> don't use connect, use "ibss join"...
neither connect nor join is working.
> load ath5k modules
i have checked the modules is any one missing ?
lsmod|grep ath
ath5k 95252 0
mac80211 199728 1 ath5k
led_class 3896 1 ath5k
cfg80211 23380 2 ath5k,mac80211
I have already tried both commands : iwconfig and iw
*)iwconfig don't report any error but when i am pinging between machines there
is no response: Host unreachable i am using ip addresses 192.168.1.2 and
192.168.1.3
**)iw reports error = -95 "Operation not supported" when i am trying to join an
essid
Machine1:
umic4:~/Desktop # ifconfig wlan0 down
umic4:~/Desktop # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
umic4:~/Desktop # iwconfig wlan0 essid yassine channel 1
umic4:~/Desktop # ifconfig wlan0 up
umic4:~/Desktop # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth2 no wireless extensions.
eth3 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"yassine"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 5A:34:3F:2F:CC:B9
Tx-Power=23 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
umic4:~/Desktop # ifconfig wlan0 10.0.0.1
umic4:~/Desktop # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:CB:B2:9B:0E
inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:410 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:54307 (53.0 Kb) TX bytes:39205 (38.2 Kb)
umic4:~/Desktop # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
umic4:~/Desktop # ping 10.0.0.2
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
>From 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 10.0.0.2 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3022ms
, pipe 3
umic4:~/Desktop #iwlist wlan0 scan
Cell 15 - Address: 5A:34:3F:2F:CC:B9
ESSID:"yassine"
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=18/100 Signal level:-77 dBm Noise level=-89 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000000044d91da
Extra: Last beacon: 3428ms ago
Machine 2:
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # ifconfig wlan0 down
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # iwconfig wlan0 essid yassine channel 1
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # ifconfig wlan0 up
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"yassine"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 36:4F:A0:DC:D6:53
Tx-Power=23 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # ifconfig wlan0 10.0.0.2
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:CB:B2:9B:19
inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:192 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:53719 (52.4 Kb) TX bytes:34613 (33.8 Kb)
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
137.226.220.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.254.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # ping 10.0.0.1
PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
>From 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.2 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 10.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4002ms
, pipe 3
umic3:/home/workspace/scripts/start # iwlist wlan0 scan
Cell 11 - Address: 5A:34:3F:2F:CC:B9
ESSID:"yassine"
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=71/100 Signal level:-37 dBm Noise level=-83 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000004ce1f3b
Extra: Last beacon: 4372ms ago
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ath5k-devel] adhoc mode atheros communication ar5413 802.11abg
> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:53:06 +0900
> CC: [email protected]; [email protected]
>
> On Wed October 6 2010 21:06:07 yassine antir wrote:
> > i habe tried iw but it doesn't work too:
> >
> > 1) first i have used iw
> > 0.9.4-nogit there is many options not supported so i could not find out
> > how to set the adhoc mode so i upgraded to new version 0.9.21
>
> i am using ad-hoc mode every day with ath5k and an ar5414 chipset, which is
> almost the same as ar5413.
>
> > 2) Using the new version i have tried two methods but both failed:
> >
> > *) ifconfig wlan0 down
> > iw --debug dev wlan0 ibss join fooadhoc 2412
> > .error = -95 "Operation not supported"
>
> is your interface in managed mode?
> i guess you have to do "iw dev wlan0 set type ibss" first
>
> > **)
> > ifconfig wlan0 down
> > iw dev wlan0 set type ibss
> > ifconfig wlan0 up
> > iwconfig
> > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:""
> > Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.422 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
> > Tx-Power=23 dBm
> > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
> > Encryption key:off
> > Power Management:off
> > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> > iw --debug wlan0 connect foo 2412
> > .error = -95 "Operation not supported"
>
> don't use connect, use "ibss join"...
>
> > > Because "iwconfig" is the wrong tool. You should use "iw". See
> > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
>
> allthough, 'iw' is supposed to replace 'iwconfig' it is still possible to use
> iwconfig to set up ibss mode.
>
> load ath5k modules and then:
>
> iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc channel $CH essid $ESSID
> ifconfig wlan0 $IP
>
> still works.
>
> bruno
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