OK, i updated to kernel 2.6.15-26-amd64-generic
... and this now works!
# uname -a
2.6.15-26-amd64-generic #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 17 19:50:04 UTC 2006 x86_64
GNU/Linux
# lscpi (stripped)
0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
# dmesg | grep ERROR
#
# cat /etc/network/interfaces (stripped)
iface eth1 inet dhcp
name Foo Bar
wireless-rate 11M
wireless-essid foobar
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig eth1 ap any
# this might be redundant, but this helps sometimes:
up /sbin/iwconfig eth1 ap any
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bcm43xx fails to associate with accesspoint
https://launchpad.net/bugs/42581
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