G'day, thanks for all the input Stefanik ,
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> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:42:20 +0100
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2
>
> You need hostapd (bleeding edge version, as release supports Prism cards only
> with softmac driver) for AP mode with any mac80211 driver. Without it, it
> just won't> work.
>
.....True? I was under the impression that I'd only need hostapd if I planned
to use the card as an accesspoint? Yes, I know I said my plan was to do just
that, but I was thinking managed/ad-hoc modes wouldn't need hostapd to get
running --- are my thoughts in error?
Yesterday was Good Friday, so I was snookered by the public holiday -- today
is another matter, and I think I'll go out and buy a wireless router/AP for the
setup -- what you are saying is that I'll need hostapd even for that?....
Regards,
Donald
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:03 AM, kala mazoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
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>> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:18:02 +0100
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2
>> CC: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> 2.6.18 doesn't support 4318. Try 2.6.22 or 2.6.23 if you want proper
>> functionality. However, it would be good if you tried 2.6.24, 2.6.25 or
>> wireless-dev (with>new>firmware, of course), as we are having extreme
>> problems with it, and you (from AU, which is outside of the US - what
>> channels can you use in AU?) can help>debug it.
>>
>
>
> Hello again,
>
> Well, things have moved along a bit here -- nothing works,
> but it all looks like it wants to...
>
> Upgraded to 2.6.24, now using b43 driver + debug on
>
> Perhaps I'm doing something wrong....anyhow, the background realm consists
> of my son's XP box, running one of the same cards with the asus proprietary
> drivers + config frontend, and is setup in so called 'softAP' mode instead of
> 'station' mode, I'm telling it channel 1...and no additional encryption
> (which I hope infers WEP only encryption), it's network IP is set on
> 192.168.1.0/24 space, and as far as the blowz' box is concerned, everything
> it's end is hunky-dory. Except it can't seemingly see this machine at all...
>
> ....on this linux end (and being all new to this), I'm not sure if what I'm
> seeing is actually correct. For instance ;
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:# iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"dfg"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1B:FC:61:19:58
> Tx-Power=27 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
> Encryption key:1122-3344-55
> 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
>
> ...the AP Mac is that of the XP box -- I didn't expect to see 'Link Quality:0
> Signal level:0 Noise level:0'...
>
> Looking at the same situation from another point of view....;
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:# iwlist wlan0 scanning
> wlan0 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:FC:61:19:58
> ESSID:"dfg"
> Mode:Master
> Channel:1
> Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
> Quality=73/100 Signal level=-15 dBm Noise level=-52 dBm
> Encryption key:on
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
> 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
> 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
> Extra:tsf=00000004c4c6c18b
>
> ....and I'll convince myself that sortta looks correct...but shouldn't the
> link/signal/noise stats have appeared in the output of iwconfig? Why are they
> not?
>
> What is the purpose of the wmaster0 interface, and when does it get used?
> Issuing 'ifconfig' returns ;
>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:FC:61:15:E1
> inet addr:192.168.1.123 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
> 00-1B-FC-61-15-E1-0A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> ...and I've no idea if that's correct, whether wmaster0 has to be
> ifconfigured or not, or indeed whether wlan0 has to be bridged or not,
> because I'm having trouble finding any good, new, recent documentation about
> some of this stuff...
>
> All the zeros are correct - as far as XP and this box are concerned, there is
> no route to either host
>
> ...I'm seeing a lot of this in dmesg....
>
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
> b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped
>
> ....and 2.6.24 breaks lircd-0.8.2 so my IR remote control is lame (^;
>
> ....am I doing something wrong here, or am I seeing 'the problem'?
>
> Regards,
> Donald
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