[dapper] g4-based Mac Mini's bcm43xx wireless fails to work
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I've got a powerpc Mac Mini and the bcm43xx driver doesn't seem to work. I have obtained a copy of the necessary firmware, as far as I know, but I can't convince dhclient to obtain a DHCP address, and when I set a static address, I can't ping other addresses on the same subnet.
Oddly, network-manager can detect the networks in my area, but when I select my local (open) wireless, nm-applet spins until it obtains an address via autoconf. It also is unable to determine the link quality on the local networks (it finds the names, but the link quality bars go to 100%).
Here are the lspci lines:
0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. AirPort Extreme
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 16, IRQ 52
Memory at 80084000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Gotta test against the -20 kernel tonight.