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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?

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

for atheros look into madwifi

Hi,

Ill try both of these tonight

i got the 4311 to work in linux

[/url][url=http://www.zcentric.com/blog/2006/12/get_t...11_to_wo_1.html]http://www.zcentric.com/blog/2006/12/get_t...11_to_wo_1.html

xDamox

anyweb

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xDamox

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