F8: Broadcom 4311 won't connect; deauthentication reason=7 ??

[sean darcy]

sean darcy wrote:
> On Fedora 8 I'm having trouble getting my 4311 to connect to the access 
> point. I've posted on the b43 list, but it may not be a driver problem, 
> but someplace else in the driver stack.
> 
> uname -r
> 2.6.23.9-85.fc8
> 
> lspci -n
> 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG
> wlan mini-PCI [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
> 
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
> DEVICE=wlan0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Wireless
> ESSID=belkin
> 
> All the right kmods seem to be loaded:
> 
> lsmod | grep b43
> b43                   133221  0
> rfkill                  9297  2 b43
> mac80211              115789  1 b43
> input_polldev           7369  1 b43
> ssb                    30149  1 b43
> 
> and the iw tools work OK:
> 
> iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"belkin"
>          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:50:22:95:52
>          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
>          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
>          Encryption key:off
>          Link Quality=65/100  Signal level=-70 dBm  Noise level=-73 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> iwlist wlan0 scan
> wlan0     Scan completed :
>          Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:50:22:95:52
>                    ESSID:"belkin"
>                    Mode:Master
>                    Channel:1
>                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
>                    Quality=81/100  Signal level=-45 dBm  Noise level=-73 
> dBm
>                    Encryption key:off
>                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                    Extra:tsf=0000008d74d0946c
>          Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:B6:2E:BA:B7
>                    ESSID:"paulc"
>                    Mode:Master
>                    Channel:6
>                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>                    Quality=56/100  Signal level=-83 dBm  Noise level=-73 
> dBm
>                    Encryption key:off
>                    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:tsf=00000089fb5f7939
> 
> but ifup wlan0 fails:
> 
> dmesg | grep wlan0
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
> wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:22:95:52
> wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:50:22:95:52 (alg=0 transaction=2 
> status=0)
> wlan0: authenticated
> wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:50:22:95:52
> wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:50:22:95:52 (capab=0x601 status=0 aid=2)
> wlan0: associated
> wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:50:22:95:52)
> wlan0: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=32
> wlan0: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0
> wlan0: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=64
> wlan0: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=32
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> wlan0: RX too short data frame payload
> wlan0: RX too short data frame payload
> wlan0: RX too short data frame payload
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:50:22:95:52)
> wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:50:22:95:52 (reason=7)
> wlan0: deauthenticated
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> sean

FWIW, the laptop is dual boot. Vista connects to the access point.

sean