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Airport don't work only with me... WHY?? am I ill-fated ?
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why?
WHY?
W H Y?

UFF!!

I emerged kernel 2.6.17-r3
compile it

reboot...

> > applejack ~ # bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta.o

> > applejack ~ # modprobe bcm43xx
> > applejack ~ # ifconfig eth1 up
> > applejack ~ # iwconfig
> > eth0 no wireless extensions.
> >
> > lo no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
> > Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
> > Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
> > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> > 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
> >
> > applejack ~ #

Access Point: Invalid ?? what?? don't work anymore??

why????

wait wait I try to create a network

> > applejack ~ # iwconfig eth1 essid provadelcazzo mode Ad-Hoc
> > applejack ~ # iwlist eth1 s
> > eth1 No scan results
> > applejack ~ # iwlist eth1 s
> > eth1 No scan results
> > applejack ~ # iwlist eth1 s
> > eth1 No scan results
> > applejack ~ # iwlist eth1 s
> > eth1 No scan results
> > applejack ~ # iwconfig
> > eth0 no wireless extensions.
> >
> > lo no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"provadelcazzo" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
> > Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency=2.484 GHz Cell: Invalid
> > Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
> > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> > 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
> >
> > applejack ~ #

Cell:Invalid
??

fuck you airport!
I tried with firmware AppleAirport2, but nothing

WELL
Airport works with everybody (my friend, guys of catania LUG) but not
with me...

Can I solve it?
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Re: Airport don't work only with me... WHY?? am I ill-fated ? [ In reply to ]
The first step is bringing up the interface "ifconfig eth0 up" before
doing any wireless-related step. After the wireless-related steps you
have to configure your ip address (statically or by dhcp).

Best regards,
Javi
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