Bug 213880

Description of problem:
Using bcm43xx driver I am not able to connect to the wireless network even in
the situation when the same computer is easily able to connect with ndiswrapper.
See attached logs for more details.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install bcm43xx drivers by copying
/usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-005/modprobe.bcm43xx to /etc/modprobe.d
2.run modprobe -v bcm43xx
3.
  
Actual results:
Device eth1 is created, iwscan eth1 scan gives some results, but ifup eth1
doesn't get any results (even when with ndiswrapper, computer can connect)

Expected results:
Computer is able to connect to wifi network.

Additional info:
I have been discussing this issue with upstream developers for more than a year,
and their opinion is that bcm43xx driver doesn't support well my BCM4318 chipset
(when searching
http://search.gmane.org/?query=bcm4318&group=gmane.linux.drivers.bcm54xx.devel
you can see that there more reports with this card not working without any
proper resolution).
The type of firmware used is indicated, I am not sure about particular URL where
I got it from, but it was widely recommended on the above mentioned list as
working (I can attach it to this bug of course, if needed).