Add Wireless to Laptop

Mike - EMAIL IGNORED m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 14 17:52:06 UTC 2007


On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:46:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
>> [...]
>>   
>>> Not at all sure.  However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I
>>> think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto
>>> the controller (which the WinXP driver will do).
>>>
>>> Just found:
>>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html
>>> -- 
>>> imalone
>>>     
>>
>> Thanks for this reference.  I did the recommended things, but
>> I still have a configuration error.  If I boot with the
>> wireless on, I get:
>>
>>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet:
>>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless:
>>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>>
>> Note that I had changed the device name from the incorrect eth1 to
>> wlan0.  This required some hand file editing, because the change
>> did not propagate to all gui places.  It appears I am missing a
>> device name somewhere.
>>
>> Time to stop for the evening at -0400.
>>
>> Mike.
>>
>>
>>   
>     Hi Mike, a couple of questions. I see your using NetworkManager. I 
> assume you stopped network 

Yes, I set things up with chkconfig.

> and also loaded both Network-- files.

If you mean:

   bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /mnt/cdrom/BCMWL5.SYS
   bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /mnt/cdrom/BCMWL564.SYS

yes, I did it.  If you mean some other files, maybe not.

> 
>     When you use modprobe does the proper module get loaded into your 
> kernel? On my laptop that works great NetworkManager calls both the 
> ethernet port and WiFi ports eth0. It works so I don't care.
> 

When I ran:
   modprobe bcm43xx
from the command line, it didn't say anything, so I assume it worked.
Later, I added it to rc.local, and I assume it is ok.

> Karl

When I try to activate it from the "Network Device Control" gui, I get:

   Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
   Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

   Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.

and this in /var/log/messages:
   Jul 14 13:21:51 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware
      address type 801
   Jul 14 13:21:51 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware
      address type 801 Jul 14 13:21:51 localhost dhclient:
      DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
   Jul 14 13:21:54 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
   Jul 14 13:21:59 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
   Jul 14 13:22:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
   Jul 14 13:22:34 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
      255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
   Jul 14 13:22:52 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.

Watching the router, I see no sign of action.  I note also that
WinXP on the same box makes the wireless connection with no problem.

Thanks for your help.
Mike.




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