b43 help,

William Bourque william.bourque at polymtl.ca
Wed Aug 4 12:08:53 EDT 2010


Did you try the command Gabor gave you? ( "modprobe b43 nohwcrypt=1 
qos=0 pio=1" )

Assuming your kernel is recent enought, this should fix your problem.


On 03/08/10 11:02 PM, Cheng Renquan wrote:
> the other linux netbook with atheros wifi card can connect the hidden
> network, after connected it looks like:
>
> # iwconfig ath0
> Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 22
> of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
> Some things may be broken...
>
> ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"WLAN-Staff"  Nickname:""
>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:19:8C:83:50
>            Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:31 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
>            Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>            Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX [4]
> Security mode:restricted
>            Power Management:off
>            Link Quality=94/94  Signal level=-1 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>            Rx invalid nwid:2717842  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>
> it has good link quality with "94/94", I've tried the same wpa
> configuration on the linux with b43, it is always scanning, with no
> results, and scanning; someone know how to make it work with this
> hidden and auth-required wifi?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
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