2008-01-11 20:59:57

by Shawn Tan

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Subject: B43 problems

Hi,

I've just successfully downloaded compat-wireless, compiled and loaded the
latest B43 module. I can do iwlist scan and get an IP from my router. I can
ping my router. However, the connection only lasts for a few seconds. Then, I
need to re-associate again.

dmesg regularlly shows this message:
[882193.464000] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
[882207.008000] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
[882207.008000] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error

and, a few times, I get disassociated with the router:
[881898.392000] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
[881923.416000] wlan0: deauthenticate(reason=3)
[881924.508000] rx BA session requested to stop on inactive tid 0

cheers.

--
with metta,
Shawn Tan

Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, UK.


2008-01-14 13:33:25

by Shawn Tan

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Subject: Re: B43 problems

On Friday 11 January 2008 20:59:45 Shawn Tan wrote:
> I've just successfully downloaded compat-wireless, compiled and loaded the
> latest B43 module. I can do iwlist scan and get an IP from my router. I can
> ping my router. However, the connection only lasts for a few seconds. Then,
> I need to re-associate again.

Hi,

Following my previous email, I changed some settings on my OpenWRT router and
it seems to work flawlessly now. The error messages are all gone!!

I had to disable the "G-mode protection" in my router. Hope this information
helps.

Thanks for the great job in bringing broadcom support to Linux!

cheers.

--
with metta,
Shawn Tan

Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, UK.