Hi Larry, I know you are not trying to help me but I did what you suggested:
Code:
mike@linux-i4x0:~> su
Password:
linux-i4x0:/home/mike # iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
irda0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
linux-i4x0:/home/mike # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:72:01:CE:5C
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:72ff:fe01:ce5c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1948 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1562 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1985912 (1.8 Mb) TX bytes:215111 (210.0 Kb)
Interrupt:16
irda0 Link encap:IrLAP HWaddr 0a:91:e6:e8
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:2048 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:8
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2056 (2.0 Kb) TX bytes:2056 (2.0 Kb)
linux-i4x0:/home/mike # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
irda0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
linux-i4x0:/home/mike # dmesg | grep ssb
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:05:00.0
linux-i4x0:/home/mike # dmesg | grep b43
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input11
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
linux-i4x0:/home/mike #
I followed the instructions in the last bit but could not find version 4. In fact, none of this makes any sense to me.