Wireless problem

[Mario A. Guerra]

Dell Inspiron 2200 with Dell BCM4318 AirForce One (according to the Device Manager.

The bcm43xx driver is loaded, but this is what ifconfig and iwconfig commands give:

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root@ubuntu:~# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:A5:0C:73:64
          BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:193

root@ubuntu:~# iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:fguerra Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
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Notice that it gives and invalid access point.

Note that this very same card works well with ndiswrapper.

[Asheesh Laroia (paulproteus)]

I believe this is due to the lack of firmware this user has installed.

Merging with 29566.