Larry Finger wrote:
>
>> bcm43xx: TODO: Incomplete code in keymac_write() at
>> /home/s0238762/Desktop/bcm43xx-softmac-sa/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_m
>> ain.c:1146
>> ...
>> bcm43xx: Keys cleared
>> bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
>>
>>
>> I'm sitting 5meters apart from the router. The signal indication in
>> NetworkManager is nearly full strength.
>>
>> at least we are getting there. Thanks
>
> The fact that you are seeing signal in NetworkManager means that
> scanning is working. Please send the output of the ifconfig and
> iwconfig commands once NM has tried to connect.
during the time NM tries to connect
ifconfig:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <my MAC here>
inet6 addr: fe80::290:4bff:fe71:e8f5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:559 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:676 (676.0 b) TX bytes:28690 (28.0 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000
iwconfig:
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"<My ESSID here>" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.432 GHz Access Point: <my router's
MAC here>
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=66/100 Signal level=-61 dBm Noise level=-66 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:1 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> What percentage does NM reach before it stops trying?
I'm not sure. Is there a log? nm-tool reports this:
NetworkManager Tool
State: connecting
- Device: eth1
----------------------------------------------------------------
NM Path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1
Type: 802.11 Wireless
Driver: bcm43xx
Active: yes
HW Address: <my MAC>
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Speed: 24 Mb/s
Wireless Settings
Scanning: yes
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Networks (* = Current Network)
some neighbour's ESSID: Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz,
Rate 62 Mb/s, Strength 77%, Encrypted (WEP)
*My ESSID: Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz, Rate 62 Mb/s,
Strength 89%, Encrypted (WPA)
some other neighbour ESSID: Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz,
Rate 62 Mb/s, Strength 74%
IP Settings:
IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0
Broadcast: 0.0.0.0
Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Primary DNS: 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0
> Are you using any encryption?
WPA-PSK with TKIP
>> PS2: once loaded the module can not be removed. rmmod (or modprobe -r)
>> do nothing on it.
>
> I have not seen this problem before. Are there any messages in the
> logs or on the console?
>
$ sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv bcm43xx
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/extra/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko
rmmod
/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/extra/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/extra/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko
$ /sbin/lsmod | grep bcm43
bcm43xx 437384 0
ieee80211softmac 39168 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 38344 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
But, I think it reloads itself. In fact I can see it in dmesg. Is it
possible that NM causes it to reload the module ?
thanks for you help
-Ioannis
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