The only work-around I have found is to disable WPA. I went to a completely open system with no auth and no encryption and it worked.
"iwconfig wlan0 essid x mode managed" does not help.
Here is my "lshw -C network" (while connected to an open WiFi AP): *-network:0 description: Wireless interface product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 9 bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 02 serial: 00:90:4b:93:2a:fe width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+bcmwl5 driverversion=1.53+Broadcom,06/26/2004, 3.70.1 latency=64 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g *-network:1 description: Ethernet interface product: DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller vendor: National Semiconductor Corporation physical id: 12 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 logical name: eth0 version: 00 serial: 00:0f:20:c7:4f:d7 size: 10MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii fibre 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=natsemi driverversion=2.1 duplex=half latency=90 link=no maxlatency=52 mingnt=11 module=natsemi multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
Attached find my /var/log/syslog from a similar run, also on Intrepid Alpha 6...
The only work-around I have found is to disable WPA. I went to a completely open system with no auth and no encryption and it worked.
"iwconfig wlan0 essid x mode managed" does not help.
Here is my "lshw -C network" (while connected to an open WiFi AP):
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver= ndiswrapper+ bcmwl5 driverversion= 1.53+Broadcom, 06/26/2004, 3.70.1 latency=64 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii fibre 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=natsemi driverversion=2.1 duplex=half latency=90 link=no maxlatency=52 mingnt=11 module=natsemi multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 02
serial: 00:90:4b:93:2a:fe
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
vendor: National Semiconductor Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 00
serial: 00:0f:20:c7:4f:d7
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
Attached find my /var/log/syslog from a similar run, also on Intrepid Alpha 6...