WPA for BCM4318

Hello,

I try to configure my laptop to access internet by a WPA connexion with a livebox (orange).
A little summary :

  • i’m on opensuse 11.0
  • my chipset is :Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
  • i use ndiswrapper cause the driver installed by opensuse hasn’t worked
  • internet works with WEP encryption but i can’t connect with WPA encryption
  • i use Knetworkmanager
  • i have configured network module in YAST like in knetworkmanager
  • my wpa_supplicant.conf :
    "ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
    ctrl_interface_group=wheel

network={
ssid=“prout”
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk=“xxxx”
priority=2
}
"
And it doesn’t work.
I need help .
Bibi

bibinne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to configure my laptop to access internet by a WPA connexion with
> a livebox (orange).
> A little summary :
> - i’m on opensuse 11.0
> - my chipset is :Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g]
> 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
> - i use ndiswrapper cause the driver installed by opensuse hasn’t
> worked

If you install the firmware, the open-source driver WILL work.
BCM4318’s have been supported for a long time. With an Internel
connection, open a console terminal and enter the command

sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

> - internet works with WEP encryption but i can’t connect with WPA
> encryption
> - i use Knetworkmanager
> - i have configured network module in YAST like in knetworkmanager
> - my wpa_supplicant.conf :
> "ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
>
> network={
> ssid=“prout”
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> psk=“xxxx”
> priority=2
> }
> "
> And it doesn’t work.
> I need help .

I use KNetworkManager to control my WPA network. Right click on the
applet icon, select a “New Connection” and choose your wireless
device. From the popup, select the essid you want and put in the
necessary “secret”.

This process will work with the open-source driver. It may not with
ndiswrapper.

Larry