[driverloader] From Mandrake 9.1 to Redhat 9

[Linuxant support]

Hi,

to set the WEP key with "s:", the password needs to have the correct length or 
else it will report and error. You should try with 8, 12 or 16 characters; it 
depends on the NDIS driver. Sometimes, you might be forced to set the key 
with the HEX value (e.g. 4E984D9F7EDD8996BC2AEB5DEB).

Try to set your access point and your adapter without WEP or other special 
settings like MAC address filtering to make sure that you can connect 
properly. If possible, it is a good idea to reset the AP's configuration and 
test with the default settings.

You should also try with the latest Windows XP driver from Belkin for Broadcom
wireless adapters.

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?download=F5D7000&lang=1&mode=

When you uncompress the ".exe" file with "unzip", "unrar" or "winzip", the
driver will be in "program files/Belkin/Belkin 54Mbps Wireless
Utility/Driver".

Before uploading the INF file (bcmwl5.ntf) through the web interface, edit it
to add your PCI ID under "[BROADCOM]" near the top.

Since your card's PCI ID is "14e4:4320" and the sub PCI ID is "1737:0013", you 
need to add the following line.

---
%BCM430G_DeviceDesc% = BCM43XG, PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4320&SUBSYS_00131737
---

Please note that we are now at version 1.47.

http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/downloads-license.php

This might also fix the problem that you experienced under Mandrake 9.1.

Regards,

Jean-Simon Durand
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


On Wednesday 26 November 2003 17:51, Philippe C. Martin wrote:
> No able to get any answer on my Mandrake (package freeze when saving key
> information) questions, I got rid of it and installed redhat 9 ( getting
> pretty desperate here !!!)
>
> I got further as I could save my key information and got the web page (
> ) that said that the driver was installed OK (see further down).
>
>
> Then I used redhat-control-network to activate the interface and kept
> getting bad parameter errors.
>
> I blamed it on me and the distro again and accepted the redhat package
> upgrade (just in case).
>
>
> Now I'm getting this (same error but much faster + the modprobe error) ....
> ************************
> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
> invalid argument "s:".
>
> Définition des informations IP pour eth1.modprobe: Can't locate module
> bsd_comp
> échoué.
> *************************
>
> I have a week left to bring my WIFI hardware back - PLEASE GIVE ME SOME
> FEEDBACK, there is no way I'll go to windows (that's why your driver is
> the first I ever had to pay for under Linux).
>
>
> Support please !!!!