On 1/3/06, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am close to having the bcm43xx driver working but I am now stuck and could > really do with some pointers. > > THE SHORT VERSION: > 1. I have successfully built and installed bcm43xx, ieee80211softmac and > bcm43xx-fwcutter (one error extracting firmware file bcm43xx_microcode11.fw). > These are the latest daily snapshots (20060102) > > 2. I can manually "ifconfig ethX up" the wireless interface and see my very > open wireless network with "iwlist ethX scan". > > 3. SoftMac seems to associate (from dmesg output). > > 4. dhclient ethX fails to get an IP address but I can manually set an IP > address (in the correct range) with ifconfig. > > 5. I can not ping my wireless AP/router. Ping returns "Destination Host > Unreachable" even though my route table looks OK: > "Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface > 192.168.73.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth2" > It seems to me that you have a problem with your network configuration. (because you use ip static)
I have ---------------- # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 sta0 default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 sta0 ---------------- (192.168.0.1 = ip_of_my_router) Also check your /etc/resolv.conf If you use the package resolvconf, you can add two lines in your /etc/network/interfaces: --------- dns-search tele2.fr <---my isp dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1 <---ip_of_my_router Regards, Bin > Does anyone have any ideas, pointers or RTFMs?? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
