dhcpcd, wireless, BCM4322, wpa_supplicant [solved]

RayDude · Last edited by RayDude on Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:51 pm; edited 3 times in total

I have this strange problem that is driving me up the wall. Every once in a while my wireless network won't come up. It connects but DHCP requests and receives the most ludicrous IP address imaginable. 176.whatever. And it won't give up that ip address. This is with a Cisco Linksys WRT610N. I can't and won't update the firmware because the latest version of the firmware disconnects once a day on average and you have to reset the router. I'm running version 2.00.00 B05 which is rock steady except the BCM won't connect to the 5.4 GHz antenna, it will only connect to the 2.4 GHz Antenna.

This is the versions:

PaddyMac · n00b Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Alabama, USA

Are you using NetworkManager or wireless tools (or something else) to handle your networking?

RayDude · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:43 am Post subject:

wpa_supplicant and wpa_gui.

It has problems connecting, to the point that there's only one config on the router that works. I have to use the 2.4GHz channel configured at 20 MHz N type only with wpa-tkip or wpa2-aes with wpa_supplicant configured for wpa2 AES. Then and only then does it connect. But DHCP does not work.

I spent the better part of an hour trying to get something else to work and ended up back here again.

Thanks for the reply.
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Gusar · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:59 am Post subject:

Try the b43 driver instead. Instructions for getting firmware are here, make sure you get the correct version depending on your kernel. But note that this driver does not support 5GHz operation with your card. Should work in 2.4GHz though.

RayDude · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject:

b43 is up and running (at work, I'll test home later). One note: emerge b43-firware does not get me the firmware I needed for my card, I had to follow the directions from the b43 module output in dmesg.

RayDude · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject:

This is not actually solved. The b43 driver is connecting in B mode, not N mode and my total bandwidth is not high enough to support HD. Is there a way to get N mode to work?
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