Hi Guys,
Just recently decided to trying the new ath5k driver. I build a new
kernel from my ALIX3c2 board. I downloaded kernel version 2.6.27.6 since
I could not get the wireless-testing kernel to boot on my ALIX3c2 board.
It keep asking to append the correct root= parameter.
Well, with version 2.6.27.6 and ath5k loaded, I could not get two
station in adhoc mode to talk to each other. Here are my settings:
Station A
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iwconfig wlan0 mode 1
iwconfig wlan0 essid haul
iwconfig wlan0 channel 160
iwconfig wlan0 inet 10.8.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11a ESSID:"haul"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.8 GHz Cell: *AE:2A:D1:76:AE:CF*
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr *00:15:6d:63:f9:ba*
inet addr:10.8.1.1 Bcast:10.8.1.255 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:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1620 (1.5 KB)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# *iwlist wlan0 scan*
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: *AE:2A:D1:76:AE:CF*
ESSID:"haul"
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:160
Frequency:5.8 GHz (Channel 160)
Quality=7/100 Signal level:-97 dBm Noise
level=-102 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates: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=000000098948c038
Extra: Last beacon: 548ms ago
Station B
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iwconfig wlan0 mode 1
iwconfig wlan0 essid haul
iwconfig wlan0 channel 160
iwconfig wlan0 inet 10.8.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11a ESSID:"haul"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.8 GHz Cell: *AE:2A:D1:76:AE:CF*
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr *00:15:6d:63:f9:e3*
*inet addr:10.8.1.2* Bcast:10.8.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1512 (1.4 KB) TX bytes:4348 (4.2 KB)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# *iwlist wlan0 scan*
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: *AE:2A:D1:76:AE:CF*
ESSID:"haul"
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:160
Frequency:5.8 GHz (Channel 160)
Quality=6/100 Signal level:-98 dBm Noise
level=-102 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates: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=00000009913670c4
Extra: Last beacon: 5068ms ago
This two station a less than 50Feet apart just for testing purposes.
The Link Quality is 0 but under scan it shows 6/100 and I can't explain
why.
I can not ping station A from station B and vice versa. So my question is,
1. what exactly am I missing?
2. How come the cell shows Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.8 GHz Cell:
*AE:2A:D1:76:AE:CF ?
I am not sure where this MAC address comes from.
*my goal here is to be able to establish a point to point connection
using Ad-Hoc mode
I appreciate any suggestion, ideas, howto. I had this working at one
point in the past with with the ath_pci module.
Thanks
AM
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