Problem with F11 and Broadcom b43 wireless

Andrew Robinson awrobinson-ml at nc.rr.com
Sun Jul 19 04:18:06 UTC 2009


I installed Fedora 11 on my laptop with a Broadcom bcm4306 wireless 
adapter. I installed the b43 driver pretty much the same way that I did 
for Fedora 10 as described at this link: 
http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43. The wireless makes a 
connection and works for awhile. Then it seems to lose the connection. 
Network Manager throws up the dialog asking for all the basic wireless 
info including password key. However, it never seems to make the 
connection again, no matter how many times I press the OK button and 
watch the Network Manager icon spin for a minute or so. I do not have 
this problem with Fedora 10. The wireless stays connected. Anyone know 
if I'm doing something wrong in Network Manager or if there is a problem 
in Fedora 11?

Thanks!

Andrew Robinson




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