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<pre wrap="">Had same problem, went to /etc/modprobe.d file blacklist and copy in bcm43xx-mac80211 driver info. reboot and ndiswrapper worked
Lee
On Monday 04 June 2007, John W. Linville wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>First, the issue that lots of people are having...if you are getting
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>the "YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD" issue, I recommend that you follow
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>this procedure:
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> # you need to be root
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> wget <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2">http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2</a>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> tar -xjvf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> bcm43xx-fwcutter -w <i
class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>lib/firmware<span
class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i> broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Since that was a newer driver than the 4.40.1 that came with xp, I did this.
But the net result is still the same, dhcp times out. The logged messages
appear to be identical while its failing. See my other, very lengthy post
for those please.
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>That should fix things for most people. However, some people still
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>need/want to use the older driver even on devices that are (or should
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>be) supported by the newer driver. If you are in this situation,
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>I recommend this procedure:
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> # save the file attached to this email as "bcm43xx-old-config"
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> # you need to be root
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span> ./bcm43xx-old-config
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>The internals of that file look a little hairy, so I don't want people
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>having to type the commands themselves... <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span> Anyway, the second
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>procedure is ONLY for those who have completed the first procedure and
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>find the bcm43xx-mac80211 driver to be unacceptable. This includes
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span><span
class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>some<span
class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> bcm4318 users and apparently a <span
class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>few<span
class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> bcm4306 users. This should
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>keep most of you from having to use an unsupportable alternative
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>like ndiswrapper.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->It would be nice indeed if ndiswrapper would work, but its lsmod displayed use
count is 0. If someone who has it working would please post that snippet of
their lsmod report so I could compare, I'd appreciate it.
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>Hth!
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>John
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