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ah. thx, everythign is working fine now. one more question though.. anyone know how I would go about getting a scanning patch for my kernel that would work for me?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:45 am Post subject: Re: where is ath0? |
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| BloodyNewbie wrote: |
First question: ath_hal, ath_pci, wlan ... you talk of them constantly as modules, why that? can't I integrate them in my kernel with "y" instead of "m" ? |
You can use either really.
I prefer to load everything into my kernel directly as my hardware is fairy static.
Third party kernel modules (such as the madwifi driver) are normally built as modules as integrating the source into your kernel tree and rebuilding the kernel is normally harder than having them as seperate modules.
However, they are still "modules" or "drivers" whether they are built directly into the kernel or not.
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And there my problem begins:
| Code: | iwconfig ath0
"no such device"
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I wanted ath0 as my wireless device, but it's not that it has no wireless extensions(there CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS set to "y" in the kernel config would be the solution afaik), no, it doesn't even exist!
But I do have it, made with:
| Code: | | ln -s net.eth0 net.ath0 |
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Aha!
Have you emerged the madwifi driver? You need the madwifi driver to get your device to work - it's not included in any kernel tree atm...
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| joejag wrote: | | Yeah, I have the ebuild from my other computer but not the tar.gz. Is there a reason why these files and ebuild aren't part of the main portage tree? As far as I can tell they are critical for wi-fi and having the files on just one homepage is madness! |
It's not in portage as my ebuild really sucks (the ebuild, not the wireless script  )
However, my wireless script will be in portage in another form soon - I'm working with some Gentoo guys on this 
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Also I just noticed my new WG311 card is being recongised as a:
| Code: | | 0000:02:08.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface |
Does this still work with the Prisim54 driver? I've seen a few posts that say it does/doesn't |
No, you need the acx100 driver.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:09 pm Post subject: Eureka! |
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Now I think I get it  ; you get a choice between the "preferred_aps" mode, and the "hardwired ESSID" mode. Oh boy, I can't wait to head in to school and test. 
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:14 pm Post subject: Oh, hey, another thing... |
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This isn't really a wireless question, but you've put a lot of thought into this mult-homing wireless problem:
Is it possible to get the networking init script to run automatically when the computer wakes up from a suspend? It would be nice, though hardly essential, to have my computer look around for an AP every time I open the lid.
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| UberLord wrote: | | snekiepete wrote: | | Sorry if this has been covered in this thread, but how do I get rid of the "no such device" errors when I boot with the card not plugged in. pcmcia does not start my card automatically so I have net.eth1 start right after pcmcia. I used to boot with out this message, but after a new install it started this. I am using the prism54 drivers and the card works great, it's just an ugly boot. |
I also have a Prism54 pcmcia card and have the same issue. I would guess it's either a hotplug or pcmcia-cs problem.
One solution would be to use a bootsplash package |
Ok thanks Uberlord, great stuff by the way!!!! |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| snekiepete wrote: | | UberLord wrote: | | snekiepete wrote: | | Sorry if this has been covered in this thread, but how do I get rid of the "no such device" errors when I boot with the card not plugged in. pcmcia does not start my card automatically so I have net.eth1 start right after pcmcia. I used to boot with out this message, but after a new install it started this. I am using the prism54 drivers and the card works great, it's just an ugly boot. |
I also have a Prism54 pcmcia card and have the same issue. I would guess it's either a hotplug or pcmcia-cs problem.
One solution would be to use a bootsplash package |
Ok thanks Uberlord, great stuff by the way!!!! |
The reason why I said that is that my previous pcmcia card (prism II based) didn't have this problem - hence it's not a problem with my wireless stuff.
Just in case I wasn't clear ....
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Oh, hey, another thing... |
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| mdognrdog wrote: | This isn't really a wireless question, but you've put a lot of thought into this mult-homing wireless problem:
Is it possible to get the networking init script to run automatically when the computer wakes up from a suspend? It would be nice, though hardly essential, to have my computer look around for an AP every time I open the lid. |
There are tools todo this job for you - ifplugd may work and it's in portage. waproamd can also do this (it's by the same author as ifplugd) but it has it's own wireless setup making mine redundant and it's no way near as flexible as mine.
/me shrugs
I do have a small program though that monitors link quality and restarts the interface if it drops to zero. I haven't touched the source in ages (more pressing matters) and it probably has bugs, but if you're interested I can send you the source - you'll have to compile it yourself though. However, I don't have the time right now to support it.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| ToddWest wrote: | Ive tried to fix this on my own but I just cant figure out whats going on. I installed ndiswrapper with my IPW2200 and I can start it perfectly on my own:
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Have you tried the native ipw2200 driver, work great for me.
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Could someone put the ebuild and .bz2 file host somewhere? Both the initial URL nor the temporary one seem to work for me at the moment...
Thanks!
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Thanks! The package is simple to configure and works like a charm here. Hope it becomes an "official" gentoo package soon, in this or another form.
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I just don't get it...... Manually with simple one-line iwconfig command all works fine but with cool UberLord script no luck so far....
Hopefully somebody can help and point to were my mistake is.
Here is some info and sort of log about my situation:
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> ap:
Netgear WG614R v1 b/g wireless router
std: 802.11b
acces mode: open
essid: ABC
key 1: 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12
no essid broadcast
mac filtered
mac in list: 00:11:22:33:44:55
> laptop:
IBM Thinkpad T40p
Gentoo 2004.2, 2.6.7-r4 kernel header NPTL, 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 kernel
Atheros a/b wireless card from IBM
> lspci:
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5211 802.11ab NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 17ab:8310
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at c0210000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
> dmesg:
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath_hal: 0.9.11.6
ath_pci: no version for "ieee80211_ioctl_siwrate" found: kernel tainted.
ath_pci: 0.9.4.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: mac 4.2 phy 3.0 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:11:22:33:44:55
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VI traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VO traffic
ath0: Atheros 5211: mem=0xc0210000, irq=11
> old bootscript:
#!/bin/bash
/sbin/modprobe ath_pci
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ath0 essid ABC key open 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12
/etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
> iwconfig -v:
iwconfig Version 26
Compatible with Wireless Extension v16 or earlier,
Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.
Kernel Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.
ath0 Recommend Wireless Extension v13 or later,
Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.
> iwconfig:
ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"ABC"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 55:44:33:22:11:00
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:50 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1324-12 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:38/94 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>ifconfig:
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55
inet addr:192.168.1.153 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::205:4fff:ffff:fff/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:74 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:6
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:7855 (7.6 Kb) TX bytes:3142 (3.0 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Memory:e0cca000-e0cda000
>iwlist ath0 scan:
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 55:44:33:22:11:00
ESSID:"ABC"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462GHz
Quality:37/94 Signal level:-58 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
> iwpriv -all ath0:
ath0 Available read-only private ioctl :
Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
getoptie (8BE9): Invalid argument
Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
getkey (89F3): Invalid argument
<mapping sub-ioctl get_turbo to cmd 0x8BE1-1>
ath0 get_turbo:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_mode to cmd 0x8BE1-2>
ath0 get_mode:2
<mapping sub-ioctl get_authmode to cmd 0x8BE1-3>
ath0 get_authmode:1
<mapping sub-ioctl get_protmode to cmd 0x8BE1-4>
ath0 get_protmode:1
<mapping sub-ioctl get_mcastcipher to cmd 0x8BE1-5>
ath0 get_mcastcipher:1
<mapping sub-ioctl get_mcastkeylen to cmd 0x8BE1-6>
ath0 get_mcastkeylen:16
<mapping sub-ioctl get_uciphers to cmd 0x8BE1-7>
ath0 get_uciphers:15
<mapping sub-ioctl get_ucastcipher to cmd 0x8BE1-8>
ath0 get_ucastcipher:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_ucastkeylen to cmd 0x8BE1-9>
ath0 get_ucastkeylen:13
<mapping sub-ioctl get_roaming to cmd 0x8BE1-12>
ath0 get_roaming:1
<mapping sub-ioctl get_privacy to cmd 0x8BE1-13>
ath0 get_privacy:1
<mapping sub-ioctl get_countermeasu to cmd 0x8BE1-14>
ath0 get_countermeasu:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_dropunencryp
to cmd 0x8BE1-15>
ath0 get_dropunencryp
:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_wpa to cmd 0x8BE1-10>
ath0 get_wpa:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_driver_caps to cmd 0x8BE1-16>
ath0 get_driver_caps:124165
<mapping sub-ioctl get_wme to cmd 0x8BE1-18>
ath0 get_wme:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_hide_ssid to cmd 0x8BE1-19>
ath0 get_hide_ssid:0
<mapping sub-ioctl get_ap_bridge to cmd 0x8BE1-20>
ath0 get_ap_bridge:1
> ping:
PING www.heise.de (193.99.144.71) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.71): icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=24.4 ms
--- www.heise.de ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 24.428/24.428/24.428/0.000 ms
>>> Works fine manual with old script! <<<
> UberLord wireless script:
sleep_scan_ath0="1"
sleep_associate_ath0="5"
key_ABC="1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12"
> /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start:
* Running preup function
* Configuring wireless network for ath0
* Scanning for access points
* ath0 does not support scanning!
* You need to configure an ESSID in /etc/conf.d/wireless
* essid_ath0="ESSID"
* (set to "any" to pick the strongest available access point)
* or configure preferred_aps to force a list of access points
* or configure defaulting to Ad-Hoc when Managed fails
* Failed to configure wireless for ath0
* preup ath0 failed
> Uberlord wireless script:
sleep_scan_ath0="1"
sleep_associate_ath0="5"
key_ABC="1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12"
essid_ath0="any"
> /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start:
* Running preup function
* Configuring wireless network for ath0
* Connecting to "any" (WEP Disabled)... [ !! ]
* Scanning for access points
* Found 55:44:33:22:11:00 (WEP required)
* Couldn't find any access points on ath0
* Failed to configure wireless for ath0
* preup ath0 failed
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| inode77 wrote: | I just don't get it...... Manually with simple one-line iwconfig command all works fine but with cool UberLord script no luck so far....
Hopefully somebody can help and point to were my mistake is.
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You're hiding your ESSID - as such, you need to map the AP's MAC address to it's ESSID
| Code: | | mac_essid_55:44:33:22:11:00="ABC" |
Obviously you've changed the ESSID and MAC though....
What I don't understand is why your card doesn't support scanning as all athereos based devices I have supported it from a very early stage
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:39 am Post subject: |
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You're hiding your ESSID - as such, you need to map the AP's MAC addres to it's ESSID |
Ok I added like your example a line to bind the essid to the mac address.
I rebuilt the modules (madwifi driver) once more to be sure to have uptodate drivers. (26.08.2004)
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> UberLord wireless script
mac_essid_55:44:33:22:11="ABC"
> modules loaded && and interface start
root@stingray:init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
/sbin/runscript.sh: line 123: mac_essid_55:44:33:22:11="ABC": command not found
* Running preup function
* Configuring wireless network for ath0
* Scanning for access points
* ath0 does not support scanning!
* You need to configure an ESSID in /etc/conf.d/wireless
* essid_ath0="ESSID"
* (set to "any" to pick the strongest available access point)
* or configure preferred_aps to force a list of access points
* or configure defaulting to Ad-Hoc when Managed fails
* Failed to configure wireless for ath0
* preup ath0 failed
> iwlist ath0 scanning
ath0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Invalid argument
manual loading of essid and wep key && dhcpcd ath0
> iwlist ath0 scan
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 55:44:33:22:11:00
ESSID:"ABC"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462GHz
Quality:23/94 Signal level:-72 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
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I definitifly don't get it anymore before having a connection the interface returns "can not scan" and after successfull connection scanning is possible without a problem ?!?
And the script still seems to have some problems.
Thx for your help UberLord => I go for a short hopefully troublefree nap! |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:15 am Post subject: yippee!! |
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Stumbled across this howto with google (searched for wireless gentoo howto). Was initially cursing your name as I came across http://wiki.gentoo-portage.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup which is nothing but broken links. Searched in despair for net-wireless/wireless-config-0.4.9.ebuild but was unable to find anything.
After finding this page I was able to get my wireless card (ipw2100) working within a few minutes. Thanks for all your work and effort. Much appreciated.
Would highly suggest updating the wiki, as it is the #1 answer on google :)
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i'm having trouble getting my Linksys WMP54GS wireless network card to recognize my WRT54GS router.
I've used ndiswrapper to get the drivers installed, and i think that part worked ok. However, i'm still not finding the network. I'm very much a noob, so i'm not sure exactly what tools i have at my disposal, so i'll post beaucoup information in the hopes that some of it is helpful.
iwconfig: | Code: | wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:54Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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ifconfig: | Code: | wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:66:70:41:0B
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.6 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Memory:db000000-db001fff
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dmesg | grep wlan0: | Code: | wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0f:66:70:41:0b using driver bcmwl5.sys
ndiswrapper device wlan0 supports WPA with AES/CCMP and TKIP ciphers
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lspci -v: | Code: | 0000:00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4320 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Linksys: Unknown device 0015
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 10
[virtual] Memory at db000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
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/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart: | Code: | * Running preup function
* Configuring wireless network for wlan0
* Scanning for access points
* no access points found
* Couldn't find any access points on wlan0
* Failed to configure wireless for wlan0
* preup wlan0 failed |
the AP seems to be broadcasting perfectly, as my XP box upstairs sees it just fine.
i'm running gentoo 2004.2, and the 2.6.7 kernel.
I would really appreciate any help you can offer.
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Hi all,
My Problem: I can't connect to my AP, but I can scan it.
using:
-gentoo 2.6.8.1
-wireless-tools emerged
-wireless-config emerged and your ebuild 0.5.5
-madwifi-driver NOT emerged but
-madwifi-cvs emerged and ebuild 0.3 on it(src: http://gentoo.cipheralgo.org/ ) because of compile problems in 2.6.8.1
-PCI Card is IBM a/b 168c:0012 (rev1)
kernelconfig
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CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y
CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y
all drivers=m
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lsmod
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wlan
ath_hal
ath_pci
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/etc/conf.d/net:
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iface_ath0="dhcp"
source /etc/init.d/wireless.sh
preup() {
wireless_up ${1}
return $?
}
predown() {
wireless_down ${1}
return $?
}
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/etc/conf.d/wireless:
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essid_ath0="any"
mode_ath0="managed"
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now the procedure:
ifconfig ath0 up
works
iwconfig ath0
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ath0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.6GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
Bit Rate:6Mb/s Tx-Power:50 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:58/94 Signal level:-37 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:339 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1266 Invalid misc:1266 Missed beacon:5
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I can change the ESSID to the AP-ESSID with iwconfig ath0 essid apName but that doesn't change the Access Point Adress (FF:FF...)
iwlist ath0 scan
shows me the AP's around, works
now the funny part:
/etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
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* Running preup function
* Configuring wireless network for ath0
* Connecting to "any" (WEP Disabled)... [ !! ]
* Scanning for access points
* ath0 does not support scanning!
* You need to configure an ESSID in /etc/conf.d/wireless
* essid_ath0="ESSID"
* (set to "any" to pick the strongest available access point)
* or configure preferred_aps to force a list of access points
* or configure defaulting to Ad-Hoc when Managed fails
* Failed to configure wireless for ath0
* preup ath0 failed
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As you can see, the procedure of starting this device made ifconfig ath0 down! I do have to put it up manually again afterwards with ifconfig ath0 up.
Now, if I change the essid_ath0 to my AP-name, it comes the following:
/etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
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* Running preup function
* Configuring wireless network for ath0
* Connecting to "APname" (WEP Disabled)... [ !! ]
* Failed to configure wireless for ath0
* preup ath0 failed
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Well, at the moment, I'm pretty desperate, it looks like the madwifi driver messes something up, but I don't know what it is.
I would appreciate any help, I could get. Thx a lot
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