Larry Finger wrote:
> Ioannis Nousias wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> does bcm43xx-mac80211 support WPA for the BCM4309 chipset ? It seems 
>> that the driver detects and initialised the card, but I can't connect 
>> to my router. I'm using NetworkManager and it does see my router, but 
>> doesn't connect to it. Not to mention that after a while the driver 
>> causes a system freeze. I'm using WPA PSK-TKIP
>
> Yes, bcm43xx-mac80211 supports WPA. I don't know about the system 
> freeze, but most problems in associating and authenticating with 
> mac80211 are due to low signal strengths. The driver is improving, but 
> still has problems.
ok I see. I do get transmission errors (PHY).
>
>> I've also tried with the bcm43xx (and a V3 firmware), but that 
>> doesn't seem to recognise the card at all. 'dmesg' reports only this:
>> ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL'
>> ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
>> ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
>> ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation 
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I do not think that you selected "IEEE802.11i TKIP encryption" under 
> the "Generic IEEE802.11 stack" when you configured your system. The 
> message here is "ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'". I am 
> assuming that wpa_supplicant is available and started by 
> NetworkManager. That is what happens on my system.
>
> Larry
>
in the bcm43xx case, NetworkManager doesn't detect a wireless card at 
all. Its menu shows only 'Wired Network'. As I said, the card doesn't 
seem to be recognised.

I was thinking to compile the latest version, but if I'm not mistaken, 
this: 
'git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git' 
is the entire kernel source. Can I compile  somehow the bcm43xx or 
bcm43xx-mac80211 only for my current kernel ?

thanks



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