Belkin Wireless G Plus PCI card
Hi guys I'm having serious issues trying to get my Belkin Wireless G Plus PCI card working efficiently in etch on my laptop. I used ndiswrapper to install the drivers for the card from a ndiswrapper etch wiki [1] and although I am able to connect to the wireless network I have to sit right next to the router in order to get an internet connection. As soon as I move more than 10m away I lose internet connection despite having a 100% signal rate. Has anyone had similar problems and if so can you provide some assistance please? [1] http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/InstallDebianEtch -- Regards Justin Hartman PGP Key ID: 102CC123 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Belkin Wireless G Plus PCI card
Justin Hartman wrote: Hi guys I'm having serious issues trying to get my Belkin Wireless G Plus PCI card working efficiently in etch on my laptop. I used ndiswrapper to install the drivers for the card from a ndiswrapper etch wiki [1] and although I am able to connect to the wireless network I have to sit right next to the router in order to get an internet connection. As soon as I move more than 10m away I lose internet connection despite having a 100% signal rate. Has anyone had similar problems and if so can you provide some assistance please? [1] http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/InstallDebianEtch I don't have any experience with that card itself, but have you verified if the problem is in your laptop wireless card and not your wireless router? By that I mean, have you set up roaming and seen if you can can connect to other AP's (open APs') without this problem? There is some flakiness with the connection between my Broadcom chip and my Netgear router, but I'm convinced the problem is in the router, not my chip, as I do not have the problem I have with my router with any other AP. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Belkin Wireless G Plus PCI card
I'm almost 100% confident the problem is with the card and not the router. I use the laptop and wifi connection both at home and at the office which both use different routers: one a DLINK router (office) and the other Netgear (home). On 2/28/07, Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Justin Hartman wrote: > Hi guys > > I'm having serious issues trying to get my Belkin Wireless G Plus PCI > card working efficiently in etch on my laptop. > > I used ndiswrapper to install the drivers for the card from a > ndiswrapper etch wiki [1] and although I am able to connect to the > wireless network I have to sit right next to the router in order to > get an internet connection. As soon as I move more than 10m away I > lose internet connection despite having a 100% signal rate. > > Has anyone had similar problems and if so can you provide some > assistance please? > > [1] > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/InstallDebianEtch I don't have any experience with that card itself, but have you verified if the problem is in your laptop wireless card and not your wireless router? By that I mean, have you set up roaming and seen if you can can connect to other AP's (open APs') without this problem? There is some flakiness with the connection between my Broadcom chip and my Netgear router, but I'm convinced the problem is in the router, not my chip, as I do not have the problem I have with my router with any other AP. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Repositories
Hello. I'm receiving error messages whenever I run an application related to APT, repositoroes, etc. I haven't made any changes, it just started several weeks ago. I've run 'apt-get update' several times, with no positive effect. The error messages are too numerous to post all. Please help. -- "...heart and soulone will burn." - Joy Division
Re: Repositories
> Hello. I'm receiving error messages whenever I run an application > related to APT, repositoroes, etc. I haven't made any changes, it > just started several weeks ago. I've run 'apt-get update' several > times, with no positive effect. The error messages are too numerous > to post all. Please help. > What errors? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver
Here is the output of 'lspci -v' for the NIC = 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0007 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169 Memory at efdfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel = I have never used the bcm43xx module to run a broadcom chipset wireless card and have a few quick questions: If I do a 'modprobe bcm43xx' as root, is that all I need to do to get my 'ethX' interface to show up? Is there anymore configuration needed? At boot up I get this when the wireless card is found: = bcm43xx driver bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1 bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8 bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx driver bcm43xx driver bcm43xx driver bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1 bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8 bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0 bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) Does 'Radio turned off' mean I need to do something more to get the card active? I have the firmware, the NIC doesn't show up as 'ethX'. 'wlan0 shows up even without ndiswrapper installed. So, I tried to connect to an AP and I try to enter the essid and its a no go, with wlan0. My AP name is "ByteMe" and I can only enter in lowercase and up to 5 characters, so: "bytem" What is my problem? The driver is loaded and the hardware is recognized, what else is there? I just joined this mailing list and do not have the time to search for this topic, sorry if this has already been answered. Thanks in advance! Alk3
Re: Repositories
On 2/28/07, Daniel RodrÃguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I'm receiving error messages whenever I run an application > related to APT, repositoroes, etc. I haven't made any changes, it > just started several weeks ago. I've run 'apt-get update' several > times, with no positive effect. The error messages are too numerous > to post all. Please help. > What errors? Desktop > Administration > Update Manager http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/contrib/binary-i386/PackagesIndex: MD5Sum mismatch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/non-free/binary-i386/PackagesIndex: MD5Sum mismatch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/contrib/source/SourcesIndex: MD5Sum mismatch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/non-free/source/SourcesIndex: MD5Sum mismatch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/PackagesIndex: MD5Sum mismatch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/source/SourcesIndex: MD5Sum mismatch I haven't made any changes. In fact, I've rarely used the Debian partition within the last few weeks. Similar problems have occured in the past, but are usually worked out without me doing anything. -- "...heart and soulone will burn." - Joy Division
Fwd: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver
-- Forwarded message -- From: Mr Alk3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 28, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver To: Tim Sailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone have any idea on how to solve my problem? I really dont want to have to rename my AP essid... Once this is worked out I will have a fully functional Broadcom Nic! On 2/28/07, Mr Alk3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did what was suggested and checked out my BIOS and my WiFI was already enabled. BTW. I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 running Debian Etch. I have a 2.6.20 custom kernel with the bcm43xx module support. As far as I can tell, when I boot the module is loaded and the output of iwconfig only shows eth0 and lo interfaces with now wireless extensions. When I do a 'modporbe bcm43xx' the wlan0 interfaces appears and seems to work. I am confused though, because when I do and 'iwconfig wlan0 essid ' it doesn't work. Here is the output when I tried to configure iwconfig essid: + # iwconfig wlan0 essid "byteme" # iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"b" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311" Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 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 + It only lets me use 5 characters and lowercase for my AP name. My ap essid is actually "ByteMe" + # iwconfig wlan0 essid "bytem" # iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"bytem" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311" Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 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 + I dont understand. do I need to rename my AP essid to lesser/lowercase characters? Thanks again! Alk3 On 2/28/07, Mr Alk3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It works fine with ndiswrapper and I don't have to reboot to the BIOS to > turn it on. I also don't have Windows on this laptop... I will check out > the BIOS, though. > > On 2/28/07, Tim Sailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 04:08:56PM -0600, Mr Alk3 wrote: > > > If I do a 'modprobe bcm43xx' as root, is that all I need to do to > > get my > > > 'ethX' interface to show up? > > > > It should load the needed modules upon boot. > > > > > bcm43xx: Radio turned off > > > bcm43xx: Radio turned off > > > > Either boot into windows and hit ctrl-alt-f2 (I think, or f1) to > > turn it on, or go into the BIOS and turn it on. Reboot back into > > Linux, you should see it, or other errors in dmesg that would help > > explain the problem. > > > > Tim > > > > -- > > Tim Sailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > DoE Intelligence and Counterintelligence - Cyber Division > > Northeast Regional Counterintelligence Office > > Brookhaven National Laboratory (631) 344-3001 > > > >
Re: Kernel 2.6.20 and bcm43xx driver
Mr Alk3 wrote: Here is the output of 'lspci -v' for the NIC = 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0007 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169 Memory at efdfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel = I have never used the bcm43xx module to run a broadcom chipset wireless card and have a few quick questions: If I do a 'modprobe bcm43xx' as root, is that all I need to do to get my 'ethX' interface to show up? Is there anymore configuration needed? At boot up I get this when the wireless card is found: = bcm43xx driver bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1 bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8 bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx driver bcm43xx driver bcm43xx driver bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1 bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8 bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1, .auth_mode = 0 bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) Does 'Radio turned off' mean I need to do something more to get the card active? I have the firmware, the NIC doesn't show up as 'ethX'. 'wlan0 shows up even without ndiswrapper installed. So, I tried to connect to an AP and I try to enter the essid and its a no go, with wlan0. My AP name is "ByteMe" and I can only enter in lowercase and up to 5 characters, so: "bytem" What is my problem? The driver is loaded and the hardware is recognized, what else is there? I just joined this mailing list and do not have the time to search for this topic, sorry if this has already been answered. Thanks in advance! Alk3 I've seen the "radio off" message in dmesg on my system too when I was playing with the bcm43xx module. For some reason that module starts, then stops, and then restarts the radio. If you used fwcutter-bcm43xx to extract the software it should have placed the firmware in the correct location. As to your problem entering the ssid I'm not sure where you are doing this. I always configure my network connections in /etc/network/interfaces, and if I am going to use a secured AP, in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. You can find the documentation for configuring wpa_supplicant in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant. There are example configurations given there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
