From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:41:13 +0100 Subject: 4311rev02 and Ad-hoc In-Reply-To: <199148524218.20110306013152@scalpnet.ru> References: <199148524218.20110306013152@scalpnet.ru> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org 2011/3/5 Andrei R : > I use b43 on 2.6.35-27 kernel. > Hardware is 14e4:4311 (rev.02). > fwcutter is installed. > > dmesg shows > b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13) > b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) > > iwlist shows wifi nets near. > > But if i try to connect to ad-hoc network through NetworkManager - > strange thing happens. It behaves as if a connection is established, > e.g. iwconfig shows correct ESSID and some Cell number. > > ifconfig shows RX packets:0 on wlan0. Pings are timed out. > > Does ad-hoc ever work on b43 with my hardware? I think ad-hoc should work. Your card is G-PHY, from that series I've only 4318, but will try ad-hoc with it anyway. What do you mean by cell number in "correct ESSID and some Cell number"? What other devices are in your ad-hoc network? What wireless cards/drivers? Does connecting to normal network works fine for you? Did you try connecting without NetworkManager? -- Rafa?