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

[Frank Parker]

I also notice this in dmesg:

voyage:~# grep -i -e "b43" -e "broadcom" -e "wlan" /var/log/dmesg
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input1
firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
Registered led device: b43-phy0::assoc
Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready


-parker



On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Frank Parker <mr.frank.parker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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