bcm43xx driver PCI: Enabling device 0001:10:12.0 (0004 -> 0006) bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3 bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5 bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 2, Type 2, Revision 2 bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: Radio turned off Adding 3026560k swap on /dev/hda4. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:3026560k EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP' bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1 SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up? bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x122, pl 0x99 (2005-01-22 22:40:08) bcm43xx: Radio turned on bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware bcm43xx: Chip initialized bcm43xx: 30-bit DMA initialized bcm43xx: Keys cleared bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2) eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth1: Pause is disabled SoftMAC: Scanning finished: scanned 11 channels starting with channel 1 From my kernel config: # # Wireless # CONFIG_CFG80211=m CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y # CONFIG_MAC80211 is not set CONFIG_IEEE80211=m CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG=y CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=m CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=m CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC=m CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC_DEBUG=y # CONFIG_RFKILL is not set # and in the drivers section: # # Wireless LAN # # CONFIG_WLAN_PRE80211 is not set CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y # CONFIG_IPW2100 is not set # CONFIG_IPW2200 is not set # CONFIG_LIBERTAS is not set # CONFIG_AIRO is not set # CONFIG_HERMES is not set # CONFIG_ATMEL is not set # CONFIG_PRISM54 is not set # CONFIG_USB_ZD1201 is not set # CONFIG_HOSTAP is not set CONFIG_BCM43XX=m CONFIG_BCM43XX_DEBUG=y CONFIG_BCM43XX_DMA=y CONFIG_BCM43XX_PIO=y CONFIG_BCM43XX_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y # CONFIG_BCM43XX_DMA_MODE is not set # CONFIG_BCM43XX_PIO_MODE is not set # CONFIG_ZD1211RW is not set # look for me on #debianppc using irc.freenode.net Anything else that is needed?