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Fedora Wireless - xDamox - 2006-10-24


Hey all,

 

well I installed fedora core 6 :) and my internal network and orinoco card don't work :(

 

my Internet Wireless card gets picked up as lspci shows:

 



Code:
06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver (rev 02)




 

However when trying to active it via neat I get the following error messages:

 



Code:
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: empty ratesinfo?
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: empty ratesinfo?
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up?
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost firmware_helper[2984]: Loading of /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx driver failed: No such file or directory
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
Oct 24 21:55:06 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)




 

I can also see my orinoco card in lspci:

 



Code:
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5211 802.11ab NIC (rev 01)




 

However this is not picked up with the neat or if I issue the iwconfig command I only see the

internal wireless card.

 

Any ideas?



Fedora Wireless - anyweb - 2006-10-24


just hazarding a guess that you need ndiswrapper for the broadcom card (bcm)

 

then

 



Code:
bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware BCMWL564.SYS




 

try it

 

cheers

anyweb



Fedora Wireless - hijinks - 2006-10-25

for atheros look into madwifi


Fedora Wireless - xDamox - 2006-10-25


Hi,

 

Ill try both of these tonight



Fedora Wireless - hijinks - 2007-03-02


i got the 4311 to work in linux

 

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