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

[Punky Tse]

Frank,

May be here can give you some information:
    http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Does the firmware version not match?

Regards,
Punky


Frank Parker wrote:
> 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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