Help to understand why sometime it connects , others dont.

colchaodemola · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

I am really new at gentoo , but there is a problem that is really annoying me.
The wireless configuration is not stable.

For example:

# cat /etc/conf.d/net

modules=( "!iwconfig" "wpa_supplicant" )
essid_wlan0="nets"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )

# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

network={
ssid="nets"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="MYPASSSHERE"
priority=0
}

network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
}

3 of 5 times , when net.wlan0 starts it will connect to an UNPROTECTED wireless with essid = PYQ that i get signal here, and not my wireless "nets"

When it works, i have difficults if i want for example change any parameter of the /etc/conf.d/net and restart

# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart
* Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
* Service net.wlan0 stopping
* Service net.wlan0 stopped
* Service net.wlan0 starting
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Resource temporarily unavailable
Could not configure driver to use managed mode
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Resource temporarily unavailable
WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Resource temporarily unavailable
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Resource temporarily unavailable
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - * WARNING: net.wlan0 has started but is inactive

Why can not i restart the service ? After any change i have to kill everything manually and run wpa_supplicant manually to make it work , until next reboot. I hate this !

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:05 am Post subject:

Can you post your lspci, and can you tell us what driver do you use and also what kernel version are you using plz ?

colchaodemola · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

Ok first, the ipw3945 is not suppose to be working with the kernel 2.6.24.

You need to use the new Iwl3945 that is present inside the kernel.

Did you use genkernel or did you make your kernel manually?

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject:

If you want to upgrade to the new iwl3945, I can tell you how,because I have a working iwl3945 on my laptop.

colchaodemola · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

I build the kernel myself.

I tried iwl3945 but it is too slow, it averages at 150K/s [802.11b] while ipw3945 gives me 600KB/s.

are you able to use compat-wireless to try the latest version ? I tried but it did not work due unknow symbols in the compiled modules.

colchaodemola · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

btw , i would appreciate you you could post your wpa_supplicant.conf that works with iwl3945.
The only wway i was able to connect with iwl3945 was using NetworkManager. Try manuallt fails with Operation Not Supported using wpa_supplicant.

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject:

No problem, I'm using a WEP key right now, but my friend Jean-Françis is using WPA with this driver.

He will continue this thread with you in a near futur.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:

Hi there !

We're lucky, my Gentoo box at home was "frozen" and I restarted it just before going to work, so I can ssh on it and show you my wpa_supplicant.conf

Here is the interesting part :

colchaodemola · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

It worked, thanks

But i will keep using ipw3945 , cause iwl3945 is toooooo slow.
Thanks anyway.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

Nice !

I didn't notice iwl3945 to be slower, but I didn't test it as well, I only use it for my Internet connection..

Anyway, you can add [Solved] to your thread's topic

Cheers !

colchaodemola · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

I dont think it is solved. /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart still fails.
It only works after reboot, so any change in /etc/conf.d/net will only work after reboot.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:06 am Post subject:

Oh sorry, I didn't notice.

Well, it's strange that it fails at reboot...

Here is my /etc/conf.d/net :

d2_racing · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject:

mamac · l33t Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Posts: 890

Hi,

d2_racing · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: