I've been having the same problem with my ethernet device. I found on the net that a link status of *UNSPEC* likely means the usermode program does not match the running kernel. So, I figured it was probably that I needed to upgrade my kernel, seeing that udev was upgraded.
Unfortunately, the latest gentoo kernel doesn't appear to work with my system out of the box. Starting to wonder if gentoo is going to pot. :) On 3/8/07, Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's me again. I found more strange things about my problem. I think I'm getting closer: arp -n in the Gentoo Station reports: 169.254.0.1 (incomplete) ath0 Where 169.254.0.1 is the address of the AP. tcpdump -vv -i ath0 arp: 20:50:21.984182 arp who-has 169.254.0.1 tell 169.254.0.3 While I'm pinging the AP, I got "truncated-arp" messages in the AP "tcpdump -vv ath0 arp" output. The Station machine just got two replies: 64 bytes from 169.254.0.1: icmp_seq=424 ttl=64 time=0.400 ms 64 bytes from 169.254.0.1: icmp_seq=426 ttl=64 time=2998 ms It seems like my problem has something to do with the "Signal Too Strong" http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/SignalTooStrong issue. I will move the AP to a place far from the station. So far no one replied to this, but I will keep posting in the hope that my attempts to make this works helps someone in the future. On 3/8/07, Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing... I've loaded the ath_pci module with debug options and > it gave me lots of information. When I try to ping (one request with > "ping -c 1") the ap from the station it prints the following > information in /var/log/messages: > > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule ath_tx_start: skb0 f3221680 [data f7b9ac3c len > 120] skbaddr 37b9ac3c > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule TODS > 00:19:5b:66:d8:b0->00:19:5b:66:d5:0c(00:19:5b:66:d5:0c) data QoS [TID > 0] 54M > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 88 01 2c 00 00 19 5b 66 d5 0c 00 19 5b 66 d8 b0 > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 00 19 5b 66 d5 0c 50 06 00 00 d5 0c aa aa 03 00 > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 00 00 08 00 45 00 00 54 00 00 40 00 40 01 e6 a8 > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule a9 fe 00 03 a9 fe 00 01 08 00 27 fc cd 16 00 01 > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 58 75 f0 45 c0 2d 0f 00 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule ath_tx_start: Q1: (ds)f706ae20 (lk)00000000 > (d)37b9ac3c (c0)4124007a (c1)06008078 11118000 000db50c > Mar 8 17:43:04 yule ath_tx_txqaddbuf: link[1] (f706adc0)=3706ae20 (f706ae20) > > > On 3/8/07, Paulo Roberto Candido dos Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello list! > > > > I'm having some problems setting a wireless network consisting of a > > gentoo ap, one gentoo station and one Windows XP station. > > I've followed the instructions on the madwifi.org and on gentoo > > specialized forums and wiki. Seems like the "wireless" part of the > > network is just fine and every station can connect to the ap, but I > > can't do more than ping the hosts in the winxp station and the gentoo > > station connects to the network but can't do nothing... not even ping > > the ap. > > Nothing wrong with logs and signal... but it seems that all the > > network services and protocols (tcp, udp and icmp for the gentoo > > station) aren't working. > > > > The strange thing is that the Windows XP host can ping the ap, however > > it can't get a dhcp address and even using static IP can't access > > services on the AP like http and ssh. This machine can ping hosts on > > the internet but can't access tcp or udp services. Iptraf on the AP > > reports the connections. > > > > The other Gentoo workstation can scan and connect to the network but > > can't do nothing more. > > > > > > From the AP Linux Machine: > > > > /etc/conf.d/wireless: > > > > modules_ath0=( "iwconfig" ) > > config_ath0=( "169.254.0.1/16" ) > > mode_ath0="Master" > > essid_ath0="skyshaper" > > channel_ath0="10" > > iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" ) > > > > dns_domain_skyshaper="local" > > dns_servers_skyshaper=( "169.254.0.1" ) > > > > dmesg relevant parts: > > > > ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. > > ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > > ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2.1) > > ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2.1) > > wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > > wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps > > 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > > wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > > wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP > > wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 > > wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons > > wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xdfdc0000, irq=11 > > > > lspci -vv relevant parts: > > > > 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 > > 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) > > Subsystem: D-Link System Inc D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless > > PCI Adapter(rev.B) > > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- > > ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium > > >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > > Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes > > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 > > Region 0: Memory at dfdc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA > > PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) > > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- > > > > iwconfig: > > > > ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"skyshaper" Nickname:"" > > Mode:Master Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:19:5B:66:D5:0C > > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 > > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > > Encryption key:off > > Power Management:off > > Link Quality=55/94 Signal level=-40 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm > > Rx invalid nwid:354 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > > ifconfig: > > > > ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:5B:66:D5:0C > > inet addr:169.254.0.1 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:99 errors:0 dropped:6 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:13311 (12.9 Kb) TX bytes:9901 (9.6 Kb) > > > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > Expansion ROM at dfde0000 [disabled] [size=64K] > > RX bytes:574 (574.0 b) TX bytes:574 (574.0 b) > > > > nas0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:D0:B5:34:F2 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:2248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:134393 (131.2 Kb) TX bytes:2696 (2.6 Kb) > > > > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > > inet addr:201.13.90.211 P-t-P:200.100.11.75 Mask:255.255.255.255 > > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 > > RX packets:2238 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 > > RX bytes:115929 (113.2 Kb) TX bytes:1455 (1.4 Kb) > > > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > > 00-19-5B-66-D5-0C-38-70-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:1021 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:694 > > TX packets:569 errors:9 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 > > RX bytes:68997 (67.3 Kb) TX bytes:62170 (60.7 Kb) > > Interrupt:11 Memory:c8880000-c8890000 > > > > Kernel IP routing table: > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > > 200.100.11.75 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 > > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 > > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > > 0.0.0.0 200.100.11.75 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 > > > > /proc/net/wireless: > > Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE > > iface | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | > > beacon | 21 > > ath0: 0004 38. 199. 161. 381 0 0 0 0 0 > > > > > > > > From the Station Linux Machine: > > > > /etc/conf.d/wireless: > > mode_ath0="managed" > > essid_ath0="skyshaper" > > iwconfig_ath0=( "rate 54M" ) > > iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" ) > > > > config_ath0=( "169.254.0.3/16" ) > > routes_ath0=( "default via 169.254.0.1" ) > > dns_domain_skyshaper="local" > > dns_servers_skyshaper="169.254.0.1" > > > > dmesg relevant parts: > > > > ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. > > ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > > wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2.1) > > ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2.1) > > ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2.1) > > wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > > wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps > > 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > > wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > > wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP > > wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 > > wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic > > wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons > > wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xefbf0000, irq=20 > > > > lspci -vv relevant parts: > > > > 03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 > > 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) > > Subsystem: D-Link System Inc D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless > > PCI Adapter(rev.B) > > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- > > ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium > > >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > > Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes > > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 > > Region 0: Memory at efbf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA > > PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) > > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- > > > > iwconfig > > > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > wifi0 no wireless extensions. > > > > ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"skyshaper" Nickname:"yule" > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:19:5B:66:D5:0C > > Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 > > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > > Encryption key:off > > Power Management:off > > Link Quality=59/94 Signal level=-36 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > > ifconfig > > ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:5B:66:D8:B0 > > inet addr:169.254.0.3 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:324 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:42 (42.0 b) TX bytes:45610 (44.5 Kb) > > > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > > 00-19-5B-66-D8-B0-20-C1-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:22118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1164 > > TX packets:668 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 > > RX bytes:2799129 (2.6 Mb) TX bytes:70104 (68.4 Kb) > > Interrupt:20 Memory:f93e0000-f93f0000 > > > > Kernel IP routing table: > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 > > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > > 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > > > cat /proc/net/wireless > > Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE > > face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 21 > > ath0: 0004 60. 221. 161. 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > > > Windows Machine: > > > > No bad logs, no problems. It can ping the router ap, ping internet > > address and even get dns responses from the ap. All other network > > functions doesn't work. > > > > Both stations reports good signal. > > > > What about the "ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel."? > > I thought the madwifi-ng modules were all open source. The madwifi-ng > > package version is the latest until now (0.9.2.1). > > > > I don't know what else I can do. From what I know, it should be > > working but mystical forces are haunting my network. > > > > I would appreciate any help. > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
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