[OpenWrt-Users] *sigh* - broadcom wireless on WL500GP -- starting from scratch

[Geoff Hoff]

Couple comments on broadcom wireless with a 2.6 kernel.  When using
the b43 driver, you need to include the hostapd package.  To build it
run "make menuconfig", select "Image configuration", "Network", and
enter 'y' when hostapd is selected.  Exit out, save, and build world.

Install the package, run "wifi up" and cross your fingers.

As to "wifi detect", if /etc/config/wireless already exists and has a
mac80211 entry under wifi-device wlan0, then it doesn't do anything.
The code can be found in /lib/wifi/mac80211.sh in the detect_mac80211
function.  This file is included by the /sbin/wifi script.