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Old 01-Jul-2009, 10:59
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Default Issues with Wireless.
I have a Belkin Wireless PCI Card (Broadcom BCM4306/R3).

I have installed the firmware and dmesg | grep firmware shows no issues loading the firmware (which I installed following the instructions on this site).

The Card finds the network and connects to it (it gets an IP address and eerything, see below).

Code:
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:50:3D:04:2B  
          inet addr:192.168.2.7  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:50ff:fe3d:42b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:14718 (14.3 Kb)

BUT I cannot access the internet.

I have tried pinging my router and I get the following :

Code:
francisco@linux-wiwl:~> ping -c 5 192.168.2.1
PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4011ms

I know the address for the router is correct as I can ping it when I use my ethernet cable.

I have done a fair bit of searching, but just cant nail the problem. I assume it lies with the way my card tries to communicate with the router, but appart from that I have no idea as to what is going on.

Also, sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan yields:

Code:
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:3F:7C:0C:6E
                    ESSID:"Belkin_G_Plus_MIMO_7C0C6E"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=80/100  Signal level:-47 dBm  Noise level=-61 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=00000011bcbc6ebc
                    Extra: Last beacon: 706ms ago

pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
and /usr/sbin/iwconfig yields:

Code:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"Belkin_G_Plus_MIMO_7C0C6E"  
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Cell: 72:9B:67:49:C2:3F   
          Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Power Management: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

pan0      no wireless extensions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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