Am Samstag, den 19.05.2012, 14:09 +0300 schrieb Touko Korpela: > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:26:37AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6 > > Version: 3.2.17-1 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: upstream
> > the `brcmsmac` [1] module does not support IBSS [2] needed to create
> > ad-hoc networks [3][4][5].
> >
> > This prevents for example using shared WLAN connections from smart
> > phones. `/var/log/syslog` contains the following messages.
> >
> > ieee80211 phy0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false
> > (implement)
> > ieee80211 phy0: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: disassociated
> > ieee80211 phy0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: enabled
> > false, count 1
> > wpa_supplicant[2209]: nl80211: Failed to set interface into IBSS mode
> > wpa_supplicant[2209]: Association request to the driver failed
> >
> > 1. Would it be better to use the module `b43` by default which is
> > supposed to support all modes [3]?
> > 2. If support for IBSS in `brcmsmac` is implemented, could that be
> > backported to Linux 3.2?
>
> What is exact model of your adapter (lspci -nn)?
$ lspci -nn
[…]
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313
802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
[…]
> I have adapter 14e4:4727 model in my laptop, that is only supported by
> brcmsmac.
This system seems to have the same model.
Thanks,
Paul
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