On Monday 17 September 2007, Marcin Kosiba wrote:
> On Sunday 16 September 2007, you wrote:
> > On Sunday 16 September 2007 12:17:50 Marcin Kosiba wrote:
> > > On Sunday 16 September 2007, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 16 September 2007 11:26:21 Marcin Kosiba wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday 16 September 2007, Larry Finger wrote:
> > > > > > The only switch associated with any of the BCM cards that I know
> > > > > > about is the radio-enable switch. If that is what you need, it
> > > > > > can only be controlled externally. The software can read its
> > > > > > state, but not control it.
> > > > >
> > > > > not fun - oh well... gotta warm that soldering iron up then...
> > > > >
> > > > > > What OS are you using? If Linux and the appropriate driver is
> > > > > > installed, the output of the dmesg command will show some
> > > > > > details.
> > > > >
> > > > > slackware linux 12.0
> > > > > (uname -a:
> > > > > Linux ebox 2.6.21.5 #2 Tue Jun 19 15:22:48 CDT 2007 i586 05/00 SiS
> > > > > SiS SiS GNU/Linux)
> > > > >
> > > > > dmesg | grep bcm
> > > > >
> > > > > bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3
> > > > > bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
> > > > > bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243
> > > > > bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243
> > > > > bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243
> > > > > bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243
> > > > > bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243
> > > > > bcm43xx: PHY connected
> > > > > bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 2, Type 2, Revision 2
> > > > > bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
> > > > > bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> > > > > bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> > > > >
> > > > > as I've said - off :/
> > > >
> > > > What about bringing the device up?
> > >
> > > ok, my bad - had the wrong firmware version up there (seems as though
> > > the error messages are shown in dmesg only if I load the module
> > > manually - if it is loaded on startup they probably go somewhere
> > > else..)
> > >
> > > bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> > > bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> > > bcm43xx: PHY connected
> > > bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0xf5, pl 0x5a (2003-12-22 20:11:25)
> > > bcm43xx: Radio turned on
> > > bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware
> > > bcm43xx: Chip initialized
> > > bcm43xx: 30-bit DMA initialized
> > > bcm43xx: Keys cleared
> > > bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
> >
> > So everything's fine?
>
> Hard to say really, iwlist scan doesn't get any results and I can't
> associate with the AP which is physically right next to the device. I'll
> try the newest bcm43xx from git and see what happens.
>
> Same thing (no scan results and can't associate with the AP) happens with
> ndiswrapper, though I don't know if the radio is on or off.
after removing some of the casing and unloading and loading the driver i got a
correct scan result on bcm43xx (but not on ndiswrapper). Seems as though I'll
need an external antenna - does any one know what is the function of the AUX
hirose connector (asides from the fact that it enables you to have 2
antennas)
Cheers,
Marcin
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