Add Wireless to Laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:29:50 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
> [...]
>   
>>> 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.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Do not assume a darn thing. Do a lsmod and make sure it is in the 
>> kernel. Now take the thing out of rc.local. NeworkManager will add it to 
>> /etc/modprobe.conf and it will be taken care of.
>>
>>     
>
> With modprobe in rc.local:
>    [root at mbrc35 ~]# lsmod | grep bcm
>    bcm43xx               419681  0
>    ieee80211softmac       35137  1 bcm43xx
>    ieee80211              35081  2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
>    bcm43xx_mac80211      397985  0
>    ssb                    35013  1 bcm43xx_mac80211
>    mac80211              145609  2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac80211
>
> With modprobe removed from rc.local:
>    [root at mbrc35 ~]# lsmod | grep bcm
>    bcm43xx_mac80211      397985  0
>    ssb                    35013  1 bcm43xx_mac80211
>    mac80211              145609  2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac802
>
> Is this ok?
>
> [...
>   
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Well your not set up right yet in Linux so it will not work. What does 
>> nm-tool tell you about your setup?
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>     
>
> [root at mbrc35 ~]# nm-tool
>
> NetworkManager Tool
>
> State: disconnected
>
> - Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
>   NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0
>   Type:              802.11 Wireless
>   Driver:            bcm43xx-pci
>   Active:            no
>   HW Address:        [correct MAC address, pardon my paranoia]
>
>   Capabilities:
>     Supported:       yes
>
>   Wireless Settings
>     Scanning:        yes
>     WEP Encryption:  yes
>     WPA Encryption:  yes
>     WPA2 Encryption: yes
>
>   Wireless Networks (* = Current Network)
>
>
> - Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
>   NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth0
>   Type:              Wired
>   Driver:            e100
>   Active:            no
>   HW Address:        [correct MAC address, pardon my paranoia]
>
>   Capabilities:
>     Supported:       yes
>     Carrier Detect:  yes
>     Speed:           10 Mb/s
>
>   Wired Settings
>     Hardware Link:   no
>
> Looks ok to me; how does it look to you?
>
> Mike.
>
>
>   
Well nm-tool is accurate. You have it all set up but it isn't working. 
Check /etc/modprobe.conf and remove anything you put in it. I think you 
put a wlan0 in there.

Karl