bcm43xx microcode error

[DI Mario Bruckschwaiger]

Mario Bruckschwaiger wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>>  > bcm43xxx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xxx_microcode5.fw" not available 
>> or  > load failed
>>
>> You need to grab the firmware out of a windows driver
>> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/bcm43xx/snapshots/fwcutter  is a good 
>> starting point.
> 
> Thank you, the driver can now be loaded, but the next problem is that 
> when doing iwconfig my Access Point MAC address is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. 
> Any idea what I can do now?
> 

OK, by playing with iwconifg parameters I "found" my Access Point and it 
works now. Great!