b43 problem BCM94311MCG

[rssn6]

I installed slackware 12.1 (2.6.24.5-smp) on my laptop(Dell 6400), I was able to configure most of the stuff ,but presently I'm stuck on the wireless (in windows wifi works). I installed the firmware of b43 v.4 that what I needed the dmesg show me that (I fixed it). Now I'm not able to bring the wireless on.
1-At boot it search for DHCP to get an adreess
2-It does not get one it turns the wifi down
then
whan I do
1. /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan_start
it gives me that:

Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
Polling for DHCP server on interface wlan0:
No carrier detected on wlan0.  Reducing DHCP timeout to 10 seconds.
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:16:cf:8c:9f:27

(no ip given and turns the wifi of again)

dmeg shows me that:

input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input15
Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

lspci:

0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)

lsmod | grep b43:

b43                   113568  0
rfkill                  9488  2 rfkill_input,b43
mac80211              122124  1 b43
led_class               7300  1 b43
input_polldev           7304  1 b43
ssb                    32516  2 b43,b44
pcmcia                 35884  2 b43,ssb
pcmcia_core            35988  2 b43,pcmcia

my inet1.conf:

IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
#IPADDR[4]=""
#NETMASK[4]=""
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]=""
WLAN_ESSID[4]="5656"
WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="1"
WLAN_KEY[4]="#########"

GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"

my rc.wireless.conf:

00:16:cf:8c:9f:27)
   INFO="My ESSID"
   # ESSID (extended network name) : My Network, any
    ESSID="5656"
    #NWID/Domain (cell identifier) : 89AB, 100, off
    #NWID=""
    # Operation mode : Ad-Hoc, Managed, Master, Repeater, Secondary, auto
    MODE="auto"
    # Frequency or channel : 1, 2, 3 (channel) ; 2.422G, 2.46G (frequency)
    #FREQ="2.422G"
    #CHANNEL="1"
    # Sensitivity (cell size + roaming speed) : 1, 2, 3 ; -70 (dBm)
    #SENS=""
    # Bit rate : auto, 1M, 11M
    #RATE="auto"
    # Encryption key : 4567-89AB-CD, s:password
    KEY="##########"
    # RTS threshold : off, 500
    #RTS=""
    # Fragmentation threshold : off, 1000
    #FRAG=""
    # Other iwconfig parameters : power off, ap 01:23:45:67:89:AB
    #IWCONFIG=""
    # iwspy parameters : + 01:23:45:67:89:AB
    #IWSPY=""
    # iwpriv parameters : set_port 2, set_histo 50 60
    #IWPRIV=""
    ;;
esac

Is ndiswrapper is better?
any suggestions ?
please help

[Silverbain]

I get some of the same errors but there nothing to worry about. The way I get my wifi working is by going in to the shell and typeing. Sorry if did not uderstand some of the erros and are some thing to worry about.

su -- for superuser
ifconfig wlan0 up -- just to make sher that my Wifi is up and running
iwconfig wlan0 essid "" -- ok you in the "" you can ether type your net work name or type any to detect the frist network it finds me I use my net work name.
iwconfig key "" -- encript key gos in "" if the network has wep
iwconfig ap auto -- now you can. I use auto because it faster then typeing in the mac key my self
dhcpcd wlan0 -- to get my ip

remimber you have to be in ether Superuser or root to use ifconfig iwconfig or dhcpcd. I dont know why but when in normal user it says that command not found
could just be my own problem or others as well. Hope this helps.

[rssn6]

thank you for replying Silverbain, but it did not help.

What help me is that I installed wicd downloaded for slackbuilds.org

and added a few lines in rc.local for wicd also described on slackbuilds.org and it is working ok now

thank you again !!!

[Silverbain]

No problem. Sorry that I was not able to help out but glade to hear you got it working.