etch/powerbook G4 wlan/wpa not working

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hi,

Georg Heinrich wrote:
> I don't get wlan with wpa working on my powerbook g4 with etch.

you probably need bcm43xxx-fwcutter package. i wrote up how i got mine
working: http://travelsoforion.net/debian-wireless

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> This is the lspci output:
>
> 0001:10:12:0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
>
> This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
>
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet manual
> wpa-sriver wext
> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> iface office inet dhcp
>
> iface anywhere inet dhcp
>
> This is my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> id_str="office"
> ssid="gh-office-wlan" # = airport network name
> psk="64-byte hex-string obtained with wpa_passphrase"
> }
>
> network={
> id_str="anywhere"
> ssid=""
> key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> The network-admin says "wireless network eth2 active" but under
> properties, the network is not selected. It appears in the pop-up menu
> though and I can select it, but afterwards ping returns "network unreachable".
> There is no wpa_action.log file in /var/log.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> G. Heinrich
>
>
>
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Hi!

> This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
>
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet manual
> wpa-sriver wext
> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> iface office inet dhcp
>
> iface anywhere inet dhcp
>

I do not use the wpa_supplicant.conf file to configure networking
anymore and have everything
in the /etc/network/interfaces file:

I have a static IP configuration but it should also work with dhcp.
What I don´t use is roaming. I have a configuration
fiele set up for every location I usualy visit and written a script
to replace the network settings accordingly.

iface eth2 intet static
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid MySSID
wpa-psk WPA-Key (created with wpa_passprase)
address 192.x.x.x
netmask 255.x.x.x
network 192.x.x.x
broadcast 192.x.x.x
gateway 192.x.x.x
dns-nameservers 3nameservershere
dns-search localdomain

Try out if this works for you. I find it better to have all
configuration in just one file so I can more easily
replace it and restart networking when I am at another location and
need to reconfigure networking.

Good Luck!

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hi,

Georg Heinrich wrote:
> I don't get wlan with wpa working on my powerbook g4 with etch.

you probably need bcm43xxx-fwcutter package. i wrote up how i got mine
working: http://travelsoforion.net/debian-wireless

--asm

> This is the lspci output:
>
> 0001:10:12:0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
>
> This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
>
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet manual
> wpa-sriver wext
> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> iface office inet dhcp
>
> iface anywhere inet dhcp
>
> This is my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> id_str="office"
> ssid="gh-office-wlan" # = airport network name
> psk="64-byte hex-string obtained with wpa_passphrase"
> }
>
> network={
> id_str="anywhere"
> ssid=""
> key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> The network-admin says "wireless network eth2 active" but under
> properties, the network is not selected. It appears in the pop-up menu
> though and I can select it, but afterwards ping returns "network unreachable".
> There is no wpa_action.log file in /var/log.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> G. Heinrich
>
>
>
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On 6/1/07, Georg Heinrich wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't get wlan with wpa working on my powerbook g4 with etch.
>
> This is the lspci output:
>
> 0001:10:12:0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
>
> This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
>
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet manual
> wpa-sriver wext

wpa-driver ?? It's a "d" ?

Best regards,
Bin

> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> iface office inet dhcp
>
> iface anywhere inet dhcp
>
> This is my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> id_str="office"
> ssid="gh-office-wlan" # = airport network name
> psk="64-byte hex-string obtained with wpa_passphrase"
> }
>
> network={
> id_str="anywhere"
> ssid=""
> key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> The network-admin says "wireless network eth2 active" but under
> properties, the network is not selected. It appears in the pop-up menu
> though and I can select it, but afterwards ping returns "network unreachable".
> There is no wpa_action.log file in /var/log.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> G. Heinrich
>
>
>
> --

On 6/1/07, Georg Heinrich wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't get wlan with wpa working on my powerbook g4 with etch.
>
> This is the lspci output:
>
> 0001:10:12:0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
>
> This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
>
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet manual
> wpa-sriver wext

wpa-driver ?? It's a "d" ?

Best regards,
Bin

> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> iface office inet dhcp
>
> iface anywhere inet dhcp
>
> This is my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> id_str="office"
> ssid="gh-office-wlan" # = airport network name
> psk="64-byte hex-string obtained with wpa_passphrase"
> }
>
> network={
> id_str="anywhere"
> ssid=""
> key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> The network-admin says "wireless network eth2 active" but under
> properties, the network is not selected. It appears in the pop-up menu
> though and I can select it, but afterwards ping returns "network unreachable".
> There is no wpa_action.log file in /var/log.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> G. Heinrich
>
>
>
> --