From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: William Bourque Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:08:53 -0400 Subject: b43 help, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C599095.2010007@polymtl.ca> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org 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, > > _______________________________________________ > b43-dev mailing list > b43-dev at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/b43-dev