BCM WiFi Problem

[Mike - EMAIL IGNORED]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:49:05 +0100, Andy Green wrote:

[...
> Yep.  It's a bit of a rigmarole by hand.  Use
> 
> wpa_passphrase SSID >/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> 
> (where SSID is your WPA network name) and then type your WPA shared key
> and hit enter.
> 
> Then edit
> 
> vi /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
> 
> to this
> 
> INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
> DRIVERS="-Dwext"
> 
> then
> 
> service wpa_supplicant start
> 
> you can monitor progress with
> 
> iwevent
> 
> apparently but I usually use
> 
> dmesg | less
> 
> repeatedly.  Once it's associated, you need to give the interface an IP
> by dhclient or directly by ifconfig.
> 
> -Andy

I did these things and clicked activate on Network Device
Control. Here is the log:

Jul 18 12:49:28 mbrc35 kernel: ndiswrapper (add_wep_key:798):
   adding encryption key 1 failed (C0010015)
Jul 18 12:49:28 mbrc35 kernel: ndiswrapper (add_wep_key:798):
   adding encryption key 1 failed (C0010015)
Jul 18 12:49:30 mbrc35 avahi-daemon[2944]:
   Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv6 with address
   [good address].
Jul 18 12:49:30 mbrc35 avahi-daemon[2944]: New relevant interface
   wlan0.IPv6 for mDNS.                                                         Jul 18 12:49:30 mbrc35 avahi-daemon[2944]: Registering new address
   record for [good address]  on wlan0.*.

The Network Device Control continues to show "Inactive", although
the router thinks it has a connection, with the key having been
accepted.  I think I may be looking at a collision between ndiswrapper
and wpa_supplicant.

I am thinking of again reinstalling the system, and trying without
ndiswrapper. 

Any opinions on this?

Thanks,
Mike.