Larry Finger wrote: > Johan Ehnberg wrote: >> Pavel Roskin wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 14:49 +0200, Johan Ehnberg wrote: >>> >>>> referring to the page on http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices, here >>>> is my integrated card on a HP Compaq nx6325. So far, I have had no >>>> luck with the bcm43xx driver, but ndiswrapper works. >>>> >>>> 30:00.0 0280: 14e4:4312 (rev 01) >>>> Subsystem: 103c:1361 >>> The driver has an entry for this card in bcm43xx_main.c: >>> >>> /* Broadcom 4312 802.11a/b/g */ >>> { PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4312, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 }, >>> >>> I believe the bcm43xx driver should work for your card with no changes. >>> You may want to report the problem with more details. Please make sure >>> that you have version 3 firmware installed. >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> I am running Ubuntu 7.04 with kernel 2.6.20. Firmware was downloaded >> automatically and is a: >> filename : wl_apsta.o >> version : 3.130.20.0 >> MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3 >> microcodes : 2 4 5 11 >> pcms : 4 5 >> >> If you want, I can help you with testing on my machine. However, as I >> understand the WPA isn't too stable so I can't run it by default. >> >> With the bcm43xx driver I was able to list networks, but never get a >> connection. With the exact same config, ndiswrapper brings up my network. >> >> I remember there was also some issue with specific driver versions and >> my model but this might have been with ndiswrapper. >> >> Also, I got this kind of errors today with bcm43xx: >> Apr 16 14:33:03 shadowlap kernel: [ 2406.292000] SoftMAC: >> Authentication timed out with 00:0e:84:d2:8f:20 > > You have a signal strength issue. > > For any version of the bcm43xx devices, maximum performance is obtained > only by downloading and installing the appropriate patch from > ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches for any kernel through 2.6.21-rc7. > It is expected that 2.6.22-rc1 (when it is released) will have all > current improvements installed. > > Once the signal strength is fixed by the patch, WPA is fully stable. My > 4311 has the same PHY and radio version as your 4312, and it works with > WPA-PSK TKIP without any problems. > > Larry
Thanks for the info, it explains more than the error in dmesg. Although I believe the signal should have been good, only a few meters away and in line of sight. If I get the chance to roll a custom kernel, I will test it and get back to you. My network quota is rather restricted where I am currently, so it might take a while to get all the packages. Otherwise I will just give it another six months to stabilize and get in mainline. Keep up the good work! /johan -- Johan Ehnberg Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GSM: +358503209688 WWW: http://www.ehnberg.net/johan/ _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
