On Feb 10, 2008 9:40 PM, Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 17:28 -0400, David Cohen wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm here again reporting another possible problem with my wireless > > card and b43 driver. Please don't bite me this time, I promise I'm > > sending all useful inputs :D > > Well, the problem is: > > - After boot my laptop, the wireless card is not connected to my wifi > > network. But if I just type "sudo iwlist scan", then it connects. > > - The same problem does not occur if I use ndiswrapper or another laptops. > > I believe it's a feature of mac80211. It only scans for APs under some > circumstances. Setting ESSID triggers scanning. I suggest that you do > it in this order: > > bring the interface up > set the WEP key > set the ESSID
Hi, I tried this, but it didn't work also. > > By the way, your AP is set for "shared key" authentication. It delays > authentication because mac80211 tries "open system" first and fails. I can wait for 5 minutes and it still doesn't authenticate. The weird point is it does not occur with ndiswrapper or with other linux laptop. > Even without that step, shared key authentication needs 4 packets to be > sent, rather than 2 for open system authentication. It's believed that > "shared key" is even less secure than "open system". See e.g. > http://www.networkworld.com/research/2002/0909wepprimer.html It's just a home network :) . But thanks anyway, it's useful to know. Regards, David Cohen > > -- > Regards, > Pavel Roskin > _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
