Wayne Topa wrote: > Jabka Atu([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > >> Hello,.. >> >> im using debian SID (64 bit) on Acer 5102. >> using bcm4318 wifi card. >> kernel 2.6.21-2-amd64 >> > > That is a driver for a Broadcom card. > >> since i noticed that my local AP started to collected data about my serf >> i guesed it is time to play with MAC masquerade. >> >> i have compiled the madwifi module . >> and loaded it. >> >> > Madwifi is a driver for Atheros Cards _not_ Broadcom cards. > > As I do not use any Broadcom cards, I suggest you use google and > search for your card model and linux. Note the Model number of your > card. > > i acdently left some data wrong (since when i was writing the thread i was complining maswifi) Im using BCM43XX module
when reading dmesg i found : bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 02:36:27) bcm43xx: Radio turned on bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1484:bcm43xx_find_lopair() bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1484:bcm43xx_find_lopair() bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1484:bcm43xx_find_lopair() bcm43xx: Chip initialized bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized bcm43xx: Keys cleared bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2) bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1484:bcm43xx_find_lopair() bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 the strange thing that it works in 32 bit and not 64 bit > Here's why. > > >From "Linux Quick Fix Notebook" by Peter Harrison > <quote> > > Chapter 13 Linux Wireless Networking > > Wireless Linux-Compatible NICs > > Not all wireless NICs work in Linux. For this reason, do your > homework. You can find hardware compatibility list for Wireless > Tools quite easily on popular search engines. For Linux-WLAN, > check www.linux-wlan.org for the latest list of compatible > hardware. > > Wireless NIC manufactures are notorious for changing the chip sets > on their cards depending on the price of the components. They > then supply different drivers with each new card to make them > work. It is possible to buy cards with the same model number from > the same vendor with very different circuitry. Frequently Linux > drivers for the new cards are unavailable. Always check the > compatibility lists before buying your wireless hardware. > > The Linksys WMP11 wireless card is a good example of this > confusion. The original version of the card used the Intersil > Prism chip set, which worked with Linux, but the newer version 2.7 > (Broadcom chip set) and version 4 (InProComm chipset) do not. > Even so, their original WMP won't work without upgrading the > firmware. > > </quote> > > Another compatibility list can be found at http://madwifi.org > > Side note: This is a very good Linux reference book. It is from the > "Bruce Peren's Open Source Series" and is published under the Open > Publication License, an open book license, which means that an > electronic version will be made available at no cost after the book(s) > have been in print for six months. > > At over 660 pages I have not finished reading it yet but I am very > glad I purchased it for my bookshelf. > > Wayne > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
