Wireless Configuration Problem
Hi,
[I'm pretty sure this problem is asked many times before, but I tried to
read nearly all google results -- including debian-users ml -- I can
find and tried suggested solutions with no luck.]
I have a HP Pavilion dv6580et notebook with BCM4310 (rev 02) wireless
NIC. I managed to install the related drivers successfully, at least I
think so. Here is some related information:
# lspci -v|grep BCM4310 -A 11
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 1371
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at b0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information
Capabilities: [e8] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 1a-00-98-ff-ff-73-9c-de
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting
# ndiswrapper -v
utils version: '1.9', utils version needed by module: '1.9'
module details:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.24.2/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
version: 1.52
vermagic: 2.6.24.2 SMP mod_unload
# ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4312) present
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management: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
But unfortunately, I couldn't manage to connect wireless AP of the
company. Here are the related configuration files and diagnostics:
# iwlist wlan0 scan | grep FOO -A 14 -B 2
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:C1:0D:44:50
ESSID:"FOO"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality:71/100 Signal level:-50 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : WEP-104
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
# cat /etc/network/interfaces
...
#allow-hotplug wlan0
...
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.65
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid FOO
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="FOO"
mode=Managed
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="BAR"
}
# ifup wlan0
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"FOO"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: 00:14:C1:0D:44:50
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:E01A-1E70-71A6-1C9A-443A-62D3-4AA4-DBF7-247C-24DE-E9B8-C665-4DB3-B8CA-38F6-963B Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:68/100 Signal level:-52 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:4 Invalid misc:1997 Missed beacon:0
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1A:73:98:DE:9C
inet addr:192.168.1.65 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:545 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:51173 (49.9 KiB) TX bytes:12397 (12.1 KiB)
Interrupt:16 Memory:b0200000-b0204000
# wpa_cli
wpa_cli v0.5.5
...
Selected interface 'wlan0'
Interactive mode
> status
bssid=00:14:c1:0d:44:50
ssid=FOO
id=0
pairwise_cipher=TKIP
group_cipher=WEP-104
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=192.168.1.65
> _
I'll be really appreciated if anybody can help me to figure out the
problem. (Also documentation pointers are welcome.)
Regards.
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