Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-04 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Florian Reitmeir wrote: Hi, On Sam, 03 Mär 2007, Freddy Freeloader wrote: Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Open Authentication? *A. *Here are the advantages and disadvantages of Open Authentication: *Advantages:* Open Authentication is a basic authentication m

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-03 Thread Florian Reitmeir
Hi, On Sam, 03 Mär 2007, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Open Authentication? > >*A. *Here are the advantages and disadvantages of Open Authentication: > >*Advantages:* Open Authentication is a basic authentication >mechanism, which yo

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-03 Thread Paolo
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 04:56:08AM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > Second, How do you get to your conclusion from what is said on that > page? Cisco recommends that a person never use open authentication. > From the page you linked to: you may need to read it more carefully: >of th

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-03 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Paolo wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:31:28PM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: see as a conflict in configuration. The router reports that it has an encryption key, but that the security mode is open. I find that pretty strange. ... Encryption key:5848-6332-43 Securit

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-03 Thread Paolo
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:31:28PM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > see as a conflict in configuration. The router reports that it has an > encryption key, but that the security mode is open. I find that pretty > strange. ... > > Encryption key:5848-6332-43 Security mode:open that's

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-02 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Try blacklisting ndiswrapper in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. I don't think ndiswrapper being in one kernel should affect a different kernel, but I'm no kernel expert. I know I've always had to reinstall ndiswrapper after every kernel update that went from one kernel release to another, i.e. 2.6.17

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
Maybe I need to just set the MAC address when I configure it with iwconfig? The router is our cable modem as well. It is a 2WIRE, but I don't know what model. I am using the bcm43xx module on my 2.6.20 kernel. I also have a 2.6.18 kernel running with ndiswrapper. Could it be a problem that

Re: Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-02 Thread Freddy Freeloader
The access point on a wireless router is its MAC address. The only reason I can see that yours might be considered invalid is due to what I see as a conflict in configuration. The router reports that it has an encryption key, but that the security mode is open. I find that pretty strange. What

Broadcom wireless, "Access Point: Invalid"

2007-03-02 Thread Mr Alk3
I have my Broadcom wireless card half functional and it can be configured. I just can seem to get it to connect to an AP. When I do an 'iwconfig' I get this: # iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"ByteMe" Nickname:"Br