You're using knoppix? How did you build the module? On debian and (k)ubuntu boxen I've learned to use module-assistant to ease wireless module-building pains.
Are you sure you have the right/most recent ndiswrapper? I found mostly what you found with googling: people with similar problems but no answers. That's pretty common with ndiswrapper. This (http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2005-March/009650.html) guy seems to be having a very similar problem with a different broadcom model. Lastly, do you still have the receipt? (you said this was an adapter and not an integrated wireless chipset, right?) If so, exchange it for a card with an Atheros chipset. I have two boxen and a lappie all working very happily (on two different networks with different base station models) using the madwifi driver. http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi Vote linux-friendly with your wallet. On 11/7/05, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > I'm trying to get a Broadcom BCM4306 wireless-g adapter in a Dell Inspiron > 9100 going with WPA-PSK under Knoppix. Here's what's happening: > > - Got the Broadcom drivers from somewhere. From Dell, I think. Anyhow, > they're called brdwl5. > - Everything with ndiswrapper seems to work correctly, as shown by the > following output snippits: > > # ndiswrapper -i path/to/brdwl5.inf > Installing bcmwl5 > Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 > Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 > # modprobe ndiswrapper > # iwconfig > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm > RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > # ifconfig wlan0 > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:7D:08:2C:17 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Memory:faff6000-faff7fff > # ifconfig wlan0 up > # > > The problem arises when I try to activate wpa_supplicant. Here's the > wpa_supplicant.conf file, followed by the wpa_supplicant -dd ... output: > > # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > network={ > ssid="myssid" > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > proto=WPA > pairwise=TKIP > group=TKIP > priority=1 > #psk="wouldn'tyouliketoknow" > psk=[psk hash] > } > > # wpa_supplicant -dd -iwlan0 -Dndiswrapper > Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '(null)' driver 'ndiswrapper' > Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' > Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' > Line: 1 - start of a new network block > ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=9): > ***masked*** > key_mgmt: 0x2 > pairwise: 0x8 > group: 0x8 > priority=1 (0x1) > PSK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED] > Priority group 1 > id=0 ssid='***masked***' > Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0' > EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED > EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE > EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE > EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED > EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 > EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 > ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device > Own MAC address: 00:0b:7d:08:2c:17 > Failed to enable WPA in the driver. > Failed to disable WPA in the driver. > > All the googling I've done so far has only turned up the vaguest of > references to the "No such device" problems, simply saying "ndiswrapper is > probably incorrectly configured".. (Either that or people writing about > having the problem...but no solutions) But ndiswrapper wiki doesn't say > there's any need to make configuration settings for ndiswrapper itself, and > only mentions WPA in conjunction with using wpa_supplicant to accomplish > it.. and doesn't have any help for the above problem. > > This isn't a huge problem at the moment, but I would love to solve it > eventually.. Anyone out there got some tips or tricks to suggest? Or know > how to fix this? :-) > > Thanks greatly, > ~Brian > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
