Re: Current 8.0: wpa_supplicant SPAM: Setting ESSID to ""

On 11/17/07, Victor M. Blood <freebsd_at_masm.elcom.ru> wrote:
> On 17.11.2007, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> > I'm using version 4.40.19.0 of the broadcom ndis driver from:
>
> >  ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe
>
> > This file contains both the 32-bit and 64-bit ndis drivers.
>
> > Where did you obtain your bcmwl5.sys file from?  What version are you using?
> From driver disk for my Dell inspiron 1300, file version for
> bcmwl5.sys - 3.120.27.0.
>
> may be real problems with old driver...?
>
It could be a problem with the old driver, try the HP driver.  You
will need to install archivers/cabextract to extract the bcmwl* files
from sp33008.exe.

cabextract -q -L -F 'bcmwl5*'

Scot