On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:26:57 -0500 Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:16:28 -0500 > > Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Celejar wrote: > >>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:29:50 -0500 > >>> Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Celejar wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> With 2.6.27-rc3-wl everything worked; with 2.6.27-rc6-wl, I can connect > >>>>> to APs that broadcast essid, but not one that doesn't. The card does > >>>>> not associate. Is this a b43 issue, or a mac80211 issue, or something > >>>>> else? Kernels are from wireless-testing.git. > >>>> It is difficult to say. As you have wireless-testing.git, please > >>>> bisect the source to find the problem. If you don't know how to use > >>>> git for this, see > >>>> > >>>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-bisect.html > >>> Done. > >>> > >>> 544ec9a11fdef5142a76a8eb4b186a80a272c035 is first bad commit > >>> commit 544ec9a11fdef5142a76a8eb4b186a80a272c035 > >>> Author: Luis R. Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Date: Tue Sep 9 23:19:48 2008 -0700 > >> You need the patch at > >> > >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122117070715002&w=2 > >> > >> Your mention of hidden essid's made me think this was a different > >> problem. This bug makes all the channels disabled and kills all wireless. > > > > No; wireless *works* with another AP, although there are some PHY > > transmission errors. At least two differences between the two APs - > > the working one broadcasts essid, as I mentioned earlier, and it uses > > WPA-PSK TKIP. The non-working one hides its essid, and doesn't use > > encryption. Earlier kernels worked fine on both. iw shows that even > > on the bad kernel, the channels aren't disabled, as they are in the > > page you link to. This seems to be a different problem. > > > > $ bin/iw dev wmaster0 info > > Band 1: > > Frequencies: > > * 2412 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2417 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2422 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2427 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2432 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2437 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2442 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2447 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2452 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2457 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > * 2462 MHz (passive scanning, no IBSS) > > It is the passive scanning that is killing you. For hidden essid, you > need an active scan. You need to implement the CRDA > (http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA), which will > get your system to provide active scanning. Okay, I built and installed CRDA, and I now get: Band 1: Frequencies: * 2412 MHz * 2417 MHz * 2422 MHz * 2427 MHz * 2432 MHz * 2437 MHz * 2442 MHz * 2447 MHz * 2452 MHz * 2457 MHz * 2462 MHz * 2467 MHz (disabled) * 2472 MHz (disabled) * 2484 MHz (disabled) [This is also what I get with an earlier kernel.] But the card *still* won't associate with the hidden essid AP; is there anything else I need to do after 'make, make install' CRDA? > Larry Thanks, Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
