I have an AR242x. Livna madwifi didn't work at all. Solution: Download madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903, compile and install. 2008/10/27 PH mooraa <phmooraa@xxxxxxxxx>: > If someone can please help. same cards AR5413 (ar5006x) work with > madwifi-0.9.4 on ubuntu but does not work on Fedora. I tried upgrading > kernel too but still no luck. > > ath5k which comes built in in F9 works with this card. Initially some howto > mentioned to blacklist this module before loading madwifi's ath_pci. Isn't > ath5k still in starting phase? Has someone tried to use it with ar5413 > (ar5006x) cards? > > thanks, > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:14 PM, PH mooraa <phmooraa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> -- >> reposting the question on this forum because I think the problem is with >> Fedora not madwifi >> -- >> >> I am trying to use Adhoc mode with AR5413 card (5006 chipset) with >> following - >> >> #uname -a >> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 >> EDT 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux >> >> There are 2 machines running F9/madwifi and having same cards in adhoc >> mode. (livna - madwifi-0.9.4-1.lvn9.i386, kmod-madwifi-0.9.4-31.lvn9.i686, >> kmod-madwifi-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686-0.9.4-31.lvn9.i686, >> madwifi-devel-0.9.4-1.lvn9.i386) >> >> In adhoc mode, they associate with each other (same cell ID) but are not >> able to further communicate. ath0 interface created on top of wifi0 does not >> receive any packets but wifi0 do receive. I am not able to ping one from >> another. routes are set. >> >> #iwconfig >> ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"wmnad" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain" >> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 02:02:6F:51:77:3A >> Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 >> Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >> Encryption key:off >> Power Management:off >> Link Quality=46/70 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-87 dBm >> Rx invalid nwid:7069 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 >> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> >> #ifconfig >> ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:6F:51:77:3A >> inet addr:11.11.11.1 Bcast:11.11.11.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 >> inet6 addr: fe80::202:6fff:fe51:773a/64 Scope:Link >> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:527 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 >> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:23013 (22.4 KiB) >> >> wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr >> 00-02-6F-51-77-3A-F4-AF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 >> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:233405 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:41464 >> TX packets:18774 errors:25 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 >> RX bytes:33609299 (32.0 MiB) TX bytes:1602695 (1.5 MiB) >> >> On both machines ath0 RX packets remains 0 and I don't know why is this >> happening!!! Can someone please help.. >> >> I think that there no problems with ath_pci loading as can be seen - >> >> #dmesg >> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. >> ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) >> .. >> wlan: 0.9.4 >> ath_pci: 0.9.4 >> .. >> ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.4) >> wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >> 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: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP >> wifi0: mac 10.4 phy 6.1 radio 6.3 >> 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=0xfdef0000, irq=18 >> .. >> ath0: no IPv6 routers present >> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready >> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready >> ath0: no IPv6 routers present >> ath0: no IPv6 routers present >> >> My configuration file for interface is like - >> >> #cat ifcfg-ath0 >> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt >> # for the documentation of these parameters. >> TYPE=Wireless >> DEVICE=ath0 >> HWADDR=00:02:6f:51:77:3a >> BOOTPROTO=none >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 >> DHCP_HOSTNAME= >> IPADDR=11.11.11.1 >> DOMAIN= >> ONBOOT=no >> USERCTL=no >> PEERDNS=yes >> IPV6INIT=no >> ESSID=cwmnad >> CHANNEL=1 >> MODE=Ad-Hoc >> RATE=auto >> ENCRYPTION=off >> SECURITYMODE=off >> IWPRIV="authmode 1" >> >> In last 3 lines, I overdid security because initially I thought the >> problem is due to authentication. I don't want any security at this point. >> >> [ Other tests - >> - the same card works in managed mode and connects to my building's WLAN >> AP. This makes me wonder more what I doing wrong. >> - same cards with madwifi 0.9.4 works on Ubuntu in ad-hoc mode which shows >> that something in Fodora is going wrong. I really like F9 and really don't >> want to switch to ubuntu. ] >> >> >> Any help is really appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> phm > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- Martín Marqués select 'martin.marques' || '@' || 'gmail.com' DBA, Programador, Administrador -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
