[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#531420: wpasupplicant: random behaviour connecting with WPA and ndiswrapper

[Felipe Ortega]

Stefan,

I opened this issue more than one year ago. I don't use ndiswrapper any more :(


Thanks,
Felipe



----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H at gmx.de>
> Para: 531420 at bugs.debian.org
> CC: Felipe Ortega <glimmer_phoenix at yahoo.es>; control at bugs.debian.org
> Enviado: lunes 26 de septiembre de 2011 15:54
> Asunto: Re: wpasupplicant: random behaviour connecting with WPA and ndiswrapper
> 
>t ags 531420 + moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> Hi
> 
> On Monday 26 September 2011, Felipe Ortega wrote:
>>  Package: wpasupplicant
>>  Version: 0.6.9-3
>>  Severity: important
>> 
>>  Config details
>>  ==========================
>> 
>>  Running ndiswrapper with Broadcom wireless chipset:
>>  09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M 
>>  Gigabit Ethernet PCI 
>>  Express (rev 02)
>>  0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n 
>>  (rev 03)
>> 
>>  ndiswrapper is loaded ok, wlan associates fine with open or WEP APs:
>>  bcmwl5 : driver installed
>>      device (14E4:4328) present (alternate driver: ssb)
> [...]
> 
> Could you please confirm if this bug is still present in kernel 3.0 
> (unstable/ testing) or at least 2.6.39-3~bpo60+1 (backports/squeeze)
> and using b43 (flagged as "partially in 2.6.39+"[1]) instead of 
> ndiswrapper?
> 
> Personally I think this is rather a bug in ndiswrapper, or the wrapped 
> NDIS5 driver respectively, than wpasuppliant.
> 
> Regards
>     Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
> 
> Post scriptum: b43 for SSB based 802.11n devices is still under heavy 
>                development, so the newer your kernel the better; but I 
>                have feedback that BCM4321 works in kernel >=2.6.39.
> 
> [1]    http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices
>