could some one please help me get my wireless card on my laptop to work on
FEDORA 7
i have a Compaq Persario C300 Laptop with a Broadcom Corporation Dell
Wireless 1390 WLAN.
Here is some information what i hope will help
# cat /var/log/dmesg | grep Broadcom
bcm43xx_mac80211: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
# uname -a
Linux daryl.netxxxxxxxxxxxx.com 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 #1 SMP Tue Jul 17 17:13:26
EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# lspci
06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN
Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
# lsmod | grep bcm
bcm43xx_mac80211 401313 0
ssb 34757 1 bcm43xx_mac80211
mac80211 146505 2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac80211
# modinfo bcm43xx
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-27.fc7
/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko
license: GPL
author: Michael Buesch
author: Stefano Brivio
author: Martin Langer
description: Broadcom BCM43xx wireless driver
srcversion: B7792CB4993FB052DB05346
alias: pci:v000014E4d00004301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: ieee80211,ieee80211softmac
vermagic: 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 SMP mod_unload 686 4KSTACKS
parm: pio:enable(1) / disable(0) PIO mode (int)
parm: bad_frames_preempt:enable(1) / disable(0) Bad Frames
Preemption (int)
parm: short_retry:Short-Retry-Limit (0 - 15) (int)
parm: long_retry:Long-Retry-Limit (0 - 15) (int)
parm: locale:int
parm: country:Select LocaleCode 0-11 (For travelers)
parm: noleds:Turn off all LED activity (int)
parm: fwpostfix:Postfix for .fw files. Useful for using multiple
firmware image versions. (string)
# /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Regards
Daryl Thompson
Editor Australian Associated Computer Club. Gosford Central Coast NSW
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