Broadcom wifi drivers for Linux, some useful reference material

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When I DO get on-line, I usually find something like:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ less /var/log/syslog | grep -i renewal Mar 22 08:10:18 Microknoppix dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.3 -- renewal in 38121 seconds.

If I were NOT able to get on-line, I wouldn't see such a renewal message,
but I should note that iwconfig wlan0 would NOT indicate a lan assignment,
such as inet addr:192.168.1.3.

If I am NOT getting a lan assignment, it may be that my router has run out
of lan leases. For example, my router has just four leases to assign;
these are for about 11 hours each. Instead of waiting hours for new leases
to become available, an alternative would be to re-cycle my router; that is,
just turn it off, wait ten seconds, then turn it back on. This would cancel
all current leases, and would then allow new ones to be assigned immediately.

This snag might occur after repeated seemingly unsuccessful attempts have been
made to get on-line while making parameter changes and not noticing a few
succesful prior results which have used up the small number of available lan
leases. If all else fails, and it seems like you should be able to get on-line,
and you can't think of anything else to twiddle: recyle the router;
it can't hurt, and that might have been the final hold-up.