On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 08:39 -0500, Tony Michel wrote: > Sorry, it's the next morning. Actually, I was bragging. What I have is > more of a debugging output. If I'm not watching when it happens, it's > gone (buried). But I'd be glad to watch when you get home, if we set it > up in > advance. > > Here's what I get from a wide scan in my office. Notice that > "Time Warner Cable" is listed first as ID 51. That's us, GENI. > Seems to be wrong in the database. Is that WiMAX_DB.bin? > If I edit WiMAX_DB.bin, how do I make it take effect? > > Notice that ID51 has a different RSSI from the other 3. I think > that Clear, Sprint and Comcast are all carried on the same signal, > while we - GENI - are a separate BS and signal altogether. > > The wimax interface on node1-110 (below) is an Intel 6250 Centrino, > which I think uses the same driver as you have for the 5150. I'm also having issues in Boston now under Linux, but works fine under Windows. The same HW/SW config was working yesterday in Minneapolis, so it's not the hardware/software, but something in wimaxd probably. I've sent logs to Inaky so we'll see what he can dig up. Dan > Tony > > native at node1-110:~$ wimaxcu dconnect > Network Disconnected. > native at node1-110:~$ wimaxcu scan wide > WARNING: Wide scan may take upto 2 minutes... > NSP : Time Warner Cable 4G > ID : 51 > Signal : Very Good > RSSI : -60 dBm > CINR : 24 dB > Network Type: Home Network > Activated. > NSP : CLEAR > ID : 2 > Signal : Very Good > RSSI : -59 dBm > CINR : 25 dB > Network Type: Home Network > Activated. > NSP : SPRINT > ID : 47 > Signal : Very Good > RSSI : -59 dBm > CINR : 25 dB > Network Type: Home Network > Activated. > NSP : Comcast > ID : 48 > Signal : Very Good > RSSI : -59 dBm > CINR : 25 dB > Network Type: Home Network > Activated. > native at node1-110:~$ > > On 1/17/2011 8:46 PM, Ward, David - 0663 - MITLL wrote: > > Tony -- > > > > I've been trying to get this working at home ... which is Porter > > Square in Cambridge ;-) Want to see if anything showed up in your > > logs about 20 minutes ago? > > > > I did a manual scan to see if I could find GENI, but wimaxcu is only > > showing me the commercial networks (CLEAR, Time Warner, Comcast, > > Sprint). In any case I've only ever tried telling it to connect to > > network 2 (CLEAR). But who knows... > > > > What WiMAX adapter are you trying to use to connect to GENI? > > > > Does anyone living in the Boston area have an Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link > > 5150 working under Linux? If so ... we should chat. :) > > > > David > > > > > > On 01/17/2011 06:11 PM, Tony Michel wrote: > >> Well, this is probably a long shot. I'm in Boston, too, at FreshPond > >> in Cambridge. I'm working on the GENI WiMAX network (see > >> http://www.geni.net/) and trying to get a pretty recent build of > >> WiMAX up on the net. We have the advantage that we have a base > >> station and I can watch the logs as I try to connect. I can even dig > >> in a little bit but we do not have source code for the BS and in any > >> case I don't want to "void the warranty." I remember David Ward's > >> last cry for help on this list. It happened at about the time that I > >> was seeing a rogue station trying to access GENI. We control access > >> by accepting only certain MAC addresses and I didn't grant access to > >> the rogue. It seems unlikely that If David was attempting to access > >> us at FreshPond, from a site at Lincoln Labs, that we would hear him, > >> but, who knows? If you want to schedule a time when I should watch > >> the logs, send me some email at axm at bbn.com. Maybe you're the rogue! > >> > >> But, why I'm really writing is that with my Dell Inspiron 1012, > >> loaded with Ubuntu 10.10 and the current WiMAX Tools and WiMAX > >> service daemon shows symptoms similar to David's. I can find the > >> base signal with wimaxcu scan but I don't see any sign of my mobile > >> signal in BS logs. How should I start tracking this? It seems like > >> a config problem...as if I'm not sending on the right frequency > >> (which happens to be 2590MHz - well away from the local ClearWire > >> signals). We have a legitimate FCC experimental license. > >> > >> I also have a Sprint EVO 4G (rooted and jimmied) and a Beceem USB > >> dongle. Both the EVO and Beceem connect and work just fine. > >> > >> Tony > >> > >> > >> On 01/16/2011 10:31 PM, Ward, David - 0663 - MITLL wrote: > >>> Hi Inaky, > >>> > >>> I tried responding to this a long time ago, but it seems that my > >>> message was too large with the logs and it never made it to the > >>> mailing list. I'm sending it again, but this time I've gzipped the > >>> logs and attached them. I was out of town a lot recently with the > >>> holidays, but I really would like to get this working and appreciate > >>> any time you can spare to help me with this. > >>> > >>> >So the tip of the source in git has a few patches (attached) which I'd > >>> >would like to ask you to try. They are probably not the cure, but I > >>> want > >>> >to rule out that was the issue. > >>> > >>> I updated wimax-network-service to the latest version from git, > >>> which included your patches. However the connection still failed; > >>> see the console output inlined below, and the attached logs. Which > >>> Linux distribution you were able to get the 5150 working under? > >>> > >>> >When I had this applied, I was able to connect here in Portland > >>> with my > >>> >5150. I need to run another test in the other test machine I have > >>> where > >>> >the 5150 is fully connected (both the USB and PCI devices) to see if > >>> >there are any changes in that, but I don't know if I'll be able to get > >>> >that machine before Thanksgiving. > >>> > >>> I suspect that my system is fully connected, since both the i2400m > >>> and i2400m_usb modules are being loaded. Can you test this on a > >>> fully connected machine if you haven't already? > >>> > >>> Thanks again! > >>> > >>> David > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- console ----- > >>> > >>> $ sudo wimaxd -i wmx0 # issued at 16:03:00 > >>> > >>> $ wimaxcu ron # issued at 16:04:00 > >>> SW Radio is turned ON. > >>> > >>> $ wimaxcu scan # issued at 16:05:00 > >>> Network found. > >>> NSP : Time Warner Cable 4G > >>> ID : 51 > >>> Signal : Excellent > >>> RSSI : -46 dBm > >>> CINR : 32 dB > >>> Network Type: Home Network > >>> Activated > >>> > >>> Network found. > >>> NSP : Comcast > >>> ID : 48 > >>> Signal : Excellent > >>> RSSI : -46 dBm > >>> CINR : 32 dB > >>> Network Type: Home Network > >>> Activated > >>> > >>> Network found. > >>> NSP : SPRINT > >>> ID : 47 > >>> Signal : Excellent > >>> RSSI : -46 dBm > >>> CINR : 32 dB > >>> Network Type: Home Network > >>> Activated > >>> > >>> Network found. > >>> NSP : CLEAR > >>> ID : 2 > >>> Signal : Excellent > >>> RSSI : -46 dBm > >>> CINR : 32 dB > >>> Network Type: Home Network > >>> Activated > >>> > >>> $ wimaxcu connect network 2 # issued at 16:06:00 > >>> Connecting to CLEAR Network... > >>> Connection Fail: time out > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wimax mailing list > wimax at linuxwimax.org > http://lists.linuxwimax.org/listinfo/wimax
