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Re: Trouble getting bcm43xx driver to work



On 1/3/06, Aaron <aaron@sun.com> wrote:
> I am close to having the bcm43xx driver working but I am now stuck and could
> really do with some pointers.
>
> THE SHORT VERSION:
> 1. I have successfully built and installed bcm43xx, ieee80211softmac and
> bcm43xx-fwcutter (one error extracting firmware file bcm43xx_microcode11.fw).
> These are the latest daily snapshots (20060102)
>
> 2. I can manually "ifconfig ethX up" the wireless interface and see my very
> open wireless network with "iwlist ethX scan".
>
> 3. SoftMac seems to associate (from dmesg output).
>
> 4. dhclient ethX fails to get an IP address but I can manually set an IP
> address (in the correct range) with ifconfig.
>
> 5. I can not ping my wireless AP/router. Ping returns "Destination Host
> Unreachable" even though my route table looks OK:
> "Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
> 192.168.73.0    *               255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth2"
>
It seems to me that you have a problem with your network configuration.
(because you use ip static)

I have
----------------
# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 sta0
default         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 sta0
----------------
(192.168.0.1 = ip_of_my_router)

Also check your /etc/resolv.conf

If you use the package resolvconf, you can add two lines
in your /etc/network/interfaces:
---------
dns-search tele2.fr  <---my isp
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1   <---ip_of_my_router

Regards,
Bin

> Does anyone have any ideas, pointers or RTFMs??
>
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