2009-07-23 21:51:38

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Broadcom b4318 PCI card

Brian J. Mc Hugh wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> I have a Gateway Solo 9300 laptop with a Linksys WiFi card.
>
> WiFi used to work until I installed the latest stable Debian release (I
> following the directions at
> http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#fw-b43-new) .
>
> The card always receives signal from my router (iwlist wlan0 scan) but
> it often fails to transmit signal to the router and I'm unable to
> establish Internet connectivity (ifup wlan0).
>
> Any clues of how to fix this?

Please post the output of 'dmesg | grep b43'.