Hi Daniel, On Tuesday 27 February 2007 19:54:55 Daniel Drake wrote: > Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: > > * Starting eth1 > > * Configuring wireless network for eth1 > > Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : > > SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted. > > Is this halting the entire process?
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It just dies and gives up at this point. > > Presumably you set a channel in your networking configuration. zd1211rw > (and many other wireless drivers) rejects this, as in managed mode, > scanning is used to find the channel (it's not something that the user > should have control over). I didn't set the frequency, I had actually assumed it was the driver trying to set its own frequency to match that of the AP. Not sure where the frequency request came from then - I just set the essid and key for it. I was trying to use simple WEP. > > To start with, you should just start by working on the command line > without any init scripts. Sorry, I am not really an expert with the command line tools for wireless stuff just yet. Scanning for access points with iwlist eth1 scan works without any problems but I can't seem to associate with an access point. > > Run iwevent in one console to keep track of status. Then in another > console run: > > ifconfig eth1 up > iwconfig eth1 essid foo key bar > > If association succeeds (watch the iwevent window), run: dhcpcd eth1 Association kept failing everytime I tried this. I have used this access point with my atheros based miniPCI card using the madwifi-ng drivers and the same set up. Here is what iwevent gave me, 20:03:36.971946 eth1 Set ESSID:"cryos" 20:03:36.972410 eth1 Set Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** 20:03:36.972435 eth1 Set Encryption key:on Security mode:open 20:03:40.358455 eth1 Scan request completed 20:03:40.373287 eth1 Custom driver event:authenticated 20:03:45.381628 eth1 Custom driver event:associating timed out > > > Let me know if there is anymore I can do to help get this adapter working > > - it seems to be very close already and is bundled with ZyXEL routers > > right now. > > If it is new it may be based on the AL2230S radio rather than the > AL2230. zd1211rw currently doesn't support AL2230S, and also has a bug > where it detects it as AL2230 (and doesn't really work as it should). > This may explain some of the problems you are seeing. > > To confirm whether you have an AL2230 or AL2230S, try the vendor driver: > http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/VendorDriver > > And use this procedure to check the RF type: > http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/RfTypes#HowdoIfindoutwhichRFispresentinmydevice > > I will have my own AL2230S within the next few days and will then solve > these issues. I couldn't get the driver to compile, but just noticed the patch for 2.6.20 kernels... I don't have time tonight but I will try to take another look this weekend. Upon insertion I get the following output if it helps at all. usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-6: firmware version 0x4330 and device bootcode version 0x4810 differ zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: firmware version 4605 zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: zd1211 chip 0586:3410 v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 g--- zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: eth1 Let me know if it would be useful to work on this further. To be honest I was more interested in whether this device worked as I don't really need it too much just yet. I can turn WEP off on that access point if it helps, I also have my real access point using WPA2 which I could test if this gets working later but I didn't want to complicate it too much just yet. Thanks for getting back to me. Hope life in the States is treating you well! Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
