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 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: Airport not connecting |
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I have been fiddling with my wireless for two days now and can't connect to essid here is what I get
| Code: | /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
* Starting eth1
* Configuring wireless network for eth1
* Trying to force preferred in case they are hidden
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
invalid argument "enc".
* eth1 does not support setting keys
* or the parameter "mac_key_renas" or "key_renas" is incorrect
* Failed to associate with any preferred access points on eth1
* Failed to configure wireless for eth1 |
here is my config file
| Code: | config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_eth0="nodns nontp nonis"
modules=( "iwconfig" )
essid_eth1="any"
key_renas="s:************************** enc open"
preferred_aps=( "renas" )
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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I feel so lonely 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hey!
Same problem here!
I can not use dhcp with the bcm43xx driver.
I think thats a driver problem, but i'm not sure.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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rojanu:
Are you sure that eth1 is your wireless card? Please try setting it up manually first, just so you can ensure that the driver and card are working properly first. What kind of wireless card do you have?
KeyserZero:
That's really not the same problem as rojanu, he isn't even associating. Make sure that the AP's MAC address is set or try forcing it with iwconfig even if it's already there. This is the usual cause of DHCP not working with bcm43xx.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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JoseJX - I am having an issue with getting my AP to give me a dhcp address also. https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-437721.html How do you set the AP's MAC with iwconfig?
On a side note Thanks for all your help in the forums regarding how to configure the airport2 card in Linux, it has been a lifesaver.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome, thanks that got me connected here at work. I am sure that is my problem at home too.
Any ideas why I would need to set the AP's MAC when using wpa but I didn't have to do using iwconfig to connect to an Open wireless point?
Either way thanks so much
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It's probably not getting set somewhere in the stack, but I can't really tell you where (or it would be fixed) :) If you find it, please let us know.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| JoseJX wrote: | rojanu:
Are you sure that eth1 is your wireless card? Please try setting it up manually first, just so you can ensure that the driver and card are working properly first. What kind of wireless card do you have?
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iwconfig gives me eth1, then it should be eth1 or am I wrong
I really don't know how to set it up manually, can you direct me to a how to or something similar
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: |
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As far As I know it is an airport
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:34 am Post subject: |
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Airport 1. the laptop I have is a G3 newWorld.
I first used kernels hermes drivers and then orinoco
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:32 am Post subject: |
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JoseJX - I was able to connect at work using wpa on a work router but I cannot connect to my WRT54G router at home and I cannot set the AP's MAC address.
iwconfig shows Access Point: Invalid
my messages log shows
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eb 27 22:22:58 localhost bcm43xx: PHY connected
Feb 27 22:22:59 localhost bcm43xx: Radio turned on
Feb 27 22:22:59 localhost bcm43xx: Chip initialized
Feb 27 22:22:59 localhost bcm43xx: DMA initialized
Feb 27 22:22:59 localhost bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
Feb 27 22:22:59 localhost bcm43xx: Keys cleared
Feb 27 22:23:05 localhost SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:12:17:bc:11:48
Feb 27 22:23:08 localhost SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:12:17:bc:11:48
Feb 27 22:23:44 localhost SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:12:17:bc:11:48
Feb 27 22:25:32 localhost SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:12:17:bc:11:48
Feb 27 22:25:53 localhost SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:12:17:bc:11:48
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost bcm43xx: Radio turned off
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost bcm43xx: DMA 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost bcm43xx: DMA 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 2/512
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
Feb 27 22:27:10 localhost dhcpcd[7268]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
Sorry but would you know anything else I can try?
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| JoseJX wrote: | | Try providing your key with the hex digits. As far as I know, only 64bit WEP works with the Airport1 cards. |
OK. now what I get is
| Code: | i # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart
* Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
* Stopping eth1
* Bringing down eth1
* Shutting down eth1 ... [ ok ]
* Starting eth1
* Configuring wireless network for eth1
* Trying to force preferred in case they are hidden
* eth1 connected to "renas" at 00:0C:41:9B:32:3E
* in managed mode on channel 11 (WEP enabled - open)
* Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP
* Bringing up eth1
* dhcp
* Running dhcpcd ... [ !! ]
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so it fails to get an IP address I have tried setting the IP manuall to no avail
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hey!
JoseJX:
I don't know if i make a mistake, but dhcp does not work for me.
When i boot my Powerbook G4 15" with Airport2 i run this commands:
1. ifconfig eth1 up
| Code: | dmesg:
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: DMA initialized
bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared |
2. iwconfig eth1 channel X
3. iwconfig eth1 rate 11Mb
4. iwconfig eth1 key "s:XXXXXX"
5. iwconfig eth1 essid XXXXXX
6. iwconfig eth1 ap XX:XX:XX:XX
| Code: | dmesg:
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
bcm43xx: set security called
bcm43xx: .active_key = 0
bcm43xx: .level = 1
bcm43xx: .enabled = 1
bcm43xx: .encrypt = 1
SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX |
7. dhcpcd eth1
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dmesg:
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64
bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: DMA 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: DMA 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 1/512
bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/512 |
Some information:
bcm43xx version: bcm43xx-060226 (all-in-one patch)
lsmod:
| Code: | Module Size Used by
ieee80211_crypt_wep 5216 1
snd_pcm_oss 59840 0
snd_mixer_oss 19360 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2916 0
snd_seq_oss 38292 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6688 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 58792 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8300 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_powermac 48924 1
snd_pcm 93060 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_powermac
snd_timer 23716 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 60020 10 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_powermac,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8580 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9256 1 snd_pcm
ohci1394 35824 0
ieee1394 419280 1 ohci1394
ehci_hcd 34024 0
yenta_socket 26892 0
rsrc_nonstatic 11392 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 41432 2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
bcm43xx 424948 0
ieee80211softmac 27264 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 33320 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 5408 2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211 |
iwconfig eth1:
| Code: | IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"XXXXX" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.427 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:XX-XX-XX-XX Security mode:open |
Any solutions?
Thanks
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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I get the exact same thing on my Linksys WRT54G 2.2 router using the latest firmware (4.3 something). I cannot get it talking. My Airport2 card sees it but cannot connect. I have tried setting the IP, SSID, MAC, route and such manually but I still can't talk to anything.
We have multiple AP's around my building at work and I was able to get my Airport2 card talking to them by setting the AP's MAC but this did not work at home and since I can't get my ibook to even manually set the ip and talk to the router something else has to be gumming up the works.
I am beginning to think that it something in the way the Linksys router communicates to it's clients. Anyone have any ideas how I could determine what my Airport is doing communication wise. I am guessing I can't really setup a sniffer to capture packets cause technically it hasn't associated itself on a network. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Try bcm43xx-dscape if you have problem with softmac. |
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Hey!
I have tried the devicecap version, but i don't know how to setup the wireless card for devicecap!
Can you tell me the necessary steps?
Thanks
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| JoseJX wrote: | | The instructions for devicescape are in the sticky post at the top of this forum. |
This very good note is for bcm43xx-dscape version 2006-01-25.
There are modifications in the latest version.
If you want try latest version, see also here
Note :
1) The only disavantage of dscape version is patching kernel.
2) Now it doesn't need to patch wpa_supplicant, it uses the standard wext driver (option -Dwext) of wpa_supplicant.
3) The sta_up script has changed now, see here
4) I use dhcp and run commands from this script directly :
- patch, compile and install the kernel. (I made a patch for 2.6.16-rc5, it works for me ).
- configure /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
- modprobe bcm43xx-d80211
- Run | Code: | echo -n "sta0" > /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/add_iface
ifconfig wlan0.11 up
ifconfig sta0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -ista0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf |
before bringing inteface sta0 up.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:48 am Post subject: |
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Has any one got an idea what I might have missed or did wrong. Laptop can senn the AP but cannot get an IP address, probably something got to do with WEP key because,
if I take out the WEP key I can connect but then the connection drops again. ( That might have something to do with the power saving settings but haven't had the time to look at them yet, trying solve other things first)
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks bz31 and JoseJX. I finally got some free time and got my vanilla kernel up and running with the all-in-one driver. If I am reading this correctly I do not need the fwcutter or anything else because this has ieee and broadcom 43xx driver.
I am a little confused with your script and don't see the script the git wireless blob page mentions.
After I configure my wpa_supplicant.
I run the following | Code: | echo -n "sta0" > /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/add_iface
ifconfig wlan0.11 up
ifconfig sta0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -ista0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf |
What is sta0? An alias to wlan0.11? Why do I need to set the MAC? Should my conf.d/net read
| Code: | config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_eth0="nodns nontp nonis"
config_sta0=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_sta0="nodns nontp nonis"
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
[b]wpa_supplicant_sta0="-Dwext"[/b]
wpa_timeout_sta0=60 |
was I suppose to not specify the driver in the conf.d/net? Is it suppose to be Dwext or Dbcm43xx?
After I have my net and wpa_supplicant correct should I be able to get a dhcp address if I do dhcpd sta0?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions,
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- You need fwcutter to extract firmware. But you don't need softmac if you use dscape. So if someone has problem with softmac, maybe dscape version of driver bcm43xx is a solution.
- The commands I use before bringing sta0 up are taken from the script bcm43xx-d80211-sta_up.sh which is in the directory scripts. Maybe this script from patch "all-in-one for rc4" is not the last version.
- I don't know why there are wlan0, wlan0ap, wlan0.11 and sta0.
- use option -Dwext for wpa_supplicant.
- dhcp works for me. |
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