Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to make a 4318 work on a Debian etch system. The card is reported > as > > 00:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] > 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) > Subsystem: U.S. Robotics Unknown device 011a > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 > Memory at eb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] > > The card finds its access point > > grieve:~# iwlist eth1 scan > eth1 Scan completed : > Cell 01 - Address: 00:15:0C:8E:F4:34 > ESSID:"Herbert" > Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg > Mode:Master > Channel:6 > Encryption key:on > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s > 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s > 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > Quality=100/100 Signal level=-182 dBm > IE: WPA Version 1 > Group Cipher : TKIP > Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP > Authentication Suites (1) : PSK > Extra: Last beacon: 28ms ago > > grieve:~# > > but does not get a dhcp address. > > Probably my driver is too old in > grieve:~# uname -a > Linux grieve 2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 16:41:14 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux > grieve:~# > > Is there a promising way to get that card working or is it best just to wait > for another few months.
The problem has not been fixed in even the latest driver. I have acquired a 4318 card and an RF receiver for testing and have verified that the transmit signal strength is much weaker than for a 4306, but have not yet found the magic bullet that makes it work. I wish I had a definite time frame for you, but I do not. When the problem is solved, it will be announced proudly on the bcm43xx mailing list. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
