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Hi all, |
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First of all thank you all. |
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Finally i got my wireless card working with b43 drivers. But throughput |
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is really low :-(. |
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Below is dmesg output for b43 driver. |
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<snip> |
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flukebox flukebox # dmesg|grep b43 |
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[ 27.087297] kobject b43: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: module |
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[ 27.087328] kobject holders: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL> |
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[ 27.087404] fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/b43' |
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[ 27.087501] kobject notes: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL> |
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[ 27.088021] bus ssb: add driver b43 |
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[ 27.088030] kobject b43: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: drivers |
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[ 27.088060] fill_kobj_path: path = '/bus/ssb/drivers/b43' |
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[ 27.088075] ssb: Matched Device ssb0:0 with Driver b43 |
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[ 27.088077] ssb: Probing driver b43 with device ssb0:0 |
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[ 27.088201] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found |
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[ 27.124445] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8 |
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[ 27.124465] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, |
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Revision 2 |
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[ 27.163484] bound device 'ssb0:0' to driver 'b43' |
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[ 27.163487] ssb: Bound Device ssb0:0 to Driver b43 |
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[ 27.163505] kobject drivers: registering. parent: b43, set: <NULL> |
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[ 74.710234] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input11 |
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[ 74.936281] b43-phy0 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 |
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05:54:02) |
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[ 76.197406] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized |
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[ 76.199682] b43-phy0 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized |
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[ 76.213855] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:tx' |
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[ 76.213863] kobject b43-phy0:tx: registering. parent: leds, set: devices |
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[ 76.213883] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:tx |
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[ 76.213906] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:tx' |
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[ 76.213927] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx |
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[ 76.213939] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:rx' |
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[ 76.213947] kobject b43-phy0:rx: registering. parent: leds, set: devices |
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[ 76.213966] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:rx |
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[ 76.213989] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:rx' |
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[ 76.214007] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx |
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[ 76.214019] DEV: registering device: ID = 'b43-phy0:radio' |
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[ 76.214027] kobject b43-phy0:radio: registering. parent: leds, set: |
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devices |
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[ 76.214045] PM: Adding info for No Bus:b43-phy0:radio |
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[ 76.214068] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/leds/b43-phy0:radio' |
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[ 76.214086] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio |
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[ 76.214183] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started |
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[ 76.253791] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 |
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</snip> |
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Actually this kernel log lines really help me out. |
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<snip> |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.088239] ssb: Matched Device ssb0:0 with |
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Driver b43 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.088367] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.122350] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, |
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Type 2, Revision 8 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.122371] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf |
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0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161505] bound device 'ssb0:0' to driver |
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'b43' |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161508] ssb: Bound Device ssb0:0 to Driver |
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b43 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 28.161534] kobject drivers: registering. |
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parent: b43, set: <NULL> |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 98.817654] input: b43-phy0 as |
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/class/input/input11 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063914] b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO |
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NEW. Please downgrade your firmware. |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063917] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this firmware |
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tarball: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063920] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this |
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b43-fwcutter tarball: http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.063923] b43-phy0 ERROR: Read, understand and |
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_do_ what this message says, please. |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.081093] input: b43-phy0 as |
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/class/input/input12 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.218499] b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not |
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responding |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.218503] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to |
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http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download |
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the correct firmware (version 4). |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.339472] input: b43-phy0 as |
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/class/input/input13 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475159] b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO |
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NEW. Please downgrade your firmware. |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475163] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this firmware |
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tarball: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475166] b43-phy0 ERROR: Use this |
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b43-fwcutter tarball: http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 99.475169] b43-phy0 ERROR: Read, understand and |
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_do_ what this message says, please. |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.073085] input: b43-phy0 as |
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/class/input/input14 |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.211085] b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not |
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responding |
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Feb 14 02:29:45 [kernel] [ 100.211088] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to |
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http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download |
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the correct firmware (version 4). |
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</snip> |
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There after i did exactly what these error lines are saying. I unloaded the |
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b43 module. Removed my b43 firmware. Then got firmware and b43-fwcutter |
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listed in error lines and |
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installed them. And then modprobe the b43 module again. Thats it. My |
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wireless card began to work again. |
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Now, Is there anyway i can choose or change the Bit rate ? |
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Output of iwconfig is as below, |
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<snip> |
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flukebox flukebox # iwconfig |
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lo no wireless extensions. |
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eth0 no wireless extensions. |
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wmaster0_rename no wireless extensions. |
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wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"iitk" |
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Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: |
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00:11:95:D8:E3:33 |
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Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm |
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Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B |
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Encryption key:off |
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Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-69 dBm |
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Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 |
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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</snip> |
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Output for iwlist wlan0 scan is as below. |
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<snip> |
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flukebox flukebox # iwlist wlan0 scan |
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wlan0 Scan completed : |
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Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:D8:E3:33 |
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ESSID:"iitk" |
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Mode:Master |
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Channel:7 |
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Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7) |
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Quality=83/100 Signal level=-44 dBm Noise level=-68 |
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dBm |
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Encryption key:off |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s |
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Extra:tsf=000000011b4e9037 |
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Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:B5:96:C6:70 |
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ESSID:"iitk" |
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Mode:Master |
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Channel:10 |
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Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10) |
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Quality=53/100 Signal level=-71 dBm Noise level=-68 |
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dBm |
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Encryption key:off |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:tsf=0000000ecfc4aabc |
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Cell 03 - Address: 00:11:95:D8:E3:46 |
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ESSID:"iitk" |
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Mode:Master |
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Channel:12 |
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Frequency:2.467 GHz |
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Quality=41/100 Signal level=-82 dBm Noise level=-68 |
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dBm |
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Encryption key:off |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s |
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Extra:tsf=0000005e677b0059 |
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Cell 04 - Address: 00:0F:B5:96:C5:2B |
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ESSID:"iitk" |
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Mode:Master |
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Channel:11 |
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Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) |
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Quality=43/100 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise level=-68 |
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dBm |
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Encryption key:off |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:tsf=0000007fa688b18 |
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</snip> |
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Moreover, Card was working with 56Mb/s bit rate with ndiswrapper |
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perfectly. |
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Anyway to increase that ?? |
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thanks and regards, |
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flukebox |
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On Feb 13, 2008 4:41 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 12 February 2008, dell core2duo wrote: |
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> |
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> >but I am still getting WEXT errors. |
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> >Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 |
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> > ... |
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> > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported |
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> > WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not |
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> > supported [ ok ] |
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> > th param 5 value 0x1 - |
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> > * Starting wpa_cli on wlan0 |
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> > ... |
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> > [ ok ] |
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> > * Backgrounding ... |
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> |
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> WEXT seems to suggest "wireless extensions" (but I might be wrong of |
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> course). I have the following options enabled in my kernel (some might |
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> be redundant): |
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> |
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> CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y |
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> CONFIG_CFG80211=y |
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> CONFIG_NL80211=y |
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> CONFIG_MAC80211=y |
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> CONFIG_MAC80211_RCSIMPLE=y |
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> CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG=y |
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> CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC=y |
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> CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC_DEBUG=y |
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> CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y |
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> CONFIG_B43=y |
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> CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y |
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> CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y |
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> CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y |
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> CONFIG_B43_DMA=y |
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> CONFIG_B43_PIO=y |
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> CONFIG_B43_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO=y |
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> CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y |
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> |
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> I'm pretty sure some of them are redundant, but I have not had the time |
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> yet to read about the wireless extensions/*80211 changes and their |
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> implications. However, my card is working correctly with the above |
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> config. |
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> |
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> Is the firmware in place (the correct one for your driver)? Post the |
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> relevant sections from /var/log/messages where the wireless card is |
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> recognized and initialized. |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |
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> |
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> |
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