On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Larry Finger<[email protected]> wrote: > Brian J. Mc Hugh wrote: >> I have a Gateway Solo 9300 laptop and a Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter. >> I've installed the latest Debian release (v5.0.2) and the latest b43 >> driver (4.150.10.5). > > This is a firmware version not a driver version. > >> My WiFi card receives signal from my wireless router, but I suspect it >> isn't able to transmit signal and I'm not able to establish an Internet >> connection via my WiFi card. >> >> The WiFi card has worked with previous Debian releases. > > What kernel was in the previous release that you used? > >> Can anyone understand why I'm unable to establish communication with the >> Internet based on the replies of the five diagnostic messages I've >> included below? >> Thanks, >> Brian >> >> *****************1) uname -r ************************************* >> 2.6.26-2-686 > > I do not remember any killer bugs in 2.6.26, but that was a long time > ago. You will probably do better if you install compat-wireless-old. > See http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/compat-wireless-old > > There may be a deb package for Lenny. If so, I didn't find it with a > quick look; however, http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=65376 > shows what to do to build the package. > > Everything else looks OK; however, your interface was unable to use > DHCP to get an IP address. It appears that TX is messed up.
Hmm, sounds familiar... A hint: Debian Etch shipped with 2.6.18, which still had bcm43xx (no BT coex support). I guess we are looking at yet another card where trying to use BT coexistence disables TX. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
