Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > Hi, > > First, thanks a lot for your work on the driver. > > Now, my observations: With the patch from > > https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/bcm43xx-dev/2007-January/003484.html > > and the patch radio_enable_2.6.20 from > > ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches > > on top of 2.6.20-rc5 (x86_64), the bcm4311 card in my HPC nx6325 partially > works (I use the ieee80211softmac version of the driver). Namely, everything > seems to be going on well and and interrupts are coming, I can run > "iwlist eth2 scan" and it reports something like the following: > > eth2 Scan completed : > Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:46:85:46:F9 > ESSID:"[edited]" > 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; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s > 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > Quality=82/100 Signal level=-71 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm > IE: WPA Version 1 > Group Cipher : WEP-40 > Pairwise Ciphers (2) : WEP-40 TKIP > Authentication Suites (1) : PSK > Extra: Last beacon: 280ms ago > > but strangely enough this is someone else's access point, not mine. > My access point is a D-Link DI-624+ router, with different ESSID and > different MAC. It stands just next to my machine and yet it is not detected > (it is detected by my second maching with bcm4306, though, and works with it).
First of all, please don't bother editing out the ESSID's from your postings. That information can be deduced by anyone in your vicinity very quickly, even if your ESSID is hidden. > > Also, the interface is not automatically associated with the listed AP, but I > can run "iwconfig eth2 essid [edited]" and it seems to work (although please > note the link quality reported vs the one above): > > albercik:~/src/wireless/wireless_tools.29 # iwconfig eth2 > eth2 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"[edited]" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311" > Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:46:85:46:F9 > Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > However, if I attempt to change the bit rate with "iwconfig eth2 rate 11M" it > just doesn't work (iwconfig still reports "Bit Rate=1 Mb/s"), and then > "iwlist rate" says: > > eth2 12 available bit-rates : > 0.012 kb/s > 0.018 kb/s > 0.024 kb/s > 0.036 kb/s > 0.048 kb/s > 0.072 kb/s > 0.096 kb/s > 0.108 kb/s > 0.002 kb/s > 0.004 kb/s > 0.011 kb/s > 0.022 kb/s > Current Bit Rate:1 Mb/s > > The first problem is the D-Link router not being detected, but I think someone > else has already reported similar problems with a D-Link access point, so it > seems there's something wrong with the bcm4311 vs D-Link APs in general. You might try using kismet or ethereal on another wireless device to capture the traffic from the 4311. > Of course the second one is the bit rates, but I have no idea if they are > related to each other. The bit rate output is a bug. Mine does it too - I'll find the problem. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
