Christoph Maier wrote: .. > I have a similar problem that hasn't been resolved yet ... intel 3945 no > longer talking to my Linksys WRT54GX2 after updating from ubuntu 7.10 to > ubuntu 8.04. > > I finally got around to looking at the kismet wireless logs from the > last installfest at That Technical Bookstore that Gus recorded while I > tried to connect. > > It seems to be a very obscure incompatibility: > The wireless access point seems to fuss about the ordering of the > available frequencies, and the latest driver sends the frequencies out > of order: > > intel3945 to cisco: > supported rates: 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 > extended supported rates: 1 2 5.5 11 > > cisco to intel3945: > denied due to requesting station not supporting all of the datarates in > the BSSBasicServiceSet Parameter (0x0012) > supported rates: 1(B) 2(B) 5.5(B) 11(B) > extended supported rates: 6(B) 9 12(B) 18 24(B) 36 48 54 > > => connection unsuccessful > > > intelGus to cisco: > supported rates: 1(B) 2(B) 5.5(B) 11(B) 6(B) 9 12(B) 18 > extended supported rates: 24(B) 36 48 54 > > cisco to intelGus: > supported rates: 1(B) 2(B) 5.5(B) 11(B) > extended supported rates: 6(B) 9 12(B) 18 24(B) 36 48 54 > > => connection succeeds > > Submitted as bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/242727 >
Nice piece of diagnostics. What is the setup to do this? Where was kismet running -- just any nearby host? Which log(s) did you analyze? Could you summarize any config or command-line options needed to get the desired log output. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
