[Voyage-linux] Adding Broadcom 4318 Wireless card to Alix board

[Frank Parker]

Sean, thanks for the quick reply.  I've read the README, but I think
the problem is here:

voyage:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid OpenWifi mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

It will only accept "mode Ad-Hoc" or "mode Managed".

I did "apt-get install install b43-fwcutter" and the kernel module is inserted.

voyage:~# lspci | grep Broadcom
00:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

voyage:~# lsmod | grep b43
b43                   109212  0
rfkill                  4756  2 rfkill_input,b43
rng_core                3588  2 b43,geode_rng
mac80211              114448  1 b43
led_class               3332  2 leds_alix,b43
input_polldev           3208  1 b43
ssb                    30852  1 b43
pcmcia                 27892  2 b43,ssb
pcmcia_core            28176  3 b43,ssb,pcmcia


Anyone know what I am missing here?

-parker



On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Sean <knife at toaster.net> wrote:
> You would need to at least do this:
>
> iwconfig wlan0 essid OpenWifi mode Master
>
> Master mode starts the access point functionality.
>
> You should read the readme. It has lots of good info on how to set it up as
> an access point, bridging, etc.
>
> http://svn.voyage.hk/repos/voyage/branches/voyage-live/0.6.1/config/chroot_local-includes/README
>
> Sean
>
> Frank Parker wrote:
>>
>> Apologies for the simple question.  I have searched for hours and read
>> a lot of confusing documentation, but I'm afraid I still need help
>> with this.
>>
>> I am adding a Broadcom 4319 Min-PCI wireless card to my ALIX 2D3 board.
>>
>> voyage:~# dmesg | grep -i broadcom
>> b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
>> Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
>>
>> Can someone point to the proper directions for configuration?
>>
>> Requirements:
>>
>> 1) This device needs to be an open Access Point, no encryption.
>> 2) wlan0, eth1, eth2 should be configured as a bridge.
>> 3) eth0 is already configured as the WAN uplink.
>>
>> I did "ifconfig wlan0 up" followed by "iwconfig wlan essid OpenWifi"
>> but it doesn't appear to be sending any signal (signal level 0).
>>
>> voyage:~# iwconfig wlan0
>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"OpenWifi"
>>          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>>          Tx-Power=20 dBm
>>          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 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
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -parker
>>
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