Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:09 -0700, Bill Wohler wrote:
> 
> > After I say "ifup ath0", iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my
> > AP and ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg
> > looks great too:
> ...
> >     ath0: Initial auth_alg=0
> >     ath0: authenticate with AP 02:1e:58:07:5d:f2
> >     ath0: RX authentication from 02:1e:58:07:5d:f2 (alg=0 transaction=2 
> > status=0)
> >     ath0: authenticated
> 
> That's open system authentication.  It can happen with a wrong WEP key,
> so you may want to check if the key is correct.

I use the identical stanza with madwifi so the key is right.

> > However, I can't ping my access point.
> 
> Either the key is wrong, or the IP address, or ath5k has issues with WEP
> on your hardware.

It's not the first two as I as I use the same stanza with madwifi.

> > Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces? Any other hints
> > or advice appreciated!
> 
> I suggest that you run ifconfig and iwconfig to check the actual
> settings.  Try scanning.  Try connecting to an AP without WEP.  Try
> using dhcp if it's supported by the AP.  Try MadWifi to see if it's the
> driver issue or something else.

I've been using madwifi on this box for years (as you noted about the
age of the hardware :-). And I'm using it now since ath5k isn't working.

Dropping WEP is a good idea. I'll try that when I have some time to see
if we make any progress. Thanks!

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