I have Ubuntu 9.04 running on 2 laptops at home, both with a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A PCMCIA card wireless adapter for wifi connectivity.
The underlying chip in this is a Broadcom 4306, and I've tried everything I know to get them on our network and it's just not working.
Through various means (Enabling restricted drivers, ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter with various Windows drivers) I've tried to get these cards working, and the furthest I ever get is where they're on, can see networks, but can't authenticate on our WPA/WPA2 router. The cards also come up when doing ndiswrapper -l, ifconfig or iwconfig, so I know they're working, just not authenticating?
I read about some issue Ubuntu can have where hidden SSIDs can cause issues, so I've set the router to broadcast its SSID, but that doesn't make a difference. I've also read there are currently issues with Ubuntu and WPA/WPA2 networks, but I have another laptop running 9.04/9.10 which connects without any hassle, so it really confuses me. I swear I once got it working ages ago, perhaps on 8.10 (reading some of the wifi literature on the Ubuntu site, it seems the ndiswrapper/b43-fwcutter path works fine on 8.10 and previous versions, but there are significant differences in 9.04 to make this not function properly).
I know both card's MAC Addresses are put into the router as well, so I know that can't be an issue.
Any clues anyone?
The underlying chip in this is a Broadcom 4306, and I've tried everything I know to get them on our network and it's just not working.
Through various means (Enabling restricted drivers, ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter with various Windows drivers) I've tried to get these cards working, and the furthest I ever get is where they're on, can see networks, but can't authenticate on our WPA/WPA2 router. The cards also come up when doing ndiswrapper -l, ifconfig or iwconfig, so I know they're working, just not authenticating?
I read about some issue Ubuntu can have where hidden SSIDs can cause issues, so I've set the router to broadcast its SSID, but that doesn't make a difference. I've also read there are currently issues with Ubuntu and WPA/WPA2 networks, but I have another laptop running 9.04/9.10 which connects without any hassle, so it really confuses me. I swear I once got it working ages ago, perhaps on 8.10 (reading some of the wifi literature on the Ubuntu site, it seems the ndiswrapper/b43-fwcutter path works fine on 8.10 and previous versions, but there are significant differences in 9.04 to make this not function properly).
I know both card's MAC Addresses are put into the router as well, so I know that can't be an issue.
Any clues anyone?
