On 7/5/07, Robert Easter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, man- Just after I decided to make a display of my native > asininity the thing came back on, but I am keeping this letter as a > first try for next time it craps out. > > Brennan Ashton wrote: > > > > First there is a transmit power problem that has been hard to fix > > (correct me if i have misunderstood some of the other emails that flow > > though here) this is going to make connecting to some networks very > > flaky if not impossible when you are father away. > I guess that would explain the light-related problem, especially if it's > a power indicator and not a tx/rx detector...
I would guess that the like is a link tx/rx indicator. There is usually a light that tells you if the wireless is turned on. > > > > As for the ability to connect sometimes and not others, it is > > something called i need to use the new kernel. > He pulled in the latest kernel last week off kernel.org, so I would at I wonder if he got 2.6.21.4 or 2.6.22.rc7 there is a big difference. run uname -a that will tell us > least hope it will be top kernel for a while before the next F7 build > comes out, & even then there's at least the hope that the new one will > adapt... (No?) > > Or use rmmod bcm43xx a > > lot. > I'll have to check that out & see what it is. it is a command. > > If you are using a distros kernel, it is very likely that it > > won't work, so i direct your attention toward www.kernel.org. At the > > time that my system was exhibiting that behavior, i applied this patch > > and it went away > > https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/bcm43xx-dev/2007-February/003819.html > I will hang on to that link- thanx! wont work on the newer kernels > > > . With the newer kernels, it should not be a problem. I still have > > problems when i am to far away from my AP, but in a reasonable range, > > it is very functional. > > > > a uname -a would be helpful > > lspci | grep Broadcom > > dmesg | grep bcm43xx > What do these mean / do, by the way? it is a | not a / it is the shift \ looks like a colon, it is known as a pipe, and allows you to "pipe" the output of one command to another. Grep is used to search the result for a string (as well as other things). > > > > Also that tidbit about the light was completely useless, it is > > hardware not software (the filament in your ceiling light does not > > effect whether or not the wall switch opens and closes) > Yeah, but when the wifi was available again, the light started > flashing. When it had quit, so had the light. Maybe there's a hardware > issue I need to look into? doubt it, suggests that it is a link light. > > > > If wont use the bcm43xx driver you are not going to find what people > > say here very useful. > Well, what else is there? you said that you were using ndiswrapper you need to use that opensource driver bcm43xx with a firmware cutter. you will need to remove the ndiswrapper stuff, extract the firmware and load the modules (bcm43xx-mac80211). I believe once you have delt with ndiswrapper (cant help you there) you need to do somthing like this: wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.9.2.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf broadcom-wl-4.80.9.2.tar.bz2 bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ broadcom-wl-4.80.9.2/kmod/wl_apsta.o echo 'blacklist bcm43xx' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist (not positive about this) when you set up ndiswrapper you may have blacklisted bcm43xx-mac80211 if so you need to remove it. modprobe bcm43xx-mac80211 I think that is all correct. > > > > Well that is my best guess at what you were trying to say. > Sounds like you're a good guesser. I guess! > > Blessings on ya! > > r.e. > > > -- Brennan Ashton Bellingham, Washington "The box said, 'Requires Windows 98 or better'. So I installed Linux" _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
