Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > Hi. > I worked through some things with Ehud, but it was inconclusive. I just > recompiled using the advice at > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-547687.html as far as kernel > options, and I did this with the 2.6.22-rc4 patched kernel, and uname -r > indeed tells me 2.6.22-rc4_etc. > eth1 will scan, picking up several APs, and the command "iwconfig eth1 > essid "frank" key blahblahbl", after doing it twice, does cause a valid > access point in the output of "ifconfig eth1". The network GUI dialog > shows the available ap's, several of them, and shows eth1 as being > active and the WEP key is in and everything. Yet the command 'dhclient > eth1' still tells me the network is down, and I still cannot access the > internet. > > Previously I had eth1 up and running, and as soon as I did some stuff > with Synaptic (GUI for apt-get), it went down and wouldn't come back. > Then I tried sitting next to the box, plugging in to check Ehud's > replies and unplugging to test eth1, and after I installed a chess > program - nothing else - with Synaptic, then suddenly the ethernet > wouldn't work either. > I since compiled the kernel with more of the options from the link > above, and still nothing. > > Can anyone help me?
This is likely a problem with Gentoo. I use openSUSE with NetworkManager with a BCM4311 and WPA-PSK TKIP encryption, but I have also used it with WEP. When I boot, it connects automatically at least 90% of the time. For the others, I only have to click on the NM applet to connect. Are you sure the WEP key has been entered correctly? WEP has the unpleasant habit of not informing anyone that the key was wrong. You need to get the hex key that your AP is expecting (not a passphrase) and enter it. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
