Hi. I'd like to confirm the issue with the Asus-based bcm4318 card as already described in full length above. Some details follow, but nothing new which has not already been told.
Using a fresh installation of Kubuntu Hardy 8.04 on a Dell Inspiron 531. ~$ uname -a Linux gromp 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 12:47:45 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~$ lspci -v [snipped for brevity] 01:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 100f Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at fddfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] ~$ lshw -C network WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. *-network description: Wireless interface product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 9 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:01:09.0 logical name: eth1 version: 02 serial: ca:ff:ee:af:fe:01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.24-16-generic ip=192.168.2.102 latency=32 module=bcm43xx multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g # blacklisted b43 abd b43legacy # removed all additional firmware as extracted by b43-fwcutter during previous setup # whitelisted bcm43xx # added firmware as extracted by bcm43xx-fwcutter ~$ modprobe -r b43 ~$ modprobe -r b43legacy ~$ lsmod | grep b43 [no output] ~$ modprobe bcm43xx ~$ lsmod | grep bcm bcm43xx 141800 0 ieee80211softmac 34688 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 38344 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac knetworkmanager now recognizes the card as eth1 and is able to associate with my AP (using WPA and everything). Adding bcm43xx to /etc/modules does not resolve the issue during startup, I have to load the module by hand after the boot process in order to get it working. Seems to relate to the Asus hacks which Anmar talks about in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/182716/comments/80 Comment 80] and the possible workaround modprobe'ing b43 in between and the using bcm43xx to get the card working at all. -- bcm4306, bcm4309, bcm4311, bcm4312 with b43 : Authentification with AP doesn't work. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs