that you need to re-extract firmware, using a different driver version, for b43 to work: see http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware for details.
I'm testing on a Compaq^W HP nc6400 laptop
lspcidrake -v|grep wlan
bcm43xx : Broadcom Corporation|BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4311 subv:103c subd:1364)
Some documentations for b43 wifi broadcom
- http://wiki.mandriva.com/fr/Wifi_broadcom [fr] bcm43xx
- http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Installing_wireless_network_cards_using_the_b43_driver
- http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/devices [en] supported devices (mine is in the list, same as HP Compaq nx7300 laptop 4311 0x4311 0x103c 0x1364)
To be tested
- check that wifi-button to enable/disable wifi is working (blue LED)
- check that WPA is working (not sure ?)
- iwlist eth1 scan # does it show networks ?
Some feedback
- pressing the wifi-button before having the appropriate firmware shows :
Sep 6 15:55:55 idfm3133 kernel: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
Sep 6 15:55:55 idfm3133 kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
Sep 6 15:55:55 idfm3133 kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
Sep 6 15:55:55 idfm3133 firmware.sh[11506]: Cannot find firmware file 'b43/ucode5.fw'
with uname -a : Linux localhost 2.6.27-desktop-0.rc5.7.1mnb #1 SMP Fri Sep 5 17:06:17 CEST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 440 @ 1.86GHz GNU/Linux
- ifconfig -a # before configuring firmware
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D4:C0:7C:6E inet adr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Masque:255.255.255.0 adr inet6: fe80::216:d4ff:fec0:7c6e/64 Scope:Lien UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:703 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:790 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 RX bytes:643218 (628.1 KiB) TX bytes:181577 (177.3 KiB) Interruption:16 eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1A-73-31-87-07-C0-64-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) lo Link encap:Boucle locale inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0 adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 RX bytes:28380 (27.7 KiB) TX bytes:28380 (27.7 KiB) wlan0_rename_re Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1A:73:31:87:07 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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