Re: Fwd: Wireless card

["Cavan Mejias" <cavanmejias@gmail.com>]

Hey everybody, does anyone know where on the Debian website can i find the 2.6.20 kernel? I only see the 2.6.21 release which wont boot on my machine(hangs after detecting the CD-ROM). Or is it not available from the site any more? Thanks.

                                            Cavan

On 11/08/07, Cavan Mejias <cavanmejias@gmail.com > wrote:

ok thanks, I just realised I have a kernel from unstable installed, 2.6.22 . I hope the 6.20 kernel supports wireless.

On 11/08/07, Stef Daniels VK5HSX < vk5hsx@wia.org.au> wrote:

I would update your kernel to atleast 2.6.18 or 2.6.20 which is better.
If you have the module_assistant installed you can install the relevant
modules in the kernel.

Have a read of this page..

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty

(Eventhoug it ubuntu, still useful).

Things to make sure installed:

module-assistant - tool to make module package creation easier
wpasupplicant - Client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
wireless-tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions



On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 20:12 -0400, Cavan Mejias wrote:
> Thanks. I did that before installing the kernel 2.6.1. Now Im not sure
> if its in the right folder, its in /etc/lib/firmware.
> Any Ideas
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stef Daniels VK5HSX < vk5hsx@wia.org.au>
> Date: 10-Aug-2007 20:04
> Subject: Re: Wireless card
> To: Cavan Mejias < cavanmejias@gmail.com>
>
> Hi Cavan,
>
> On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 08:09 -0400, Cavan Mejias wrote:
> > hey everybody. I have the dreaded broadcom card. I got it to show up
> > using the latest kernel from backports.org . However  I cant get it
> to
> > connect  to any wireless networks including  an unprotected 1 and a
> > wep access pt for which I have the key.  Does anybody has any
> > experience with this?
>
> I have a Broadcom card in my HP Laptop. I found the
>
> bcm43xx-fwcutter - Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
>
> Useful and gets the firmware from the device.
>
> > iwconfig gives this:debian:~# iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >
> > Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22
> > of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version
> 20.
> > Some things may be broken...
> >
> > eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:"Joyce  Gibson Innis HotSpot"
> > Nickname:"Broadco m 4311"
> >           Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point:
> > 00:09:92:01:38:A0
> >           Bit Rate=24 Mb/s   Tx-Power=18 dBm
> >           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >           Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXX   Security mode:open
> >           Link Quality=66/100  Signal level=-65 dBm  Noise
> level=-71
> > dBm
> >           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> >
> > I cant seem to find a  version 22 of wireless extension @
> > packages.debian.org . Im running etch stable. Any ideas? Thanks
>
> --
> Regards & Best 73,
>
> Stef Daniels VK5HSX            - (OpenPGP: 0x828E2EB0)
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>
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Regards & Best 73,

Stef Daniels VK5HSX            - (OpenPGP: 0x828E2EB0)
Amateur Radio Station
Adelaide, Sth Australia        - ( vk5hsx@wia.org.au )
Member South Coast ARC Inc.    - (www.scarc.org.au)
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