On Wednesday 08 February 2006 13:52, Andrea Lusuardi - UoVoBW wrote: > Hi everyone, > i am using the bcm43xx driver (softmac version) on an 2.6.15.2 kernel > on an ibook 14" (1.3ghz). > Although the module and the stack, following the howto, do compile and > load, i get this: > > iwconfig eth1: > > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4306" > Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate:1 Mb/s > Tx-Power=off > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > > > ifconfig eth1: > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:24:A7:CE:18 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:52 > > but then ANY command i give to ifconfig, even if i have already > configured the interface with iwconfig, i get: > > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Look into the kernel messages. I bet the driver does not find the firmware. Read the README for instructions on how to install the firmware. -- Greetings Michael.
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