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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