Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Larry Finger wrote: Ioannis Nousias wrote: iwconfig: eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:My ESSID here Nickname:Broadcom 4306 Mode:Managed Frequency=2.432 GHz Access Point: my router's MAC here Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Your interface has not authenticated. If it had, there would be an encryption key here. Link Quality=66/100 Signal level=-61 dBm Noise level=-66 dBm This is a low signal/noise. Attached is a patch that will cut the rate from 24M to 11M to see if that helps get you connected. Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:1 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 I'm not sure. Is there a log? nm-tool reports this: In the panel kicker applet used with NM on KDE, I get a progression bar. I guess it isn't universal. But, I think it reloads itself. In fact I can see it in dmesg. Is it possible that NM causes it to reload the module ? I don't think NM is doing it by itself. At least it doesn't do that on my system. When I unload the module, I have to manually reload it, and then reconnect. Larry Thanks, but no luck. I even tried with 1Mbps and still can't connect. with 11Mbps: Link Quality=58/100 Signal level=-64 dBm Noise level=-67 dBm with 1Mbps: Link Quality=68/100 Signal level=-59 dBm Noise level=-65 dBm -Ioannis PS: I can see wpa_supplicants being invoked by NM, so that part should be ok. root 5202 0.0 0.1 4948 1388 ?S08:46 0:00 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -g /var/run/wpa_supplicant-global ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Ioannis Nousias wrote:
PS: I can see wpa_supplicants being invoked by NM, so that part should
be ok.
root 5202 0.0 0.1 4948 1388 ?S08:46 0:00
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -g /var/run/wpa_supplicant-global
The next step is to see what wpa_supplicant has to say. Prepare
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf with the
following contents:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid=your ssid
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk=your psk secret
}
As root, kill the existing wpa_supplicant process and issue the following
command:
'wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ddd'
Please send me the output that results. There shouldn't be anything sensitive,
but if you are
worried, send it to me privately.
Larry
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Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Larry Finger wrote: bcm43xx: TODO: Incomplete code in keymac_write() at /home/s0238762/Desktop/bcm43xx-softmac-sa/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_m ain.c:1146 ... bcm43xx: Keys cleared bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2) ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready I'm sitting 5meters apart from the router. The signal indication in NetworkManager is nearly full strength. at least we are getting there. Thanks The fact that you are seeing signal in NetworkManager means that scanning is working. Please send the output of the ifconfig and iwconfig commands once NM has tried to connect. during the time NM tries to connect ifconfig: eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr my MAC here inet6 addr: fe80::290:4bff:fe71:e8f5/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:559 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:676 (676.0 b) TX bytes:28690 (28.0 KiB) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 iwconfig: eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:My ESSID here Nickname:Broadcom 4306 Mode:Managed Frequency=2.432 GHz Access Point: my router's MAC here Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Link Quality=66/100 Signal level=-61 dBm Noise level=-66 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:1 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 What percentage does NM reach before it stops trying? I'm not sure. Is there a log? nm-tool reports this: NetworkManager Tool State: connecting - Device: eth1 NM Path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 Type: 802.11 Wireless Driver:bcm43xx Active:yes HW Address:my MAC Capabilities: Supported: yes Speed: 24 Mb/s Wireless Settings Scanning:yes WEP Encryption: yes WPA Encryption: yes WPA2 Encryption: yes Wireless Networks (* = Current Network) some neighbour's ESSID:Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz, Rate 62 Mb/s, Strength 77%, Encrypted (WEP) *My ESSID: Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz, Rate 62 Mb/s, Strength 89%, Encrypted (WPA) some other neighbour ESSID: Infrastructure Mode, Freq 0.000 MHz, Rate 62 Mb/s, Strength 74% IP Settings: IP Address: 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0 Broadcast: 0.0.0.0 Gateway: 0.0.0.0 Primary DNS: 0.0.0.0 Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0 Are you using any encryption? WPA-PSK with TKIP PS2: once loaded the module can not be removed. rmmod (or modprobe -r) do nothing on it. I have not seen this problem before. Are there any messages in the logs or on the console? $ sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv bcm43xx rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/extra/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/extra/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac.ko rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/extra/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko $ /sbin/lsmod | grep bcm43 bcm43xx 437384 0 ieee80211softmac 39168 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 38344 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac But, I think it reloads itself. In fact I can see it in dmesg. Is it possible that NM causes it to reload the module ? thanks for you help -Ioannis ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Ioannis Nousias wrote: iwconfig: eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:My ESSID here Nickname:Broadcom 4306 Mode:Managed Frequency=2.432 GHz Access Point: my router's MAC here Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Your interface has not authenticated. If it had, there would be an encryption key here. Link Quality=66/100 Signal level=-61 dBm Noise level=-66 dBm This is a low signal/noise. Attached is a patch that will cut the rate from 24M to 11M to see if that helps get you connected. Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:1 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 I'm not sure. Is there a log? nm-tool reports this: In the panel kicker applet used with NM on KDE, I get a progression bar. I guess it isn't universal. But, I think it reloads itself. In fact I can see it in dmesg. Is it possible that NM causes it to reload the module ? I don't think NM is doing it by itself. At least it doesn't do that on my system. When I unload the module, I have to manually reload it, and then reconnect. Larry Index: bcm43xx-softmac-sa/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c === --- bcm43xx-softmac-sa.orig/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c +++ bcm43xx-softmac-sa/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void ieee80211softmac_init_bss(struct ie * The txrate machine will lower it, if it is too high. */ if (ieee-modulation IEEE80211_OFDM_MODULATION) - txrates-user_rate = IEEE80211_OFDM_RATE_24MB; + txrates-user_rate = IEEE80211_CCK_RATE_11MB; else txrates-user_rate = IEEE80211_CCK_RATE_11MB; ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Ioannis Nousias wrote: hi, does bcm43xx-mac80211 support WPA for the BCM4309 chipset ? It seems that the driver detects and initialised the card, but I can't connect to my router. I'm using NetworkManager and it does see my router, but doesn't connect to it. Not to mention that after a while the driver causes a system freeze. I'm using WPA PSK-TKIP Yes, bcm43xx-mac80211 supports WPA. I don't know about the system freeze, but most problems in associating and authenticating with mac80211 are due to low signal strengths. The driver is improving, but still has problems. I've also tried with the bcm43xx (and a V3 firmware), but that doesn't seem to recognise the card at all. 'dmesg' reports only this: ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not think that you selected IEEE802.11i TKIP encryption under the Generic IEEE802.11 stack when you configured your system. The message here is ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'. I am assuming that wpa_supplicant is available and started by NetworkManager. That is what happens on my system. Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Larry Finger wrote: Ioannis Nousias wrote: hi, does bcm43xx-mac80211 support WPA for the BCM4309 chipset ? It seems that the driver detects and initialised the card, but I can't connect to my router. I'm using NetworkManager and it does see my router, but doesn't connect to it. Not to mention that after a while the driver causes a system freeze. I'm using WPA PSK-TKIP Yes, bcm43xx-mac80211 supports WPA. I don't know about the system freeze, but most problems in associating and authenticating with mac80211 are due to low signal strengths. The driver is improving, but still has problems. ok I see. I do get transmission errors (PHY). I've also tried with the bcm43xx (and a V3 firmware), but that doesn't seem to recognise the card at all. 'dmesg' reports only this: ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not think that you selected IEEE802.11i TKIP encryption under the Generic IEEE802.11 stack when you configured your system. The message here is ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'. I am assuming that wpa_supplicant is available and started by NetworkManager. That is what happens on my system. Larry in the bcm43xx case, NetworkManager doesn't detect a wireless card at all. Its menu shows only 'Wired Network'. As I said, the card doesn't seem to be recognised. I was thinking to compile the latest version, but if I'm not mistaken, this: 'git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git' is the entire kernel source. Can I compile somehow the bcm43xx or bcm43xx-mac80211 only for my current kernel ? thanks ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Ioannis Nousias wrote: in the bcm43xx case, NetworkManager doesn't detect a wireless card at all. Its menu shows only 'Wired Network'. As I said, the card doesn't seem to be recognised. What is the result of the command 'dmesg | grep bcm43xx'? I was thinking to compile the latest version, but if I'm not mistaken, this: 'git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git' is the entire kernel source. Can I compile somehow the bcm43xx or bcm43xx-mac80211 only for my current kernel ? Yes, that is the complete source. What is your current kernel? Do you have kernel sources on your machine? Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM4309 with bcm43xx-mac80211 and WPA
Larry Finger wrote: Ioannis Nousias wrote: in the bcm43xx case, NetworkManager doesn't detect a wireless card at all. Its menu shows only 'Wired Network'. As I said, the card doesn't seem to be recognised. What is the result of the command 'dmesg | grep bcm43xx'? bcm43xx driver nothing else I was thinking to compile the latest version, but if I'm not mistaken, this: 'git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git' is the entire kernel source. Can I compile somehow the bcm43xx or bcm43xx-mac80211 only for my current kernel ? Yes, that is the complete source. What is your current kernel? Do you have kernel sources on your machine? Larry I'm using 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 (that's Fedora 7) and I only heave the development package for my kernel, which is not a complete kernel source, but is enough to compile some kernel modules against it (I've tried with uvc-linux for instance) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
