seems they
> have been not enough yet.

Which, for example?
Have you installed the firmware? If yes, how?

> The current status is that it's giving me when i try to do: ifconfig wlan0
> up
> 
> [ 7258.112884] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> 
> This wifi adapter is from one Dell inspiron mini
> 
> Best regards

I'd also suggest you to upgrade your kernel to the one from backports. I have 
similar card and it works fine on 3.2.


-- 
WBR, 
Boris. 

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