Broadcom wireless chipset and no more ndiswrapper

Hi everybody,
After some problems I could made my wireless card work by using ndiswrapper (cf post 117105 )
But recently ndiswrapper was removed from the repositories... I don't want to reopen this subject, enough have been told on it. However it seems that my card should be supported by the b43legacy driver but it doesn't work. I could install the ndiswrapper from AUR but i would prefer to use the kernel module.
So here is the problem I have with b43legacy. I can see the different wireless networks but when connected it fails on authentication.
Dmesg shows
[10252.685714] b43legacy-phy2: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[10252.789223] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy2::tx
[10252.790395] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy2::rx
[10252.790504] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy2::radio
[10252.823052] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[10255.076301] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10255.275707] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10255.475713] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10255.675708] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
[10266.545993] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10266.745707] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10266.945706] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10267.145713] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
[10267.419045] b43legacy-phy2 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[10278.005961] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10278.205716] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10278.405955] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10278.605715] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
[10283.305718] b43legacy-phy2 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[10289.479066] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 1/3)
[10289.679055] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 2/3)
[10289.879054] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 (try 3/3)
[10290.079050] wlan0: direct probe to 5a:e6:76:58:4e:47 timed out
I tried to extract the firmware manually, using b43-fwcutter, and to use the one in AUR but always got the same results.
I didn't try yet without protection (now I am trying with WEP and WPA) because other people are using the network now and even if it is work without protection it will not be an acceptable solution.
Can someone help me on this?
Thanks

Didn't find the solution so installed the ndiswrapper from AUR. Too bad as my card is said to be supported...

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Last edited by oldmansutton (2012-03-11 01:53:50)

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Wait. Hmmm....
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Now bcma is showing up. But it didn't before. It just started showing up with b43 since I did the compat-wireless package. But seeing as I'm getting scans SOMETIMES now, I hesitate to call it a problem. Maybe?
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It can scan ONCE. The b43 driver is obviously functional at least for a bit.
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Finally there's a driver for Broadcom wireless cards, including 4328 which only worked using ndiswrapper.
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
There are discussions about it on the Ubuntu forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=914697
on the Debian forums
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? … 294ad5d3e9
and on the Gentoo wiki
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_M … Generation
Last edited by cmlr (2008-09-25 14:10:13)

Actually, this driver already has a Wiki page, http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312. The new information is that it doesn't just work with bcm4312 cards, but all modern 43xx cards. See the forum links in the previous message.
The driver is already available in AUR,
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514
Last edited by cmlr (2008-09-25 14:20:50)

Intel wireless chipset clients random Citrix disconnects

Currently using intel 5100 & 6200 client cards on multiple driver versions. WiSM is 7.0.116. APs are 1250 and 1260 series. Citrix is setup to send server-side keepalives for session reliability. Randomly, several times a day the client will get disconnected from the Citrix application session but maintain connectivity to the AP and other applications continue to work. Traces show the server-side keepalive reach the controller but are delayed from controller to client by 5-6 seconds. Just enough time for the Citrix server to timeout and tear down to session. Additional testing shows the delay most likely occurs somewhere from controller to AP. It occurs on multiple controllers on multiple campuses.
We have Dell/Broadcom clients that don't experience the problem. The only commonality seems to be the Intel cards. Any ideas? CCX? I know Intel has a special relationship with Cisco regarding CCX and have developed features not available on other cards. Tried disabling power save and other CCX features but hasn't solved the issue. Any ideas are appreciated on this very strange problem.
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Update to this issue. I've found the 5 second delay actually is occurring on the AP. Packets traverse normally through the entire network but randomly delayed at the AP. TAC is looking at it but no cause found yet. Also verified this seems to occur only with Intel wireless chipsets. Others (Broadcom etc.) don't experience the problem.
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