>> >> >> I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem >> >> >> connect to it. I've tried the Gentoo initscript as well as wicd. >> >> >> With the initscript, I get: >> >> >> >> >> >> wlan3: carrier lost >> >> >> wlan3: timed out >> >> >> >> >> >> I see a lot of this in dmesg: >> >> >> >> >> >> b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed >> >> >> >> >> >> I can connect to other wireless routers just fine, and I can connect >> >> >> to this one via ethernet. I've tried configuring it in various ways, >> >> >> security is disabled, and I've tried specifying static IPs with no >> >> >> luck. Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? >> >> > >> >> > Check that you're using the latest kernel and the latest firmware. I >> >> > used to get this error with a particular cisco access point and it >> >> > went away when I updated to 2.6.34 kernel series and also updated the >> >> > firmware. Have a good look in here to find the latest suitable >> >> > firmware for your NIC: >> >> > >> >> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware >> >> >> >> I upgraded to the latest firmware in portage and the "MAC suspend >> >> failed" errors have disappeared, but I still can't connect to the >> >> router. Here is the only clue I see in dmesg: >> >> >> >> No probe response from AP a1:b2:c3:d4:e5:f6 after 500ms, disconnecting. >> >> >> >> Any ideas? >> > >> > Try a later kernel which would have a more up to date driver. Last time >> > I had this problem it was corrected by unmasking and using a newer >> > kernel. It's something to do with the TTL that the driver uses and I'm >> > not sure that this is a parameter that you can see listed under modinfo. >> > I believe it is hard coded. >> >> I'm on the latest hardened-sources kernel so I'll wait it out. In the >> meantime I've plugged in a USB wireless NIC and it's working fine. >> Thank you for your help. > > I'm on 2.6.34-gentoo-r6 and the b43 driver works fine here, but only a few > kernels back it was exhibiting the same symptoms like yours. > > Some users have mentioned that if you use WPA/WPA2 encryption the symptoms are > surprisingly less frequent! > > So until a more up to date kernel shows up you may want to look into > experimenting with wpa_supplicant.
I'm actually using the same kernel version, for me it's 2.6.34-hardened-r6. I've tried softmode with the same results. I'm using wicd and WPA2, and I tried wpa_supplicant when I first started having the problem with the same results. Thanks for your help. I'm sure it will be fixed up soon. Probably already fixed in newer kernel versions. - Grant
