Re: Network Manager Times Out During DHCP Handshake

[Adam Pavelec <adam pavelec net>]

Joe Barnett said the following on 8/18/2006 2:17 PM:

> I see the same behavior on a  Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g 
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) with ndiswrapper on ubuntu dapper (see 
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/42504 
> )...  It seems like the association happens correctly, but wpasupplicant 
> get notified properly.  I'm not sure how to debug this at all; maybe a 
> network manager dev has some ideas on debugging it?

Thanks for the confirmation, Joe.  So far, it seems that the Broadcom 
BCM43xx/NDIS combination just doesn't vibe too well with Network 
Manager.  I /have/ tried 'cutting' the firmware from numerous sources, 
including the one that works perfectly with NDIS, but each and every 
time, the end result is a kernel panic when the wireless card is 
activated.  With this particular wireless adapter, NDIS appears to be 
the only solution.

Judging from Bug #42504 over at Launchpad, this issue seems to be 
affecting quite a few users.  Any comments, recommendations, pointers, 
etc. from any of NM's fine devs would definitely be appreciated.

-Adam