[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#531420: wpasupplicant: random behaviour connecting with WPA and ndiswrapper
Felipe Ortega
glimmer_phoenix at yahoo.es
Tue Sep 27 13:23:12 UTC 2011
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
>
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