Dear list

I setup my internal AirPort Extreme wireless card using the "script" shown below. I am, however, unable to send/receive e-mail or bring up web pages. Some details and diagnostics: 

# modprobe ieee80211softmac

# modprobe bcm43xx

# ifconfig eth1 up

# ip link set eth1 up

# ifconfig
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:24:a2:d2:5d
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:10 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)
          Interrupt:52 Base address:0x8000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1593 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1593 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1973874 (1.8 MiB)  TX bytes:1973874 (1.8 MiB)

# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.437 GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

sit0      no wireless extensions.

# iwconfig eth1 essid Myessid

# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:"Myessid"  Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:24:a2:d2:5d
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ip link show eth1
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:11:24:a2:d2:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

# iwlist eth1 scan
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:24:a2:d2:5d
                    ESSID:"Myessid"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=100/100  Signal level=-144 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 43ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:11:24:45:66:2e
                    ESSID:"neighbouressid"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=100/100  Signal level=-203 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 29ms ago
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level=2/3  Noise level=185/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:33  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

sit0      no wireless extensions.

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